RIJS People Associates in Research: J - L
D. Colin Jaundrill
Providence College, Asst. Prof. East Asian History
The transformation of military service in the transition from the Tokugawa to Meiji periods, especially the wider social and cultural consequences
djaundri(at)providence.edu
William D. Johnston
Wesleyan, Prof of History., Chair of East Asian Langs. & Lits.
Cholera in nineteenth-century Japanese medical thought, public health, and popular culture
wjohnston(at)wesleyan.edu
Mark A. Jones
Central Conn. State, Assoc. Prof. of History
History of childhood and the middle class in modern Japan jonesm(at)ccsu.edu
Jason Josephson
Williams College, Asst. Prof. of Religion and Asian Studies
Japan of the Edo-Meiji era; science and religion especially focusing on practices and beliefs considered "superstitions" to uncover occluded genealogies in the construction of modernity in Japan and Europe
jason.josephson(at)williams.edu
Naoki Kamimura
Nanzan Univ., Prof. of American Studies and Int'l Relations
Comparative analysis of nuclear disarmament and alliance policies of Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, esp. each country's civil society responses to official policy toward the U.S. regarding these issues
kamimura(at)nanzan-u.ac.jp
Ikumi Kaminishi
Tufts, Assoc. Prof. of Asian Art History
Relationship between the Buddhist practice of upaya (J. hoben) and Japanese paintings, especially emakimono
ikumi.kaminishi(at)tufts.edu
Taizo Kato
Waseda, Prof. Emeritus of Psychology
Problems of young people who lose their confidence in this confused age
katotaizo(at)gmail.com
Sari Kawana
UMass Boston, Asst. Prof. of Japanese
History of publishing in Japan; genre fiction, particularly detective fiction and science fiction
sari.kawana(at)umb.edu
Terry Kawashima
UMass Boston, Assoc. Prof. of Modern Languages and Asian Studies
The trope of the double in temple/shrine origin tales and its relationship to bifurcated systems of power in medieval Japan
tkawashima(at)wesleyan.edu
Adam Kern
Wisconsin, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese Lit; Associate Director, Visual Culture Studies Center
Gesaku and haikai.
alkern(at)wisc.edu
Masato Kimura
Shibusawa Ei'’icihi Memorial Fndn., Director, Research Dept.
Japanese businessmen in NY in the late 19 th c.; Shibusawa Ei'ichi's non-governmental diplomacy
kimur66(at)attglobal.net
Takako Kishima
Waseda, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science
Placed-based minorities' resistence movements against neoliberal globalization and development in Asia and Latin America; gendering international law adn securitization studies, cases including "comfort women," women of Afghanistan and Okinawa
kishima.t(at)waseda.jp
T. James Kodera
Wellesley, Prof., Chair of Religion
The plight of the "Untouchables" in India and Japan: its origin and paths of liberalization and self-empowerment
jkodera(at)wellesley.edu
Yukinori Komine
Fitchburg State Univ., Visiting Asst. Prof. of Political Science
Book ms: "Japan Confidential: Secret Bargaining in the U.S.-Japan Alliance, 1961-1978"
tykomine(@)fitchburgstate.edu
Takeshi Kokubo
UMass Boston, Lecturer Emeritus on Japanese
Book projects on Maedaki Hiroichiro: a biography of his life in the U.S.; and English translation, with notes, of his major stories
takeshi.kokubo(at)umb.edu
Kimberly Kono
Smith, Assoc. Prof. of Japanese
Writing by Japanese women in colonial Manchura
kkono(at)smith.edu
Thomas Lamarre
McGill, Prof. of East Asian Studies; Associate, Art history and Communication Studies
Japanese view of animals and evolutionary theory in manga and animation
thomas.lamarre(at)mcgill.ca
Jeffrey M. Lepon
Law Office of Jeffrey M. Lepon, PPLC, Attorney
U.S.-Japan commercial transactions
jml(at)leponlaw.com
Gary P. Leupp
Tufts, Prof. of History; Adj. Prof. of Comp. Religions
Socio-economic history of the Nishijin district of Kyoto during the Tokugawa period, esp. the employment system and the phenomenon of capitalistic wage labor in silk-producing workshops
gleupp(at)tufts.edu
Mark Lincicome
Holy Cross, Assoc. Prof. of History
Journal article on career of Nakano Akira; English translation of monograph on Japanese politics by Akio Igarashi; book project comparing Japanese and Australian perceptions of themselves as nations on the periphery of Asia between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries
mlincico(at)holycross.edu
Jennifer Lind
Dartmouth, Asst. Prof. of Government
International security in East Asia and U.S. foreign policy toward the region
jennifer.lind(at)dartmouth.edu