Visiting Research Fellow
Research Interests
Social History of Modern Iran (History of Women, History of Education, History of Family)
Professional Experiences
- Associate Professor, International College of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate School of International Liberal Arts & Graduate School of Urban Social and Cultural Studies, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan (April 2014-Today)
- Research Fellow (full-time), Middle East Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (June 2009-March 2014)
- Visiting Research Fellow, Middle East Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (April 2018-Today)
- Part-time lecturer, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan (April 2010-Today)
- Part-time lecturer, Faculty of Buddhism, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan (April 2010-March 2019)
- Research Fellow (part-time), Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan (April 2008-May 2009)
Education
- Ph. D in International Cultural Studies, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan (March 2008)
- M.A. in International Cultural Studies, Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan (March 1998)
Publication
Books
- “Struggles of Female Activists in Iran in the First Half of the 20th Century: Towards the Promotion of Girls’ Education”, “100 Years of Women” Publication Committee ed., 100 Years of Women: Education, Marriage, Occupation and Work: How did and do they Live?, 2014, Sendai: Tohoku University Press, pp. 139-154. (Japanese)
- “Chapter 9: Seddigeh Doulatabadi’s Works: Female Intellectuals who Struggled to Promote Girls’ Education and Social Reaction to them in Modern Iran”, Hiroyuki Yanagihashi ed., The Intellectual Legacy of Islam, 2014, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, pp. 259-296. (Japanese)
- “Chapter 7: Charity and Orphan Relief: Educational Efforts by Women in Modern Iran, Mikako Sawayama and Nobuya Hashimoto eds., History of Child Protection and Abandonment, 2014, Kyoto: Showado, pp. 215-241. (Japanese)
- “Chapter 8: Variations in Contemporary Iranian “Marriages”: Trend of Late Marriage among Highly Educated Women and “White Marriage” among the Youth”, supervised by Eiji Nagasawa, Toyoko Morita and Hitomi Ono eds., Islam & Gender Studies 1: Marriage and Divorce, 2019, Tokyo: Akashi Shoten Co., Ltd., pp. 259-296. (Japanese)
- “Chapter 2: The Establishment of Modern Education for Women in Iran”, supervised by Eiji Nagasawa, Mina Hattori and Yasuko Kobayashi eds., Islam & Gender Studies 3: Education and Empowerment, 2020, Tokyo: Akashi Shoten Co., Ltd., pp. 35-51. (Japanese)
- “Prism of History 4: Forgotten after the Revolution? An Iranian Feminist”, supervised by Eiji Nagasawa, Mari Oka and Emi Goto eds., Islam & Gender Studies 5: Memories and Records: A Hundred Years of Women’s Experience, 2023, Tokyo: Akashi Shoten Co., Ltd., pp. 61-67. (Japanese)
Articles
- “Establishment of Girl’s Schools in Tehran and Iranian Educational Policy for Women at the beginning of the 20th Century”, The world of Islam, no.64, 2005, pp. 21-46. (Japanese)
- “The Development of Women’s Modern Education in Iran and the Debates regarding it”, The world of Islam, no.73, 2009, pp. 29-58. (Japanese)
- “Women’s Education and Literacy: The Concept of the “Modern Iranian Women” and Nationalism”, Journal of Historical Studies, no.873, 2010, pp. 49-60. (Japanese)
- “Women in Shi’ite Islam: Debate over the Female Education in Iran”, Journal of Buddhist Studies (Komazawa University), no.41, 2010, pp. 276-296. (Japanese)
- “Activities of Christian Missionaries in Iran: focusing on the Modern Education”, Journal of Buddhist Studies (Komazawa University), no.42, 2011, pp. 266-288. (Japanese)
- “Women’s Organizations in Modern Iran: Promotion of Female Education and the Issue of Nationalism”, Journal of Buddhist Studies (Komazawa University), no.43, 2012, pp. 368-388. (Japanese)
- “Modern Education in Iran: The Activities of French and U.K.’s Cultural and Religious Groups”, Journal of the Faculty of Buddhism (Komazawa University), no.70, 2012, pp. 368-388. (Japanese)
- “Women’s Magazines and the Female Education”, The Bulletin of Yokohama City University: Humanities, vol.63, no.1, 2012, pp. 71-116. (Japanese)
