Japanese Studies research
We deliver fresh insight into the importance of studying Japan through cutting-edge research.
The Japanese Studies department at Manchester has been established since 2007.
Our department is made up of Japanese Studies specialists as well as a number of staff from other disciplines whose work focuses wholly or partly on Japan.
With backgrounds in areas such as history, engineering, literature and political sciences, our staff bring a range of expertise to the department.
Current research being carried out by our Japanese Studies team includes:
- The relationship between religion and violence;
- The contemporary religious dynamics of 21st century Japan;
- The reproduction and replication of pilgrimage sites in Japan;
- Education and socialisation in Japan;
- Japanese educational reforms;
- Japanese women's entrance into the public sphere in 19th century Japan;
- Women readers, writers, and reading practices from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.