Senior Lecturer in Anthropology Dr Fabio Gygi Japanese society, material culture, medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural history
Professor of Economics Professor Costas Lapavitsas Theory of banking and finance, History of economic thought, Japanese financial system.
Head of Department & Senior Lecturer in the Economy of Japan Dr Satoshi Miyamura Development economics, Labour economics, Institutional economics, Labour-management bargaining, Research methods in economics.
Professor of Economics Professor Ulrich Volz International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability, Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets
Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan) Dr Helen Macnaughtan Helen joined SOAS in 2002 and lectures on economic, business, labour and HRM issues in contemporary Japan (and within a broader East Asian context). Her research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues, employment and sport in Japan.
Lecturer in the Arts of Japan Dr Monika Hinkel Japanese woodblock prints, Contemporary reworkings and interpretations of Ukiyo-e, Meiji nostalgia
Head of Department Dr Alan Cummings Alan has been teaching at SOAS since 2000 in a broad range of areas ranging from East Asian cultural history, pre-modern Japanese language and literature, Japanese classical theatre, and translation.
Senior Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Japan Dr Christopher Gerteis Modern and Contemporary Japanese history. Social and cultural history of the 20th century, especially the intersection of consumer capitalism and historical memory.
Lecturer in Japanese and Applied Linguistics (Education) Dr Seiko Harumi Classroom discourse; classroom silence; pragmatics; translanguaging; conversation analysis; learner-centred reflective approaches in second language learning and language pedagogy
Co-ordinator, The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese / Japanese Language Proficiency Test Ms Yoshiko Jones Ms Jones coordinates The Sir Peter Parker Awards for Spoken Business Japanese and Japanese Language Proficiency Test at the SOAS Japan Research Centre.
Reader in Contemporary Japanese Culture Dr Griseldis Kirsch Contemporary Japanese culture, with particular interest in Japanese media and popular culture, representations of 'Otherness', social phenomena and war memory.
Lecturer in Japanese and Language Acquistion (Education) Dr Natsuko Shibata Perera Japanese language pedagogy and second language acquisition, especially interested in applied drama and sociocultural approach; bilingualism and translanguaging.
Reader in Applied Japanese Linguistics Dr Barbara Pizziconi Japanese applied linguistics; language teaching methodology; second language acquisition with emphasis on pragmatic aspects; linguistic politeness
Senior Lecturer in Japanese and Modern Japanese History (Education) Dr Satona Suzuki Modern Japanese history; modernity, imperialism and militarism. Social and political issues of contemporary Japan.
Professor in Translation Studies Professor Nana Sato-Rossberg Professor Nana Sato-Rossberg is the Chair of the Centre for Translation Studies. Her research interests include history of translation studies in Japan, intergeneric translations (manga to film), translation of oral narratives or orality, cultural translation, and the relationship between translation and power.
Lecturer in Music Dr Yuiko Asaba Popular Music of/in Argentina, Japan and China; Argentine Tango Performance
Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhism Professor Lucia Dolce Japanese religious history, especially the medieval period; Japanese Tantric Buddhism and the esotericisation of religious practice; Millenarian writings and prophecy; Kami-Buddhas associations
Professor Gina Barnes State formation; agricultural transition; urbanisation; landscape archaeology; geoarchaeology, tectonic archaeology; East Asian archaeology especially Japanese archaeology and prehistory/protohistory
Professor Stephen Dodd Modern Japanese literature, with particular interest in gender/sexuality, Modernism and translation studies
Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies Professor Andrew Gerstle Japanese literature, drama and thought, primarily of the Tokugawa period, with particular interest in Bunraku and Kabuki theatre and the plays of Chikamatsu
Dr David W Hughes Ethnomusicology; music of East Asia especially Japan; Japanese folk and theatre music; music and linguistics; Indonesian gamelan and Javanese street music
Emeritus Professor of Economics Professor Machiko Nissanke International Economics (trade and finance), Finance and Development, North-South economic relations and South-South Economic Cooperation, Comparative Development experience in Asia and Africa, Globalisation, inequality and poverty.
Emeritus Professor of the History of Art Professor Timon Screech History of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century; history of science in Japan; the theory of art history
Research Associate Dr Serena A. A. Ceniccola Analysis of functional multilingualism and cosmetic monolingualism in the publication and translation of Japanese and Finnish multilingual literary works.
Research Associate Dr Takako Kawabata Language and society, language and culture, language and political economy, language policy, English in the Asian region, English around the world, teaching Japanese as a foreign language, and globalisation.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dr Artour Mitski Japanese Bangkok and Bangkok’s Japanese: the structures and practices of transnational belonging in a global city.
Research Associate Sarah Parsons Sarah has been a Senior Teaching Fellow within the School of Finance and Management for 6 years, specialising in Business and Management in East Asia, and is currently an Associate Tutor within the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy on the MA Global Diplomacy (online).
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dr Akira Shah Anthropologies of Globalization, Education, Language, Imperialism, Minorities, Transnationality, Digitality, Japan.
Visiting Scholar Professor Mika Hasebe Research Area: Gender impact on social integration of immigrants/refugees in Japan. Date of Appointment: April 2024 - March 2025
Visiting Scholar Mr Ken Kato Research Area: Japanese popular music culture during the Covid-19 pandemic. Date of Appointment: April 2024 - August 2024
Special Visiting Professor and Course Director in Creativity through Art Professor Masanao Kawakami Research Area: Value Capture driven Business Model Innovation.
Visiting Scholar Professor Noriko Sasaki-Kurosaki Research Area: Japanese Language Education, Applied Linguistics and Phonology. Date of Appointment: March 2024 - March 2025
Visiting Scholar Professor Shiba Suzuki Research Area: Macroeconomics, disaster risk, and financial markets. Date of Appointment: September 2022 - August 2024
Professorial Research Scholar Professor Kentaro Yoshida Research Area: The Globalization of Japanese Entrepreneur and Local for Global Innovation. Date of Appointment: April 2023 - March 2025
18 January 2023 Records of a Scholar’s Household in Tokugawa Japan: A Digital History Project As part of an ongoing digital history project, the presentation analyzes a discrete set of family records from the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) that deal with the Confucian Family Rites.
17 January 2024 Working for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kuniaki Amatsu will give an overview of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), what they do, career paths, staff training programmes and what kind of person they look to recruit. This event will be held in Japanese. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
