Hiraku Abe
Specialty
- United States History
- History of Race
- Religious History
- Southern History
Bio
Education
- MA, University of Tsukuba, 2019
- BA, International Christian University, 2017
Research Interests
- 20th Century United States History
- United States South
- Religion
- Race
Recent Publications
- “The Intersection of Faith and Civil Rights: Galloway Memorial Methodist Church and Racial Integration in Jackson, Mississippi in the Early 1960s,” The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, 39 (2021): 3-29.
Current Projects
- Interracial student activism in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1950s: early history of the Kneel-in Movement.
Awards & Honors
- Fulbright Grant, Japan-United States Education Commission, 2022-2024
- Departmental Fellowship, Department of History, The University of Alabama, 2023-2024