Prof. dr. Chris S. Goto-Jones
Professor of Modern Japan Studies
Department of Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University
Arsenaalstraat 1, PO Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)71-5272543, Fax: +31-(0)71-5272526
E-Mail: c.goto-jones@mearc.eu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1998-2002: University of Oxford, Doctor of Philosophy (Politics and International Relations). Thesis: Ideas at War: Nishida Kitarô and the Philosophical Context of the Co-Prosperity Sphere.
1996-98: University of Oxford, Master of Philosophy (Politics and International Relations) (with distinctions)
1993-96: University of Cambridge, Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (Social and Political Sciences with Japanese Studies); Master of Arts (1999)
Full Appointments
2006-Present: Professor of Modern Japan Studies and Director of Modern East Asia Research Centre
2005-2006: Associate Professor in the History of Ideas in Modern Japan, Leiden University
2003-2005: Lecturer in Modern History, University of Nottingham
2001: Founding director of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies at the University of Kent
2001-2003: Lecturer in the Politics and International Relations of East Asia, University of Kent
1998-2000: Ministry of Education Visiting Researcher in Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
Honours
2005-2010: Honorary Fellow, White Rose East Asia Centre, White Rose University Consortium (Leeds, Sheffield and York Universities)
2005-2010: Honorary Fellow, School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield
2005: Elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK)
2004: Awarded British Academy Research Grant
2004: Elected to the Royal Institute of Philosophy (UK)
2003-2008: Research Associate, Japan Research Centre, SOAS, University of London
2003-2006: Editorial board member, Global Society
2003-2004: Senior Associate Member, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
2003-2004: Consultant for University of Westminster establishing new courses on Modern Japan
2003: Appointed as editor, Japan Forum (Journal of the British Association for Japanese Studies)
2003: Elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (UK)
2003: Won Daiwa Foundation/Japan Forum Prize 2003
2002-2005: Visiting Lecturer in Japanese Politics, SOAS, University of London
2002-2004: Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge and Nihon-Pembroke, Visiting Scholar in Modern Japan at University of Cambridge
2002: Awarded research grant from Japan Foundation Endowment Committee
2002: Awarded research grant from Toshiba International Foundation
2002: Awarded Grant from Japan Foundation
2002-2003: Appointed as reviews editor, Japan Forum
2001: Elected Fellow of the Anglo-Japanese Academy
2000: Awarded Sasakawa Foundation Scholarship
2000: Awarded Daiwa Foundation Research Award
1998: Monbusho (Ministry of Education) scholarship to Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Tokyo
1998: Awarded a Research Studentship from the Economic and Social Research Council
1998: Won Oxford University’s Dasturzada Dr Jal Pavry Memorial Thesis Prize
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