is a Japanese sociologist.
He is a professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the
University of Tokyo. He is one of the most influential cultural sociologists in Japan and best known for helping introduce
cultural studies
Cultural studies is an interdisciplinary field that examines the political dynamics of contemporary culture (including popular culture) and its historical foundations. Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices re ...
to Japan.
His research topics include cultural studies, media studies and urban sociology.
Shunya Yoshimi has authored several books on subjects such as
cultural theory, urban culture, international exposition, media culture, information technology, the emperor system, and the Americanization of modern Japan and East Asia.
Yoshimi's works in Japanese include ''Dramaturgy in the City: A Social History of Popular Entertainments in Modern Tokyo'' (Kobundo, 1987), ''The Politics of Exposition: Imperialism, Commercialism and Popular Entertainment'' (Chuokoronsha, 1992), ''Cultural Sociology in the Media Age'' (Shinyosha, 1994), ''Voice of Capitalism: The Social Construction of Telephone, Gramophone and Radio in Japan'' (Kodansha, 1995), ''Expo Syndrome: Postwar Politics and Cultural Struggle in Postwar Japan'' (Chikuma Shobo, 2005), and ''Pro-America, Anti-America: Political Unconsciousness in Postwar Japan'' (Iwanami Shoten, 2007).
He was the dean of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo (2006-2008) and currently a vice president of the University of Tokyo.
Teaching Posts and Memberships
Yoshimi has been involved with universities and colleges the world over. He was a visiting fellow of
El Colegio de México
El Colegio de México, A.C. (commonly known as Colmex, English: The College of Mexico) is a Mexican institute of higher education, specializing in teaching and research in social sciences and humanities.
The college was founded in 1940 by the Mex ...
(1993),
Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sciences Sociales (1998),
University of Western Sydney
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network u ...
(1999), and
University of Queensland
, mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work
, established =
, endowment = A$224.3 million
, budget = A$2.1 billion
, type = Public research university
, chancellor = Peter Varghese
, vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry
, city = B ...
(2000). Yoshimi is also a member of numerous committees and boards. He is a member of the executive committee of ''
Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
''Inter-Asia Cultural Studies'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal with the aim of enhancing the communication and exchange between inter-Asia and other regions of the cultural studies world. It was established in 2000 and is published ...
'' (Routledge), is part of the editorial board of
''Cultural Studies'' (Routledge), one of the associate editors of ''
Theory, Culture & Society
''Theory, Culture & Society'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1982 and covers sociology, cultural, and social theory. The journal aims to work "across the borderlines between sociology and cultural studies, the social ...
'' (Sage), and a member of the editorial advisory board of ''Japanese Studies'' (Carfax Publishing).
See also
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Munesuke Mita
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Kang Sang-jung Kang Sang-jung (Hangul: 강상중, Hanja: 姜尙中; Japanese name - which Kang used until his undergraduate days - Nagano Tetsuo (永野鉄男) 1950) is a second-generation Zainichi Korean political scientist, writer and public commentator. He has ...
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Akihiro Kitada
is a Japanese sociologist and an associate professor at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo.
He received his PhD from the University of Tokyo in 2004. Before he took his current position in 2003, he was teachi ...
References
External links
Professor YOSHIMI ShunyaInterfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, the University of Tokyo
Living people
Japanese sociologists
University of Tokyo alumni
1957 births
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