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OGAWA Manako

Department / Course College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Letters
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Language and Culture Studies

Academic background
1.	2004/05 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Hawaii Ph.D. in American Studies
2.	～2004/05	Doctorial Course │ University of Hawaii, Department of American Studies, Ph.D. program │ Completed
3.	～1995/05	Master Course │ Women's Studies │ Minnesota State University, Mankato │ Completed
4.	～1991/03	Department of Japanese History │ College of Letters │ Waseda University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2017/04/01	Professor │ │ Ritsumeikan University

Committee and society
1.	2019/01	American Historical Association Committee on International Historical Activities

Research activities
1.		The Japanese Association for American Studies
2.		Japanese Association for American History
3.		American Historical Association
4.		American Studies Association
5.		The Japanese Association for Migration Studies
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Subject of research
1.	US-Japan Relations from the sea, Private Diplomacy, Immigration History

Research summary
Sociohistorical and political research on US-Japan relations, focusing on interactions between Japanese and American women of the Women's Christian Temperance Union from the late 19th century to the end of WWII. The Japanese fisheries industry in Hawaii is also part of my research concerns.

Present specialized field
Area Studies, Gender, Historical studies in general, Western History, Others (Keyword：Hawaii, US-Japan Relations,Pacific History,Private Diplomacy,gender)

Books
1.	2024/11	Oceanic Japan: The Archipelago in Pacific and Global History
2.	2015/04	The International Movements of the Japanese and Their Pacific World │ ,pp.190-220
3.	2015/01	Sea of Opportunity: The Japanese Pioneers of Fishing Industry in Hawai‘i
4.	2012/10	Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan, Volume Three │ ,pp.869-897
5.	2009/09/01	Through Women's Eyes: An American History with Documents; Since 1865

Papers
1.	2023/03/31	Preservation of the Memory of the War: Himeyuri Students and Teachers, Hawai‘i, and the Post-War Activities of Survivors │ The Journal of Cultural Sciences │ ,pp.151-164
2.	2022	Konpira-san as Enemy Asset: The Contestation and Confrontation over the Interpretation of a Shinto Sea Deity and the Kotohira Jinsha v. McGrath Case in 1949 │ The Japanese Journal of American Studies │ 33,pp.45-65
3.	2019/07	Gannenmono" and Hawaii: The Beginning of Japanese Immigration and its Legacy │ Ritsumeikan Studies in Language and Culture │ ,pp.3-16
4.	2010	The Japanese and the Development of the Fisheries in Hawaii, 1900-1920 │ The Hawaiian Journal of History │ 44,pp.57-80
5.	2007/01	The “White Ribbon League of Nations Meets Japan: The Trans-Pacific Activism of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1906-1930 │ Diplomatic History │ 31 (1),pp.21-50
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/04/01	“Himeyuri and Hawaiʻi: The Interaction between Nisei Okinawans from Hawaiʻi and Local Okinawans”
2.	2022/03/24	Konpira-san on Trial: The Japanese Guardian of the Sea in Hawaiʻi and Kotohira Jinsha v. McGrath Case in 1949
3.	2021/10/05	Sampan and Uncle Sam: The Collaboration and Confrontation between Hawai`i and Washington during the Mid-twentieth Century over Japanese Sampan Fishing in Hawaiian waters
4.	2021/06/15	Why Seascapes Matter: from the Viewpoint of Japanese Immigrants in Hawaiʻi
5.	2020/01/25	The Collaboration and Confrontation between Hawaii and Washington D.C. during the Mid-Twentieth Century over Japanese Sampan Fishing and the Exploitation of Nan'yo
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