Mitani Hiroshi
三谷博
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Coordinate Research Scholar
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Field of Study
History
Years of Stay at HYI
Jul 2007 to Sep 2008
University Affiliation (Current)
Toyo Bunko
University Affiliation
The University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Mitani engages in the comparative study of revolutions at Tōyō Bunko after having left the University of Tokyo. During his stay as a Coordinate Research Scholar at HYI, he worked with Prof. Andrew Gordon (Dept. of History, Harvard University).
Current Research Projects: Comparative study of revolutions (https://kakumeihikaku.jimdosite.com/). Next project will be creating an online database of the historical materials of international relations in East Asia available in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages.
Recent Publications
In English
“Japan’s Meiji Revolution in Global History: Searching for Some Generalizations out of History,” Asian Review of World Histories, 2020.
“A Japanese Historiography of Reconciliation Efforts with East Asian Neighbors: Before and After the History Textbook Dispute in 2001,” The 20th Century Thorough Historiographies and Textbooks: Chapters from Japan, East Asia, Slovenia and Southeast Europe, 2018
Meiji Revolution, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History, 2017
In Japanese
『日本史のなかの「普遍」』東京大学出版会、2020。
『日本史からの問い』白水社、2020。
『維新史再考』NHK出版、2017。（English translation in progress. Chinese and Korean versions will be available in 2024）
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