Faculty Database - MIZOBE Yasuo

■ Books and Papers

1.	2022/10	Article	Atomic Bombs and Anti-nuclear Weapons: Common Experiences of Africa and Japan in the Mid-20th Century Iwanami Lectures on World History 18: African Regions to the 20th Century (edited by Yoko Nagahara) pp.303-304 (Single)
2.	2021/12	Article	A Brief Analysis of the Current Trends and Future Path in African Historical Studies in Japan Journal of African Studies pp.79-83 (Single)
3.	2020/07	Article	The Influence of Ghana-led Anti-nuclear Weapons Campaigns on Japanese Peace Movements in the Early 1960s: An Analysis through Experiences of Three Japanese The Journal of Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer pp.3-26 (Single)
4.	2020/03	Article	A Brief Report on the Survey of Japanese Army’s Weapons and Belongings in the Ghana Armed Forces Museum Collection pp.235-243 (Single)
5.	2020/03	Article	A Report on ‘Japanese’ Internees on the British Gold Coast during World War II pp.157-194 (Single)
6.	2018/03	Article	An Overview of Japanese-African Relations and the 1960s Campaigns against the Atomic Bomb: Based on an Analysis of the 1962 Accra Assembly of the World Without the Bomb Global Japanese Studies Review 10(1),pp.55-70 (Single)
7.	2017/03	Article	History of Intellectual Relations Between Africa and Japan During the Interwar Period as Seen Through Takehiko Kojima's African Experience of 1936 Global Japanese Studies Review 9(1),pp.63-81 (Single)
8.	2015/06	Book	Ethnicities, Nationalities, and Cross-Cultural Representations in Africa and the Diaspora. (Edited by Gloria Chuku) pp.163-182 (Collaboration)
9.	2014/03	Article	Letters from Soldiers of the Rhodesian African Rifles Despatched to the Burma Theater during World War II ( 1) pp.235-256 (Single)
10.	2012/03	Article	A Preliminary Analysis of the False Start of Ghana: With a Focus on the Financial Assistance towards the Volta River Project during Early 1960s. Journal of Swahili and African Studies pp.128-141 (Single)
11.	2012	Article	The African Press Coverage of Japan and British Censorship during World War II—A Case Study of the Ashanti Pioneer, 1939–1945— Tinabantu: Journal of African National Affairs 4(2),pp.26-36 (Single)
12.	2011/03	Article	AFRICAN NEWSPAPER COVERAGE OF JAPAN (THE JAPANESE ARMY) DURING WORLD WAR II: THE CASE OF THE GOLD COAST OBSERVER AND THE ASHANTI PIONEER, 1943–1945 明治大学国際日本学研究 3(1),pp.15-25 (Single)
13.	2010/03	Article	'Independence is not always decolonisation'?—A Brief Examination of African Decolonisation with a Focus on Kwame Nkrumah— Journal of Swahili and African Studies (21),pp.95-111 (Single)
14.	2009	Article	Another Aspect of an Early Gold Coast Nationalist: S.R.B. Attoh-Ahuma's Missonary Work before the End of the Nineteenth Century Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization 1,pp.17-33 (Single)
15.	2007/11	Book	A Survey of Gold Coast (Southern Ghanaian) Newspapers in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century (Single)
16.	2007	Article	The Gold Coast Methodist Times: A List of All the Editorial Titles スワヒリ&アフリカ研究 (17),pp.156-158 (Single)
17.	2006	Article	"The Life and Works of W.E.B. Du Bois" by Daniel Agbeyebiawo スワヒリ&アフリカ研究 (16),pp.157-159 (Single)
18.	2003	Article	African Colonial Civil Servants in the Second Half of the 19th Century: The Case of British West Africa STUDIUM (30),pp.32-39 (Single)
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■ Conference Presentations

1.	2018/03/22	How Did the Japanese Describe Unintended Encounters with African Soldiers During World War II?: A Preliminary Report Based on Contemporary Writings and Memoirs Written in Japanese (International Conference on Colonial Mobilization in Africa and Asia during the Second World War: Soldiers, Labourers and Women (COLMOB2018))
2.	2017/10/12	Reconsidering the 1960s campaigns against atomic and hydrogen bombs in Africa and Japan through an analysis of the Accra assembly for the world without bombs in 1962 (The 2nd Biennial Conference of African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA))
3.	2016/06/05	Japanese-African Relations and the 1960s Campaigns Against the Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs: Analysing the Impact of the 1962 Accra Conference (The 53rd Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies)
4.	2015/07/30	Discussant for the first session "Between Imperialism and Colonialism: Imperial Rivalry and Politics on the Ground." ("Russia and Global History," Slavic-Eurasian Research Center 2015 Summer International Symposium)
5.	2014/05/28	Analysis of the Bank's Role in the Japanese Penetration into African Market in the Interwar Period (1920s and 1930s): The Case of the Yokohama Shokin Ginko (The 13th International Conference of Africanists "Society and Politics in Africa: Traditional, Transitional, and New")
6.	2014/04/24	Pan-Africanism and African Nationalism Studies in Japan during the First Half of the Twentieth Century: A History of Intellectual Relations between Africa and the Far East (The 9th CBAAC International Conference on "Toward A New Pan-Africanism Deploying Anthropology, Archaeology, History and Philosophy in the Service of Africa and the Diaspora")
7.	2012/07/03	Japanese Newspaper Coverage of Africa (and African Soldiers) during World War II—The Case of the Tokyo Nichi Nichi (Mainichi) Shimbun, 1939–1945— (The 2nd Toyin Falola Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (TOFAC 2012), Excellence Hotel Ogba, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria)
8.	2012/05/27	Historical Research on Afro-Japanese Relations during World War II—A Preliminary Report on the Survey of Japanese Army’s Weapons and Belongings in the Collections of Museums in Ghana— (The 49th annual Meeting of Japan Association of African Studies)
9.	2012/05/04	Gold Coast Press and British Censorship during World War II: A Case Study of the Ashanti Pioneer, 1939-1945 (2012 Annual Conference of Canadian Association of African Studies)
10.	2009/05/30	"African Press Coverage of Japan and British Censorship during World War II: Case Study of the Ashanti Pioneer, 1939-1945" (First Congress of the Asian Association of World Historians)
11.	2009/04/25	Independence is not always 'decolonisation'?: Briefly Examining African Decolonisation with a Focus on Kwame Nkrumah and Modern Ghana ("'Decolonization and Economic Growth: Comparative Studies between Asia and Africa', The biannual meeting of the Japanese Association for the Study of British Imperial and Commonwealth History")
12.	2008/05/02	Another Aspect of an Early Gold Coast Nationalist: S.R.B. Attoh Ahumaユs Missionary Work before the End of the 19 th Century (2008 Annual Conference of Canadian Association of African Studies)
13.	2008/03/29	Turned into the Enemy: The Changing Image of Japan among Gold Coast Newspapers duirng World War II (Re-evaluating Africa and WWII)
14.	2006/09/22	A Survey of Gold Coast (Southern Ghanaian) Newspapers in the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century (The 29th Annual Conference of the African Studies Association of Australia & the Pacific)
15.	2003/11/01	Native Names and National Consciousness: African Elites' Discussion about the Resumption of African Names in late 19th Century British Gold Coast (The 46th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association)
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■ Academic Qualifications

1.	2005/08～2006/08	〔Master Course〕, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon,
2.	2001/04～2004/03	〔Doctorial Course〕 Department of Language and Society, Graduate School of Integrated Studies in Language and Society, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Completed, PhD
3.	1997/04～1999/03	Course of Philosophy and Ethics, Faculty of Literature, Hokkaido University, Graduated,
4.	1993/04～1997/03	Department of African Area Studies, Faculty of Foreign Language, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Graduated,

■ Career History

1.	2021/04～2021/09	Osaka University School of Foreign Studies
2.	2020/04～2020/09	Osaka University School of Foreign Studies Part-time lecturer
3.	2017/04～2017/09	Osaka University School of Foreign Studies Part-time lecturer
4.	2011/04～2011/09	Osaka University School of Foreign Studies Part-time lecturer
5.	2007/04～2009/03	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Research Fellow

■ Academic Associations Membership

1.	2021/06～	The Japan Black Studies Association
2.	2017/10～	African Studies Assciation of Africa
3.	2013/02～	Ghana Studies Association
4.	2001/04～	Japan Society for African Studies

■ Social Activities

1.	2015/04～	Supervisor for NHK ETV's world history course for high school students
2.	2005/08～2006/06	Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Rotary International

■ Research Topics, Consignment Studies & KAKENHI Researches

1.	2016/04～2019/03	A Historical Research on the Development of International Movements for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle of the Twentieth Century from a Perspective of Japanese-African Relations (Key Word : )
2.	2011/04～2016/03	A Study on Colonial Mobily of Soldiers, Labourers and Women (Key Word : )
3.	2011～2013	Basic Research on the History of Afro-Japanese Relations during World War II (Key Word : )
4.	2007～2009	Historical study of African modernization through the analysis of the local press (Key Word : Anglophone West Africa, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, African intellectuals, African modernisation, Christian missionaries, Colonialism, African Nationalism, African newspapers, African media, World War I&II, Pan Africanism, Independence movements, International aid for Africa, Brain Drain)
5.	2007～2010	Studies on "Colonial Responsibilities"in the History of Decolonization (Key Word : )

■ Committees and Associations

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2020～2021/03/31

National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education

■ Current Specialized Field

History of Asia and Africa, Area studies, Politics