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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
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 Associate Professor(2025/04-)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow DC1(2020/04-2023/03)
National Chengchi University Graduate Institute of Taiwan History, Visiting Scholar(2023/04-2024/02)
Year & Month of Birth
1996/03
Academic Society
Award
Specialities
Speciality Keywords
Modern Chinese History,Modern Taiwanese History,History of Media,Science, Technology and Society,Cultural Studies,Historical Sociology
Research Themes
History of media and technology in modern China
Books
- The Politics of Reading in Modern China: A Contentious History 2024/03
- The Chinese Typewriter: A History 2021/05
- Anti-Japan: The Politics of Sentiment in Postcolonial East Asia 2021/08
Papers
- 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
- Futurology in Taiwan and mainland China: geopolitical imagination of futures in the late twentieth century Haruka Higo Inter-Asia Cultural Studies 1 2025/04
- Political Expectations for Readers as Consumers: On Book Review Journals in China during the 1930S Journal of Mass Communication Studies 98 69 2021/01
- Books and Chinese Society: Symbolism of Burnings and Readings 38 58 2023/07
- 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
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
- MOSSE, George, The Nationalization of the Masses Kyoto Journal of Media History 8 363 2022/04
- Attempts and Setbacks in the Exchange of Artworks between Japan and France (1882-1885): A Case Study of International Cultural Exchange based on the Records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cultural Resources Studies 18 31 2020/06
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)