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Researcher Information

last modified:2025/06/12

Associate Professor HIGO, Haruka

Faculty, Affiliation

Institute of Liberal Arts and Science

College and School Educational Field


Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science

Laboratory

Academic Background

【Degree】
BA (Liberal Arts)
MA (Education)
PhD (Education)

Career

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow PD(2023/04-2025/03)
Kanazawa University Institute of Liberal Arts and Science Faculty of Foreign Language Studies Lecturer(2025/04-)
National Chengchi University Graduate Institute of Taiwan History, Visiting Scholar(2023/04-2024/02)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(2020/04-2023/03)

Year & Month of Birth

1996/03

Academic Society


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Specialities

Speciality Keywords

Modern Chinese History,Sociology of Culture,Cultural Studies,Historical Sociology,History of Media,History of Reading

Research Themes

History of media and technology in modern China

Books

  •  The Chinese Typewriter: A History 2021/05
  •  The Politics of Reading in Modern China: A Contentious History 2024/03

Papers

  •  Political Expectations for Readers as Consumers: On Book Review Journals in China during the 1930S Journal of Mass Communication Studies 98 69 2021/01
  •  Reading and Mobilization for the War of Resistance: Research on Reading Life from the Perspective of Political Communication (1934-1936) Modern and Contemporary China Studies 45 1 2020/10 
  •  Media History of Reading Magazine: Intellectual Public Sphere from the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen Crisis Kyoto Journal of Media History 5 13 2019/04 
  •  The Politics of What to Read: Cultural Conflict in the Reform-Era of China Haruka Higo 138 2019/04
  •  Code of reading practice in the Maoist era: focusing on the continuity of political culture HIGO Haruka Kyoto University Research Studies in Education 67 1 2021/03 

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  •  Futurology in Taiwan and mainland China: geopolitical imagination of futures in the late twentieth century Haruka Higo Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 1 2025/04 
  •  Books and Chinese Society: Symbolism of Burnings and Readings 38 58 2023/07

Conference Presentations

  • Futurology in Taiwan and Mainland China: Geopolitical Imagination of Futures in the Late 20th Century(conference:25th Biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 2024 Conference)(2024/07/04)

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「冷戦期東アジアにおける読書のグローバル・ヒストリー:台湾・香港を中心に」(2023-2025) 

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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