I was born in Stavanger, Norway to Norwegian and American parents. I was raised in Stavanger and in Aberdeen, Scotland, eventually completing high school at the International School of Stavanger. After some sixteen years on the coast of the North Sea, I moved to the United States, living in Washington state, New York City, and Boston while pursuing my undergraduate and graduate degrees. I have also lived over half a dozen years in East Asia, studying in Japan, China, and Korea.

I am a student of history, and I currently focus my energies on the study of the aftermaths of modern war, especially on issues of collaboration, political retribution, decolonization, and civil wars in the aftermath of World War II. I am also interested in the colonial histories of Korea and Taiwan, in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural and political relations, and the modern intellectual history of Japan.

I am currently writing up my PhD dissertation, which is tentatively entitled, "Treason and the Reconstruction of Nation in East Asia, 1937-1951." My dissertation looks at retribution against accused collaborators with Japan in the aftermath of its empire's collapse in order to understand the relationship between this process and the reconstruction of nation and nationalism, especially in China and Korea.

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