Japanese studies in Britain : a survey and history / edited by Hugh Cortazzi and Peter Kornicki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cortazzi, Hugh, editor.

Kornicki, Peter F. (Peter Francis), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan-Study and teaching (Higher)-United States.

Japan--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Japan Society paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Folkstone, Kent : Renaissance Books, 2016.

Summary:

This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but pointing out some weaknesses, while offering a valuable record of the origins and development of Japanese Studies in British universities and other institutions. It has essays by scholars from universities all over Britain.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

List of Relevant Biographical Portraits

PART I History

1 A Brief History of Japanese Studies in Britain – from the 1860s to the Twenty-first Century

2 British Missionaries and Japanese Studies in Pre-war Japan

3 British Consular and Military Officers in Japan Before 1941

PART II Japanese Studies at Universities

4 Cambridge University

5 Japanese Library Collections: Cambridge and Elsewhere

6 Cardiff University

7 Durham University

8 University of East Anglia

9 University of Edinburgh

10 University of Leeds

11 London School of Economics

12 Manchester University

13 University of Newcastle

14 Oxford University

15 Oxford Brookes

16 Sheffield University

17 SOAS, University of London

18 The White Rose East Asia Centre: Collaboration in Japanese Studies Between the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield

19 Japanese Studies at Other Universities in Britain

PART III Foundations and Other Organizations

20 The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS)

21 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Japanese Studies in UK Universities

22 The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation: Japanese Studies Funding and Policy, 1985–2016

23 The Japan Foundation’s Support for Japanese Studies in Britain

24 The Japan Society and Japanese Studies in the UK

25 Japanese Studies in the UK: The Role of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

26 The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

27 The Tanaka Fund and its Impact on Japanese Studies Library Collections in the UK through the JFEC and the JLG Cooperative Acquisitions Scheme

Bibliography

Index

ISBN:

1-003-69837-9

1-04-078998-6

1-898823-59-6

9781003698371

OCLC:

995848106