Historian wins national award for book on Japan | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Historian wins national award for book on Japan Historian wins national award for book on Japan Published: January 06, 2003 Author: Gail Hinchion Mancini Thomas joined the Notre Dame faculty in 2001 as an associate professor of history, coming from a tenured position at the University of Wisconsin.p. As a scholar of modern Japanese history, she has used such innovated lenses as photography to draw historical conclusions. Her 1998 essay “Photography, National Identity, and the ‘Cataract of Times’: Wartime Images and the Case of Japan” was selected as the year’s best article by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians. It was published by the American Historical Review.p. TopicID: 3123 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn