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Literary connections between Australia and Japan In the library I found a comprehensive supply of books in English specificaly relating to my project, including translations into English of Japanese fiction, and I aslo found interconnected material giving me good background knowledge. I was quite impressed by some of the latest collections of sociological materials, for example, seven volumes of short stories published in occupied Japan (1945-1952) by Fujiwara Shoten. I came across them while browsing in the stack.
Dr David Chapman, Program Director, International Studies and Senior Lecturer, University of South Australia
Koseki: the ‘State’ of creating and controlling Japanese citizens
Japanese collection
The Japanese collection is a rich source of information on the history, culture and current affairs of Japan, The collection is the largest in Australia and focuses primarily on modern and contemporary Japan. The major strengths are in the subject fields of the social sciences, especially popular culture and contemporary social issues. Japanese modern history (after 1868 Meiji Restoration) includes the history of Australia-Japan nation to nation and people to people relationships. The collection on Japanese traditional performing and visual arts are also is growing.
A further strength of the Japanese collections is a number of research collections. They include Harold S. Williams Book Collection (on the history of foreign settlements in Japan), Sakakibara Collection and Kegan Paul Collection both on Japanese and East Asian classics.
National Library of Australia Fellows
Recipients of the National Library of Australia Fellowships, funded by generous philanthropic support. These distinguished Fellowships support researchers to make intensive use of our rich and varied collections through residencies of three months.
Professor Gillian Russell (2018 Kollsman Fellow for Research in Australian Literature) in the Special Collections Reading Room Photograph: Craig Mackenzie
2021 Fellows
Professor Anne Pender, Professor and Kidman Chair in Australian Studies, University of Adelaide
The colour of fire: Australian theatre in China and Chinese theatre in Australia 1980-2020
Supported by the Stokes family
Dr Anna Dziedzic, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong
Waves and currents: the movement of constitutional texts and ideas across Oceania
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Join us for an engaging online presentation on the shaping of right-wing and socialist politics in Cold War East Asia from our 2021 National Library of Australia Fellow in Japan Studies.
Dr Andrew Levidis’ research examines the role Japanese nationalists and socialists played in the global Cold War beyond the binaries of superpower conflict and national experience of decolonization. The presentation explores the transitional network of bureaucrats, soldiers and propagandists who served the Japanese and Manchukuo empires.
Dr Andrew Levidis is a Research Associate Fellow in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge. The 2021 National Library of Australia Fellow in Japan Studies is supported by the Harold S. Williams Trust.