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FRENCH Thomas W

Department / Course College of International Relations Department of International Relations

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of International Relations
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Center for East Asian Peace and Cooperation Studies

Academic background
1.	～2011/02	History of occupied Japan │ History, │ University of Southampton, │ Completed
2.	2011/02 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Southampton │ Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
3.	2005/09 Degree Acquisition	│ Durham University │ Master of Arts (MA)
4.	2004/09 Degree Acquisition	│ Royal Holloway, University of London │ Batchelor of Arts (BA Hons.)
5.	～2005/09	International Relations of East Asia │ International Relations, │ Durham University, │ Completed

Business career
1.	2025/04/01 ～	Professor │ College of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2012/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Associate Professor, │ College of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University,
3.	2015/09/25 ～	Part Time Lecturer │ Institute for Liberal Arts │ Doshisha University,
4.	2011/04 ～ 2012/03	Visiting Lecturer │ │ Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
5.	2008/02 ～ 2010/02	Part Time Lecturer │ │ University of Winchester

Research activities
1.		Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
2.		Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy.
3.		Member of the Association of Asian Studies.
4.		Member of the British Association of Japanese Studies.
5.	2022/01/01 ～	The Occupation Studies Research Network

Qualification and license
1.	2009	Fellow of UK Higher Eductaion Academy (PGCE equivalent).
2.	2009	Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Research Skills, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
3.	2002	Trinity Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Cert TESOL).

Research summary
Thomas French is the Vice Dean of the Ritsumeikan - American University Joint Degree Program and Associate Professor of Modern Japanese History in the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University. He is a specialist on the Occupation of Japan, and peacetime military interactions between Japan and the West. He is the author of National Police Reserve: The Origin of Japan’s Self Defense Forces (Global Oriental, 2014) and editor of The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan: New Perspectives (Routledge, 2018). From 2018 to 2022 he led the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science funded project ‘Old Friends, New Partners: A History of Anglo-Japanese Peacetime Military Relations: 1864-Present’. He is currently leading a major international collaborative research project entitled ‘Re-interpreting Japan’s Cold War Security Policy’.

Present specialized field
Historical studies in general, Japanese history, History of the Orient, Politics, International relations (Keyword：US-Japan Relations, National Police Reserve, Japan, United States, Security, International Relations, Self-Defense Forces, Douglas MacArthur, Yoshida Shigeru, Occupation Japan, 1945-1960, History, Politics.)

Books
1.	2018	The Economic and Business History of Occupied Japan: New Perspectives │ ,pp.i-193
2.	2014	National Police Reserve: The Origin of Japan’s Self Defense Forces
3.	2010/02	PHD THESIS: A History Of Japan's National Police Reserve 1950-1952: Army or Constabulary?
4.	2005/08	MA THESIS: ‘Resurgent Japanese Nationalism: Myth or Reality'

Papers
1.	2024/06/19	Employing Contemporary Political Analysis Approaches to Examine the Political Systems of Imperial Japan (II): 1880 │ Ritsumeikan Kokusai Kenkyu │ 37 (1)
2.	2024/03/19	Reflections on a Decade at the Forefront of the Internationalisation of Japanese Higher Education: A Roundtable │ Ritsumeikan Kokusai Kenkyu │ 36 (4),pp.235-259
3.	2023/12/19	Employing Contemporary Political Analysis Approaches to Examine the Political Systems of Imperial Japan (I): Methodology Selection and Adaption │ Ritsumeikan Annual Review of International Studies │ 22 (1),pp.17-47
4.	2023/09/15	Okinawa and the Recapitulation of Japan’s International Relations: A layered approach to reinterpreting the legacy of Japan’s Cold War Security Policy in the wake of the Ukraine War │ ,pp.1-22
5.	2022/06/30	Rose Tinted and Blood Flecked? An Examination of the Private and Public Accounts of the British Garrison of Yokohama (1864-1875) │ 1,pp.153-160
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/02/20	Re–Examining Japan’s Cold War Conference II
2.	2024/08/13	Re–Examining Japan’s Cold War Conference
3.	2024/07/03	International Perspectives on War Heritage, Memory, and Museums in Japan
4.	2023/06/03	Building Beyond the Degree, Establishing Internationalised Student Support and Community Structures at a Japanese University
5.	2022/07/15	Roundtable: The Cold War and the Occupation of Japan
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Other research achievements
1.	2012/12/01 ～ 2012/12/25	Television program (Raiders of the Lost Past - Episode 6 : The Lost Sword of the Samurai, World Media Rights, Dec 2012.)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2025/04/01 ～ 2031/03/31	The British, the Commonwealth, and the Occupied - Re-Examining the International and Domestic Aspects of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force of Japan (1945 to 1952) │ 基盤研究(B)

Achievements of joint.Funded research
1.	2018/04 ～ 2022/03	Old Friends, New Partners: a History of Anglo Japanese Military Relations: 1864-Present │ Funded undertaking

Research exchange preferred theme
1.	Japanese / East Asian Security / Occupation Studies Japanese Military Japanese Arms Industry / Procurement Occupation of Japan Technical consultation Commisioned research Joint research

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