Affiliation
Graduate School of Economics,
Osaka City University
Associate Professor
Major
History of science, technology, and medicine
Research Interests
History of biological sciences, especially field sciences such as ecology, economic entomology, and agricultural sciences.
Main research areas are modern Japan and its former East Asian colonies.
Not only history of science, but also interested in environmental history and human-animal relationships.
Now trying to explore the border among industrial history, history of technology, and history of biology (bioeconomics).
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
Ph.D.
Philosophy and History of Science, Kyoto University (2007).
Thesis Title: Environmental History of "Gaichu" (Harmful Insects):
The Rise and the Development of Economic Entomology in Japan.
M.A.
Philosophy and History of Science, Kyoto University (2001).
Thesis title: L. O. Howard and the Development of Economic Entomology in the United States.
B.A.
Philosophy and History of Science, Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University (1999).
Thesis title: The Origins of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology:
Ecology and Environmental Problems in the United States, 1960-1990
B.S.
Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University (1997).
Employment
Graduate School of Economics, Osaka City University, Research Associate (2005-2007), Assistant Professor (2007-2008), Associate Professor (2008- ).
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (2004-2005).
Grants
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, No.19700661, Natural History in the Japanese Empire, (2007-2009).
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, No.04J03844, History of Science & Environmental History of Insect Control Technologies, (2004).
Teaching
Graduate Seminar: Life Science and Industirial Technologies, Ritsumeikan University (2007).
Graduate Seminar: Environmental Ethics and Environmental History, Ritsumeikan University (2006).
History of Science, Kansai University (2006-).
Life Science and Ethics, Ritsumeikan University (2004-2005).
History of Science, Kyoto Koka Women's University (2003-2005).
Publications: Books and Articles
"Medicine, Parasitology, and Entomology: Disciplines on Tropical Diseases in Japan, 1876-1945" PHS Studies, (2006) 1: 125-138.
"Thinking of Harmful and Beneficial Insects," Thinking of Animals, (2005) 10: 3-8.
"Thinking of Monkeys and Conservation of Biodiversity," Thinking of Animals, (2004) 9: 31-36.
"Inventing 'Gaichu' (Insect Pests) : View of Pests in Modern Japan," in T. Ueda ed. Tonbo to Shizenkan (How do the Japanese See Dragonflies), (Kyoto University Press, 2004) .
"Introduction of Darwinism in Japan: Beyond 'Reception' vs. 'Opposition' Model" Seibutsu Kagaku (Biological Science ), (2004) 56:23-30.
"Introduced Species Problems as Social Conflicts: Politics of the Extermination of Taiwan Macaques" Revue de la Pensee d'Aujourd'hui, (2003) 31(13):122-134 .
"Insecticides and Chemical Weapons: A Case Study of Japan, 1918-1945" KAGAKUSHI, (The Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry) (2003) 30:1-10 . English Abstract.
"From Ecosystem Ecology to Conservation Biology: Ecology and Environmental Problems, 1960-1990," The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology, (2000) 65:1-13 .
"The Rise of Conservation Biology: The Biodiversity Crisis and Ecology," The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology, (1999) 64:13-23 .
"The Origin of Laboratory Animal Industry,"The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology,76(2006):76-79.
Essay review of Karen A. Rader, "The Multiple Meanings of Laboratory Animals: Standardizing Mice for American Cancer Research,"
"Review: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hogei Mondai no Rekishi Shakaigaku (Historical Sociology of Whaling Problem) ," Journal of history of science, Japan, 46:122-125.
"Review: Peter J. Bowler, Fontana History of the Environmental Sciences ," KAGAKUSHI, 34 (2007):51-53.
"On the Historiography of the reception of Darwinism in Japan," Journal of history of science, Japan, 45(2006):182-184.
"The Origin of Human Genome Project,"The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology,76(2006):76-79.
Essay review of J. Beatty, "Origins of the U.S. Human Genome Project: Changing Relationships Between Genetics and National Security," P. Sloan eds. Controlling Our Destinies (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000), 131-153.
"Review: Tatsushi Fujihara, Nachisu Doitsu no Yuki Nogyo (Organic Agriculture in Nazi Germany)," KAGAKUSHI, 33 (2006):33-34.
"Review: Wataru Iijima, Mararia to Teikoku (The Hidden History of Malaria)," Journal of history of science, Japan, 45(2006):75-76.
Y. Amitani and A. Setoguchi, "A Report on the ISHPSSB 2005 Meeting, " The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology, (2005)75:119-124.
"Review: Yoshiaki Yoshimi, Dokugasusen to Nihongun (Chemical Warfare and Japanese Military)," Journal of history of science, Japan, 44(2005):163-164.
"Review: V.B. Smocovitis, Unifying Biology: The Evolutionary Synthesis and Evolutionary Biology, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996)," The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology, (2005)74:97-100.
M.D. Gordin, "The Anthrax Solution," in Jinbunchi no Aratana Sogo ni Mukete, Tetsugaku-hen 1 (Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, 2004), pp.123-147.
Japanese translation of the shortened version of M.D. Gordin, "The Anthrax Solution," Journal of the History of Biology, (1997) 30:441-480.
"Review: D. Lapierre and J. Moro, Il ιtait minuit cinq ΰ Bhopal," KAGAKUSHI, (2004) 31:54-55.
"Introduced Species Problems and Nationalism" The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology, (2003)72:138-141.
"Why Should Introduced Species be Eliminated?" The Japanese Journal of the History of Biology, (2002) 69:41-51 .
Essay review of P. J. Pauly, "Conflicting Visions of American Ecological Independence," in Biologists and the Promise of American Life, (Princeton University Press, 2000).
Presentations (in English)
July 26, 2007, War and Biology: The Transformation of Entomological Research in Japan, 1918-1945, ISHPSSB 2007 Meeting, (University of Exeter, England). Abstract
April 29, 2006, Controlling Transmitters of Diseases, Symposium on Historical and Sociological Studies of Science and Technology Concerning Taihoku Imperial University (National Taiwan University, Taiwan).Abstract
Dec. 10, 2005, From Medical Zoology to Sanitary Entomology: Colonial Medicine and Military Mobilization in the Japanese Empire, International Workshop on Globalization, Environmental Changes and Epidemic Diseases in Modern Asian History (Osaka International House, Japan). Abstract
July 17, 2005, Inventing 'Gaichu' (Insect Pests): The Rise of Economic Entomology in Japan, ISHPSSB 2005 Meeting (University of Guelph, Canada). Abstract
