Urs Matthias Zachmann#
| Membership Number: | 3676 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/oas/japanologie/institut/mitarbeiter/professoren/zachmann |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016,10 - present Professor of History and Culture of Modern Japan at Freie Universität Berlin
- 2011,10 - 2016,10 Handa Chair in Japanese-Chinese Relations, Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Head of Asian Studies
- 2010,10 Acting Full Professor at the Institute of Japanese Studies of Heidelberg University
- 2006 Assistant Professor, Japan Center, University of Munich
Fields of Scholarship
- History of international relations in modern East Asia
- Law and legal sociology in East Asia
- Japanese modern literature and cultural history
- Intellectual and political history of modern Japan
- Development of international law in East Asia
Honours and Awards
- JaDe-Preis 2010 by the Foundation for the Promotion of Japanese-German Culture and Science Relations (JaDe-Stiftung, Cologne) for his book: China and Japan in the Late Meiji Period: China Policy and the Japanese Discourse on National Identity, 1895-1904. London: Routledge/Leiden Series in Modern East Asian Politics and History, 2009 (Hardcover) and 2011 (Paperback).
