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KARASAWA Yasuhiko

Department / Course College of Letters Global Studies Program

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Letters

Academic background
1.	1994/06 Degree Acquisition	│ University of California, Los Angeles │ その他
2.	1990/03 Degree Acquisition	│ The University of Tokyo MA
3.		Doctorial Course │ Chinese History, │ Department of History, │ University of California, Los Angeles, (USA)
4.	～1990/03	Master Course │ Chinese Philosophy │ Graduate School, Division of Humanities │ The University of Tokyo │ Completed
5.	～1988/03	Department of Chinese Philosophy │ Faculty of Literature │ The University of Tokyo │ Graduated BA

Business career
1.	2010/04/01	Professor │ College of Letters │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2000/04/01 ～ 2010/03/31	Associate Professor │ College of Letters │ Ritsumeikan University
3.	1997/04/01 ～ 2000/03/31	Assistant Professor │ College of Letters │ Ritsumeikan University

Research activities
1.		The Military History Society of Japan
2.		Society for Military History
3.		Coast Defense Study Group
4.		Association for Asian Studies
5.		Association for Studies of Chinese Society and Culture

Subject of research
1.	(1)Coastal fortification in Meiji Japan
2.	(2)Fortified San Francisco
3.	(3)Orality, textuality, and reality: Local legal case records in 19th century China
4.	(4)Civilizing process in Ming-Qing China

Research summary
Defending the New Nation: Army Artillery, Engineers, and Coastal Fortification in Meiji Japan =Research theme(3)= Examining legal plaints and written testimony in local-level case records to understand the "sense of reality" shared by ordinary illiterate people in Qing China

Present specialized field
Military History, Chinese History (Keyword：Military History, Chinese History (14th through 20th centuries))

Books
1.	2014/03	From oral testimony to written records in Qing legal cases" In P. Huang and K. Bernhardt, eds., "Research from Archival Case Records: Law, Society and Culture in China │ ,pp.89-118
2.	2014/02	The last Martello tower in the world" In Board of Education, Kobe City, ed., "Defense of Osaka and Wadamisaki Battery │ ,pp.17-22
3.	2013/03	From Martello towers to modern fortress" In Board of Education, Hyogo Prefecture, ed., "Batteries in Hyogo Prefecture from the End of Tokugawa through Meiji Periods. │ ,pp.13-28
4.	2011/06	Maizuru Fortress assessed by the US Navy during the Meiji period"In Modern Fortification Ruins Study Group, ed.,"The Maizuru Fortress I: Maizuru Port and Modern Fortification Ruins in Sanin Region". │ ,pp.3-21
5.	2009/06	Naruto Fortress assessed by the US Navy, 1902-1909" in Modern Fortification Ruins Study Group, ed., "Yura Fortress I: Ruins of Modern Fortification Defending Osaka Bay │ ,pp.3-21
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Papers
1.	2023/06/10	On Military Engineers │ Habitat Building History │
2.	2023/06/10	The Bio-environment of the Battlefield from a Military Historical Perspective │ Habitat Building History │
3.	2021/09/01	The academic subjects of early Meiji Japan's Military Academy │ The Journal of Military History │ 57 (2),pp.4-27
4.	2015/10	Discussing the landscape diversity of Inland Sea, No. 8, Modern national defense heritage in Inland Sea region: Army Fortresses of Meiji Japan │ Scientific Forum of the Seto Inland Sea │ 70,pp.35-40
5.	2015/09	National defense heritage in Inland Sea region │ Forum on Inland Sea Studies in Nara: Reassessment and Reformation of Rregional Resources in Inland Sea Region │ ,pp.6-7
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2015/09/03	National defense heritage in Inland Sea region
2.	2003/10	Legal plaints between oral and written cultures in the Qing: The case of Buddhist monks
3.	2001/10/12	Rethinking legal case records in the context of Chinese written culture
4.	2000/09	Legal plaints between the oral and written cultures in the Qing: The case of Buddhist monks
5.	2000/06	The narrative in legal plaints in Qing China: Textual analysis in Historical studies
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Works
1.	2023/10/30	Coast Defense of the Kansai region during the Meiji Period: Yura Fortress and Maizuru Fortress
2.	2023/06/10	Modern Military History and Awaji Island: The Strait Defenses (MInami Awaji Municipal Public Hall)
3.	2014/02/22	The last Martello tower in the world: Wadamisaki Stone Tower (Hyogo Auditorium)
4.	2010/01/30	Wadamisaki Stone Tower, the Martello tower: Its position in the world history (The Center for Design Development, Kobe Shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industry)
5.	2005/12/29	Coastal fortification in Meiji Japan: The transfer of western military architecture technology (Taipei)
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Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2019/09/01 ～ 2019/09/14	Comparing coastal fortifications in Japan and Australia built during the 19th through early 20th centuries │ Research by External Competitive Fund

Teaching achievements

●Other Special Instructions about Teaching Activities

1.	2010/01	Point Wada Tower: The Last Martello Tower in the World
2.	2009/08	World-wide excursions to experience how to be colonized by Whites!
3.	2003/11	Modern Japan's coastal fortification caputured by the U.S.Navy.

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