Lindsay Black is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies.

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Research

Fields of Interest
My research interests comprise Japan’s foreign policy, International Relations Theory, East Asian Regionalism, East Asian Security, Human Security and Development, Contemporary Maritime Affairs in East/Southeast Asia, and Sino-Japanese Relations. My most recent major publication is Disciplining Democracies – Human Insecurity in Japan-Myanmar Relations (Bristol University Press, 2023). My first book examined the role of the Japan Coast Guard and I have published numerous articles and book chapters on the International Relations of East Asia. I teach on International Relations and International Political Economy in the China, Korea, and Japan programs, as well as the BA and MA in International Relations.

Dissertation
PhD Sheffield University, UK. Dissertation title: “All at Sea? Japan’s response to the contemporary maritime security threats posed by infidels, pirates and barbarians” , Completed October 2006.

Supervision

I am willing to supervise MA students on projects concerning the International Relations of East Asia, particularly those focusing on Japan and Sino-Japan relations. I welcome PhD projects on Japan’s foreign policy concerning East Asian regionalism, East Asian security, Human Security and Development, Contemporary Maritime Affairs in East/Southeast Asia, and Sino-Japanese Relations.

Curriculum Vitae

Education
2002 – 2006
PhD Sheffield University, UK. Dissertation title: “All at Sea? Japan’s response to the contemporary maritime security threats posed by infidels, pirates and barbarians”

2001 – 2002
MA (Distinction) Sheffield University, International Political Economy 1995 – 1999
BA (Hons) Durham University, Combined Honours in Japanese and History

Appointments
University Lecturer, International Relations of East Asia, Department of Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University, 2007-present

Grants and Fellowships
Monbushō Scholarship, 2003–2005
Monbushō Scholarship, 1996–1997

Awards and Honors
Liam Holden Prize, Department of Politics, Sheffield University, 2002

Grants and Fellowships

• Taiwan Fellowship, Winter-Spring 2017
• Osaka Cross Appointment System, Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Autumn 2016
• JSPS-NWO Joint Seminar Grant, Summer 2013
• MEARC and LIAS research subsidy, Summer 2009
• Monbushō Scholarship, 2003–2005
• Monbushō Scholarship, 1996–1997

Publications