Visiting Scholars

Previous visiting faculty and scholars in Japanese Studies have been:

2018-22
Hyun Sun Lee, Associate Professor,  Department of Pioneering Asian Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo

2019-20
Andre Kobayashi Deckrow, Independent Scholar
Koichi Fujiwara, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University

2018-19
Mariko Kunimi, Associate Professor of Law and Accounting, Den-En Chofu University
Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Professor of Comparative Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo

2017-18
Takeshi Hamano, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Kitakyushu
Hajime Hasegawa, Professor of Media Studies, Meiji Gakuin University

2015
Rika Hanamitsu, Associate Professor of Communication, Waseda University

2014-15
Emily Brink, Independent Scholar, Art History

2012-15
Aileen Gatten, Independent Scholar, Literature

2014
Kae Masuda (Kinoshita), art

2013-14
Mariko Okada, Japanese performing arts
Tomoyuki Sasaki, Eastern Michigan University, history

2013
Michael Cronin, College of William & Mary, Japanese literature

2012-13
Tomoyuki Sasaki, Eastern Michigan University, history

2011-12
Hideko Abé, Colby College, women's studies

2008-09
Akiko Takenaka, history of art

2008
Ann-Elise Lewallen, anthropology

2006-08
Shunsuke Hanai, Waseda University; commerce

2005-06
Krsysztof Olszewski, Jagiellonian University (Poland), Japanese and Chinese studies
David Rosenfeld, Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies

2004-05
Tomomi Yamaguchi, Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies
Jonathan Zwicker, Postdoctoral Fellow with the Michigan Society of Fellows, Asian Languages and Cultures

2003-04
Motohiro Kondo, Nihon University; media
Shinobu Ikeda, Chiba Univesrity; art history
Hiroshi Ishida, Tokyo University; sociology
Sawako Shirahase, Tokyo University; sociology
Jonathan Zwicker, Postdoctoral Fellow with the Michigan Society of Fellows, Asian Languages and Cultures

2002-03
Hitoshi Abe, Mitsui Mutual Life Visiting Researcher
Makoto Ichimura, Chuo University, Department of Business Administration
Chisato Murakami, University of Michigan, Japanese language
Azumi Ann Takata, University of Michigan, Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies
Jonathan Zwicker, Postdoctoral Fellow with the Michigan Society of Fellows, Asian Languages and Cultures

2001-02
Sidney Brown, University of Oklahoma, history
Frank Chance, art history
Linda Chance, University of Pennsylvania, Asian Languages and Cultures
Young-hae Han, Hanshin University, Center for Japanese Studies
Hiroshi Ishida, University of Tokyo, Institute for Social Research
Sawako Shirahase, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Center for Japanese Studies

2000-01
Tomotaka Fujita, Tokyo University,law
Michimasa Hamamoto, Yokohama National University, accounting
Kazuya Kitamura, Nagoya University Hospital, Department of General Medicine
Munenori Nakasato, Aoyama Gakuin University, School of International Policies, Economics, and Business
Minoru Nakazato, Tokyo University, law
Hisao Nishimura, Mitsui Visiting Researcher, finance
Haruo Tamiya, Tokyo International University

1999-2000
Maribeth Graybill, Swarthmore College, art history
Masahito Inouye, Tokyo University, law
Atsushi Kinami, Kyoto University, law
Takashi Maruta, Gakushuin University, law
Osamu Morita, Tokyo University, law
Yoshiyuki Ozono, Nagasaki University, Department of Family Medicine
Shinji Sato, Nagasaki University, Department of Family Medicine
Kathleen Uno, Temple University, history
Makoto Yamada, Kagoshima University, economic policy
Fumon Yoshinori, biwa performer

1998-99
Takanori Fujita, Osaka International University for Women; Noh Theatre
Kun-Hyung Kang, political science
Sook-Young Wang, Inha University, Japanese literature
Makoto Yamada, Kagoshima University; economics

1997-98
Margaret Childs, University of Kansas; Japanese literature
Mark W. Fruin, University of British Columbia; business
Andrew Goble, University of Oregon; history
James Orr, Bucknell University
Shozo Ota, law
Sook-Young Wang, Japanese literature
Masakazu Shimada, business history

1996-97
Yoshihiko Amino, Kanagawa University; history
Margaret Childs, Margaret, University of Kansas; Japanese literature
Mark W. Fruin, University of British Columbia; business
Isao Okuda, Japanese poetry
Anne Walthall, Japanese history