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Academic Staff: List of Experts
East AsiaJapanThe Japan Area Group is a cross campus network of ANU people working on Japanese studies. The Japan Area group includes:
(Faculty of Asian Studies) The Japan Centre's aim is to equip students with the linguistic and cultural competence needed to function effectively in Japan, and the education to enable them to understand Japan in depth. The Japan Centre degree programs are open to undergraduate and graduate students taking degrees in the Faculty of Asian Studies as well as to students enrolled in other Faculties at the Australian National University.
(Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government) The Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC) conducts research to explore and improve understanding of Australia and Japan's strategic interests in the Asia Pacific economy. Its policy-oriented areas of interest include developments in Asia Pacific economic cooperation integration and issues associated with the formation of an East Asian Community. This encompasses research on trade, finance, and macroeconomics, as well as international economic relations.
The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) is an initiative of the law faculties at the Australian National University (ANU), the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Sydney (USyd). The core aim of ANJeL is to promote scholarly engagement with Japanese law, especially in Australia.
Academic specialistsEconomicsCorbett, Professor Jenny The Japanese economy, particularly banking, macro-economic policy and corporate governance. Banking and financial crisis.
de Brouwer, Professor Gordon Open-economy macroeconomics,
International finance,
Economies of Japan, Australia and East Asia,
Monetary policy and central banking,
International relations
Drysdale, Emeritus Professor Peter International trade and economic policy; Australia's economic relations with East Asia and the Pacific; the East Asian and Japanese economy and economic policy
Horiuchi, Dr Yusaku Political Economy (Electoral Institutions, Party Competition, Voting Behavior, Economic Policy);
Public Opinion (Cross-National Comparison of Political Attitudes and Opinions);
Japanese Politics and Economy;
Research Methodology (Applied Statistics, Experimental Methods)
Onji, Dr Kazuki Public Finance,
Japenese Economy,
Applied Econometrics
HistoryLi, Dr Narangoa Dr Narangoa is a historian specializing in the history of Northeast Asia, especially Japan’s imperial half century (1895-1945) and the developement of Mongol national identities. Her research covers issues ranging from collaboration, the nature of borders and minority issues in China to religion, urban culture and traditional medicine.
McCormack, Emeritus Professor Gavan Modern Japanese (and East Asian) political, intellectual and environmental history; changing views of nature in the course of modernisation in Japan and East Asia, especially in respect of rivers and water; regional environmental history; struggles over the definition of past (especially China and Pacific wars) and future (beyond capitalism and the Cold War) identities in Japan; North Korea as regional and global problem in early 21st century, with especial reference to the Japan-North Korean relationship.
Morris-Suzuki, Professor Tessa The social history of Japanese technology; national identity and ethnic minorities in Japan; the history of indigenous peoples in Northeast Asia; modern Japanese historiography; globalisation processes (with particular reference to Northeast Asia).
Tsu, Dr Timothy Yun Hui Japans Colonial Rule of Taiwan; Japan and Colonial Southeast Asia; Japan and the Overseas Chinese; Nature and Culture in Modern Japan; Religion and society in Late Imperial China.
LawAnderson, Professor Kent Comparative law, particularly with regards to Japan; private international law (ie, conflict of laws); commercial law, particularly insolvency; and Law & Film Studies.
Linguistics and Language LearningHendriks, Dr Peter The history of Japanese language, the history of Japanese dialects, historical syntax and morphology, and acquisition of Japanese as a second language.
Ikeda, Mr Shun Japanese language, education, culture and society. He also has research interests in comparative education in Asia and in socio-linguistics (language policy and planning).
Ishihara, Dr Shunichi Experimental Phonetics, Speech & Language Processing
Lee, Dr Duck-Young Japanese-Korean linguistics, Interface between grammar and interaction, Unique features of spoken language
Politics and SecurityAkami, Dr Tomoko How we construct the knowledge of the world, and explore the question of what is the knowledge, which would foster 'peace'.
Kersten, Professor Rikki Political thought in modern Japan (especially democracy and fascism), debates over war apologies and war guilt in Japan, Japanese policy towards North Korea, and contemporary Japanese politics.
Society and CultureHayes, Dr Carol
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