Join NCHGS in conversation with Dr. Paul Barclay, Professor of History at Lafayette College and Board Member at the Historic Easton Cemetery.
Dr. Barclay is Professor of History at Lafayette College, where he teaches historical methods, East Asian history, and other topics. He is author of the books Kondo the Barbarian: A Japanese Adventurer and Indigenous Taiwan’s Bloodiest Uprising and Outcasts of Empire: Japanese Rule on Taiwan’s “Savage Border” 1874-1945, in addition to numerous scholarly articles, essays, and book-chapters. Barclay’s research has received support from the National Endowment from the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, the Japanese Council for the Promotion of Science, and the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He received his B.S. in Secondary Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ph.D. in Japanese History at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Barclay currently serves on Easton Cemetery’s Board of Directors. He has been a resident of Easton since 1999.
In this installment of our In Conversation series, Dr. Barclay will take us behind the scenes of his academic work, as well as exploring some of the historical mysteries of the Historic Easton Cemetery.
This program is free for NCHGS members and $5.00 for non-members. A Zoom link will be sent to all participants via email upon registration.