Prof. Dr. Urs Matthias ZACHMANN (Treasurer)
Prof. Dr. Urs Matthias ZACHMANN Treasurer 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 since 2014 and holding the office […]
Prof. Dr. Verena BLECHINGER-TALCOTT (Immediate Past President)
Prof. Dr. Verena BLECHINGER-TALCOTT Immediate Past President The EAJS has grown to become the largest academic association in the field of Japanese Studies outside of Japan. It plays an important role linking national associations of Japanese studies in Europe and, at the same time, forms a nexus between Japan specialists in Europe and those in […]
Prof. Dr. David CHIAVACCI
Prof. Dr. David CHIAVACCI It is a great honor for me to have been nominated as a candidate for the EAJS council. Besides being a member of the EAJS and participant in its conferences for two decades, I had already opportunities to contribute to the EAJS as section organizer in its international conferences (2011 and […]
Beata BOCHORODYCZ (Local Organizer of Next EAJS International Conference)
Professor at the Institute of Oriental Studies of Adam Mickiewicz University (AMU) in Poznan, Poland Statement I consider the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) as one the most important forums for the exchange of research and ideas about Japan and its region, not only in Europe but also globally. The EAJS is dedicated to […]
Prof. Dr. Rebecca SUTER
Prof. Dr. Rebecca SUTER After twenty years researching and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Australia, I have recently relocated to European academia. The election as member of the EAJS Council is an excellent opportunity to contribute the substantial experience I have acquired in research administration and outreach to the promotion of Japanese Studies […]
Prof. Dr. Kristina IWATA-WEICKGENANNT
Prof. Dr. Kristina IWATA-WEICKGENANNT 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 of precarity, and cultural responses to the […]
Dr. Barbara GEILHORN
Dr. Barbara Geilhorn I feel honoured to have been re-elected as a member of the EAJS council. Currently based in Japan, I am a mid-career scholar with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. Relying on my work and research experiences in various academic environments, including Germany, Japan and the UK, I hope to contribute to […]
Prof. Dr. Andrea DE ANTONI
Prof. Dr. Andrea DE ANTONI I am an anthropologist born in Venice, but I have lived in Kyoto for more than twelve years. In the picture, I am the one on the left. I have been an EAJS Member since 2008, when I took part in my first EAJS Conference and in the TIFO Recipients […]
Prof. Dr. Edward BOYLE
Prof. Dr. Edward BOYLE It is a tremendous honour to have been elected as EAJS Council member. I only attended my first EAJS conference in Lisbon in 2017, but I am driven by the desire that every subsequent event I attend be characterized by the vibrancy and collegiality which distinguished this wonderful conference. The EAJS […]
Dr. Till WEINGÄRTNER (Secretary)
Dr. Till WEINGÄRTNER Secretary After almost fifteen years since attending my first EAJS conference in Lecce, it is with immense pride that I have been elected for the position of EAJS Secretary. For the past six years, I have been fortunate to have served as a member of the extended council. One of the highlights […]
