Members

Satoshi Mizutani (Doshisha University) [Co-Director]
  • Position: Professor, Faculty of Global and Regional Studies, Doshisha University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
  • Areas of research: Trans-imperial histories of colonialism and anti-colonialism with a focus on the British and Japanese empire
Nadin Heé (Universität Leipzig) [Co-Director]
  • Position: Professor, East Asian Institute, Universität Leipzig
  • Profile and works: Link 1 (Universität Leipzig), Link 2 (Academia.edu)
  • Areas of research: Global History, Modern History of East Asia, History of Knowledge, Empire Studies, History of Resources, Environmental History, Maritime History
Daniel Hedinger (Universität Leipzig) [Co-Director]
  • Position: Research Associate, Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe), Universität Leipzig
  • Profile and works: Link 1 (Leipzig), Link 2 (FRIAS), Link 3 (Academia.edu)
  • Areas of research: Transnational history focusing on modern Japanese history as well as European history
Tomoki Yamada (University of Birmingham) [Coordinator]
  • Position: PhD student, College of Arts and Law, University of Birmingham
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
  • Area of research: Trans-imperial history, the League of Nations mandates system, trans-colonial history of the British empire, colonial education
  • Email: tomoki.yamada.0201[at sign]gmail.com
    • He is in charge of the administrative work, the management of this website and the editing of the CTH Newsletter.
Tomohito Baji (University of Tokyo)
  • Position: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
  • Areas of research: Theories of empire and international relations in early twentieth-century Britain, the United States and Japan
Makoto Yoshida (Nanzan University)
  • Position: Professor, Faculty of Global Liberal Studies, Nanzan University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Akiyoshi Nishiyama (Kyoritsu Women’s University)
  • Position: Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Kyoritsu Women’s University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Takeshi Komagome (Kyoto University)
  • Position: Professor, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Eiichiro Azuma (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Position: Professor, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
  • Profile and works: English
Shobana Shankar (State University of New York)
  • Position: Professor, Department of History at Stony Brook, State University of New York
  • Profile and works: English
Rika Nakamura (Seijo University)
  • Position: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seijo University
  • Profile and works: Japanese
Chris Suh (Emory University)
  • Position: Associate Professor, Department of History, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
  • Profile and works: English
  • Areas of research: US in the World; Asian American History; Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity; the Progressive Era
Hiroaki Matsusaka (Ritsumeikan University)
  • Position: Associate Professor, College of International Relations Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University
  • Profile: English / Japanese
  • Areas of research: Global and Transnational History, Intellectual and Cultural History, North American and East Asian Studies, Transpacific Studies, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
Taro Tsurumi (University of Tokyo)
  • Position: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Arts, University of Tokyo
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Seiko Mimaki (Doshisha University)
  • Position: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Meyu Yamamoto (Ritsumeikan University)
  • Position: Associate Professor, College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program, Ritsumeikan University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Sakiko Nakao (Chuo University)
  • Position: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Michael Roellinghoff (The University of Hong Kong)
  • Position: Assistant Professor, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong
  • Profile and works: English
  • Research Interests: Modern Japan and Northeast Asia, Settler colonialism, The transpacific, Critical Indigenous studies
Asako Masubuchi (Doshisha University)
  • Position: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
  • Research interests: U.S. military occupation of Okinawa, oral history, colonial medicine, women’s history critical theory, militarism, transpacific studies, Cold War studies, Okinawan modern history
Maria Framke (Erfurt University)
  • Position: Research Fellow, History Department, Erfurt University
  • Profile and works: English / German
Yoshihiro Yakushige (Doshisha University)
  • Position: Researcher, Institute for the Study of Humanities and Social Sciences, Doshisha University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Alex Middleton (Oxford University)
  • Fellow in History
Aaron Peters (Ambrose University)
  • Position: Lecturer, History/Humanities at Ambrose University
Robert Kramm (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
  • Position: Freigeist-Fellow & Principal Investigator, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  • Profile and works: English
  • Research interests: modern Japan, history of everyday life, colonialism and postcolonialism, and history of anarchism, communes and the body
Erkjad Kajo (University of Pavia)
  • Position: Doctoral Fellow, Global History, University of Pavia
  • Profile and works: English
  • Research Interests: Global Intellectual History, Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Balkan Transnational History, Albanian and Greek-speaking lands
Giovanni Costenaro (European University Institute)
  • Position: PhD researcher, Department of History, European University Institute
  • Profile: English
Carlotta Marchi (University of Pavia)
  • Position: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Pavia
  • Profile and works: English
Clara Torrão Busin (École des hautes études en sciences sociales)
  • Position: PhD student, Institut des mondes africains, École des hautes études en sciences sociales
  • Profile and works: French
  • Research interests: political and social history, migration, mobility, Mozambique, Tanzania
Vicky Shen (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Position: PhD Student, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
  • Profile: English
Eloy Romero Blanco (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Position: PhD Student, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
  • Profile: English
Marie Sebillotte (École des hautes études en sciences sociales)
  • Position: contract PhD student, Institut des mondes africains, École des hautes études en sciences sociales; half-tenure track at the Institut d’études politiques de Grenoble
  • Profile and works: French
  • Research interests: slavery, abolitionism, Congo, Angola
Jason Butters (Columbia University)
  • Position: PhD Student, Department of History, Columbia University
  • Profile: English
Motoki Tomoyose (Doshisha University)
  • Position: PhD student, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University
Tomoe Morita (Doshisha University)
  • Position: PhD student, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University
  • Profile and works: English / Japanese
Satomi Mizoguchi (Doshisha University)
  • Position: PhD student, Graduate School of Global Studies, Doshisha University