Till Weingärtner
Lecturer in Asian Studies at the Department of Asian Studies at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland Statement After almost fifteen years since attending my first EAJS conference in Lecce, it is with immense pride that I have been nominated for the position of Secretary in the upcoming EAJS council elections. For the past six years, […]
Andreas Niehaus
Professor at the Department of Languages and Cultures at Ghent University Statement I am very honored and grateful to be nominated for the position of President of the EAJS. As local organizer, I was instrumental in organizing the 2021 online and 2023 hybrid international EAJS conferences in Ghent, and as member of the extended Council, […]
Rebecca Suter
Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oslo Statement After twenty years researching and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Australia, I have recently relocated to European academia. The nomination as candidate for the EAJS Council is an excellent opportunity to contribute the substantial experience I have acquired in research administration and […]
Yona Siderer
Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Statement I am honored to present my candidacy to serve as a member of the Council of the EAJS. I would like to share my knowledge and interest in the Japanese scientific world, history, literature and art. […]
Ian Rapley
Lecturer in East Asian History at the History Department at Cardiff University Statement I am a historian of modern Japan, based at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. I have been a beneficiary of the European Association of Japanese Studies throughout my research career – as a participant at a doctoral workshop, a presenter on, […]
Urs Matthias Zachmann
Professor of Modern Japanese Culture and History at Freie Universitaet Berlin Statement The European Association of Japanese Studies is one of the key professional organisations in the field of Japanese Studies. This applies to Europe, of course, but increasingly so also to academic communities in Japan, or the US. Being a member of the council […]
Björn-Ole Kamm
Junior Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University; Coordinator of the Joint Degree Master Program in Transcultural Studies; Editor-in-chief of the Japanese Journal of Analog Role-Playing Game Studies (JARPS) Statement I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the nomination as a candidate for the EAJS Council. In 2021, I served […]
Pia Jolliffe
Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Statement My name is Pia Jolliffe. I am originally from Vienna (Austria), but since 2006, I have lived mostly in Oxford (UK). I am a scholar of Japanese history. As a mother of three young children, I know of the […]
Hanno Jentzsch
Lecturer at Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Leiden University Statement I am honored to be nominated as a candidate for the EAJS council. A political scientist by training, my work focuses on regional inequalities, agricultural reform, local governance, and social welfare in Japan. From my time as a PhD candidate to my current position […]
Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt
Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities at Nagoya University Statement My name is Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt, and I teach Japanese modern literature in the Japan-in-Asia Cultural Studies Program at Nagoya University. My work has focused on geographies of marginality and marginalization in contemporary Japanese literature. Specifically, I have published on Zainichi Korean literature, literary representations […]
