Profile Information
- Affiliation
- Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia University
- Degree
- Doktor der Philosophie (PhD)(May, 2006, Tübingen University, Germany)MA (Magister)(Sep, 1993, Tübingen University, Germany; Sophia University, Japan)
- Other name(s) (e.g. nickname)
- グラムリヒーオカ・ベティーナ
- Researcher number
- 60573417
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 201101019660754546
- researchmap Member ID
- 6000029206
- External link
Grants and Research Projects:
2005–2008: University of Tübingen, Japanologie, DFG research project: "Money and Monetary Policies of the Shogunate and Domains in Late Tokugawa Japan: Discourses and Practices."
2008–2009: Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University, New York (NY, USA), Postdoctoral Fellow: "Tadano Makuzu."
2009.5–2009.9: University of Tübingen, Japanologie, DFG research project: "Cholera: Health and Hygiene in Nineteenth Century Japan."
2010– : Network Studies in Japanese History, ICC project, Sophia University
2016–2022: Digitial History, JSPS Research Grants (Kaken C)
2018– 2021: Digital Humanities in the classroom, Educational Innovation Project, Sophia University
2024–2026 「日本の人名データベース」(JBDB)に関する研究の国際的展開(国文学研究資料館)
2023–2025 JSPS Research Grant (基盤研究C): 18世紀後半における儒学受容の研究――〈家〉を中心に (課題番号 23K00099) (分担者)
2022–2024 JSPS Research Grant (基盤研究C): 近世後期の好古・ 証研究の源流と展 にする学際的国際共同研究 (課題番号:22K00863)(分担者)
2022–2025 Collaborator in 京坂文化サロンとネットワーク1780年~1880年 “Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880,” funded by UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) and JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
2021–2023 国際共同研究: 歴史的典籍NW事業 (国文学研究資料館) https://www.nijl.ac.jp/pages/cijproject/
2019–2021 JSPS Research Grant (基盤研究C): 18世紀後半における「儒者」の総合的研究―頼春水とその周辺(分担者)
See the Japan Biographical Database: http.jbdb.jp
Research Interests
10Research Areas
4Research History
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Jun, 2025 - Present
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Sep, 2022 - Mar, 2023
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Jan, 2023 - Feb, 2023
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Sep, 2015 - Aug, 2016
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Oct, 2015 - Mar, 2016
Committee Memberships
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Aug, 2025 - Present
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May, 2014 - Present
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Jul, 2012 - Present
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Sep, 2016 - Mar, 2023
Papers
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Japan Review, 37 185-186, Dec, 2022 InvitedLead author
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Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan, 1-18, Oct, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author
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Women and Networks in Nineteenth Century Japan, 42-66, Oct, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Misc.
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Journal of Family History, 40(2) 250-252, Feb, 2015
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The Journal of Japanese Studies, 40(2) 387-390, 2014
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Monumenta Nipponica, 62(4) 490-492, 2007
Books and Other Publications
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Japan Documents, 2025 (ISBN: 9784909286123)
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Cambridge University Press, 2024 (ISBN: 9781108417938) RefereedThe Tokugawa economy: of rulers, producers and consumers
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University of Michigan Press, Oct, 2020 (ISBN: 9780472074693)
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Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (ISBN: 9789811024368)
Presentations
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AAS in ASIA (Kathmandu), Jun 2, 2025
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AAS (Columbus, Ohio), Mar 13, 2025
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Unexplored Crossways of Antiquarianism in Japan’s Long Nineteenth Century, Jan 18, 2025
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Crossways of Knowledge in the Private Collection of a High-Ranking Woman in Nineteenth-Century JapanICAS (Surabaya), Aug 1, 2024
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AAS in ASIA (Yogyakarta), Jul 10, 2024
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10th international conference “Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary” (Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Bucharest, Romania), Sep 1, 2023
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Workshop of “Kyoto-Osaka Cultural Salons” (Ritsumeikan University, Art Research Center), Jul 29, 2023 Invited
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AAS in ASIA, Daegu (Korea), Jun 26, 2023
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AAS in ASIA, Daegu (Korea), Jun 25, 2023
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Association of Asian Studies Conference, Mar 17, 2023 Invited
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Association of Asian Studies Conference, Mar 17, 2023
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Tools of the Trade Conference, Harvard University, Mar 14, 2023
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Université Paris Cité, Jan 26, 2023 Invited
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Center for Research on Japan of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), UMR 8173 China, Korea, Japan ( CNRS) ; Paris, Jan 25, 2023 Invited
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Cohosted by SOAS Japan Research Centre and SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions, SOAS (London)., Jan 18, 2023 Invited
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The Digital Turn in Early Modern Japanese Studies: A Conference (Waseda/Cambridge University), Dec 3, 2022 Invited
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Asian Studies Conference Japan, Jul 3, 2022
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Modern Language Association, Jan 9, 2022
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Confucian Scholars in the Late Tokugawa Period, Dec 19, 2021
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CJS Lecture Series, University of Michigan, Dec 9, 2021 Invited
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International Convention of Asian Scholars, Aug 28, 2021
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European Association of Japanese Studies, Aug 25, 2021
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Lecture Series, Apr 23, 2021, École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), Italian School of East Asian Studies, and the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University Invited
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Apr 5, 2021, Seshadpripuram Evening Degree College India Invited
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Japanese Travelers at the Golden Gate: How Japan’s First Foreign Mission Changed the Course of History, Feb 28, 2020 Invited
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Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia;Bridging a New;Generation of Scholars;Scholarship, Oct 4, 2019 Invited
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The Digital Transformation: Implications for the Social Sciences and the Humanities, Sep 24, 2019 Invited
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AAS in ASIA, Jul 1, 2019, AAS in ASIA: Publishing Matters: Current Trends and Advice for Authors
Professional Memberships
8Research Projects
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2028
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National Institute of Japanese Literature, Jun, 2024 - Mar, 2027
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科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2026
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025
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UKRI (United Kingdom Research and Innovation) and JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Feb, 2022 - Jan, 2025
Academic Activities
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Panel moderator, Session chair, etc., Review, evaluationEAJS Publication Workshop, Oct 6, 2022 - Oct 8, 2022
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Panel moderator, Session chair, etc.Universite Paris Cite, Sep 9, 2022 - Sep 10, 2022
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Planning, Management, etc., Panel moderator, Session chair, etc., Supervision (editorial)Sophia University, Dec 21, 2021
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Planning, Management, etc., Panel moderator, Session chair, etc.Institute of Comparative Culture, Sophia University, Dec 19, 2021
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Planning, Management, etc.Sophia University, Oct 1, 2018 - Oct 19, 2018
Social Activities
5Media Coverage
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbCq4I6UGt8, Dec, 2022 Internet
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Podcast, https://newbooksnetwork.com/women-and-networks-in-nineteenth-century-japan, Apr 12, 2021 Others