Naoko Shimazu
Naoko Shimazu is Professor of History in the Tokyo College at the University of Tokyo. She was previously Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College, Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Fernand Braudel fellow at the European University Institute.
Research
Shimazu is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.Education
Shimazu has the following degrees:- 1995 D.Phil. in international relations, University of Oxford
- 1985 B.A. in political studies, University of Manitoba
- 1987 M.Phil. in international relations, University of Oxford
Selected publications
- Cold War Asia: A Visual History of Global Diplomacy. Editor and author.
- Oxford Handbook on the Cultural History of Global Diplomacy, c.1750-2000. Editor and author.
- The Russian Revolution in Asia: From Baku to Batavia,. Editor and co-author.
- Postcard Impressions from Early 20th Century Singapore: Perspective from the Japanese Community, co-authored with Regina Hong and Ling Xi Min. Co-author.
- Imagining Japan in Postwar East Asia. Routledge, London, 2013.
- Japanese Society at War: Death, Memory, and the Russo-Japanese War. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
- Nationalisms in Japan. Routledge, London, 2006.
- Japan, Race and Equality: The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919. Routledge, London, 1998.