Kamila Szczepanska, PH.D.

Kamila Szczepanska

Ruhr-Universität Bochum
East Asian Politics
GB 1/51
44780 Bochum
Phone:Fax: +49 (0)234 32-14585
Kamila.Szczepanska@rub.de


Consultation hours: Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. / on February and March: Thursdays from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. via Skype. Please contact via e-mail beforehand.

Research Focus

  • Civil Society in Japan
  • Advocacy and Social Movements in Japan
  • Historical Revisionism and Progressive Activism in Japan
  • Conflicts over History in East Asia
  • Collective Memory and Politics of Memory

Conference Papers and Presentation

  • ‘Progressive Civil Society Groups and Contestation of War Memory in Japan (1990-2010)’, Sino-Japanese Relations Postgraduate Network Conference, University of Leeds, June 2-3, 2011
  • ‘Bringing the Legacy of Ienaga Saburo’s Struggle to Next Generations: Children and Textbooks Japan Network 21’, Generation Workshop, White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Leeds, June 21, 2011
  • ‘Civil Society and the Politics of War Memory in Japan: How Do You Make Your Voice Heard?’, Re-representing the Past: Japan, China and World War Two in the Twenty-First Century Conference, University of Leeds, July 7-8, 2010
  • ‘Memory and Civil Society: “History Issue” and Civil Society Groups in Japan’, Hagi Seminar: Political Process of Historical Memories in East Asia International Conference, Tohoku University, October 15-18, 2009
  • PhD Poster Presentation, Vitae Yorkshire and North East Hub Poster Competition, University of Leeds, April 22, 2009
  • ‘Amakudari’, Orient – Civilizations, Cultures, Societies and Languages Conference, Ciazen, Poland, 2005
  • ‘Junichiro Koizumi. A Reformer Who Is Going to Lose?’, Japan – World Power at the Crossroads Conference, University of Lodz, 2004