Japanese Studies
LIAS aims to advance the globally conscious vision of area studies, both within and outside the academic community. Focusing on Asia and the Middle East, the institute is a meeting place of multiple fields of inquiry, theories and methods, historical periods, and areas.
Research
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Garbage matters: A comparative history of waste in East Asia -
Beyond Utopia: New politics, the politics of knowledge and the science fictional field of Japan
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In Search of the Japanese Family: Modernity, Social Change, and Women's Lives in Contemporary Japan
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Blood, Tears and Samurai Love: A Tragic Tale from Eighteenth-Century Japan -
Ideals of Femininity and Female Representation in Nineteenth-century Ukiyo-e
