Professor
John BREEN
Education:
- 1979
- BA St. John's College, Cambridge University (Oriental Faculty)
- 1993
- PhD St. John's College, Cambridge University (Oriental Faculty)
Professional Experience:
- 2011 - present
- Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 2008 - 2011
- Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
- 1985 - 2008
- Lecturer, Senior lecturer, Reader in Japanese, SOAS University of London
Specialized Fields:
Early modern and modern Japanese history
Current Research Themes:
Early modern and modern Shinto and shrines, diplomacy, the honours system
Keywords for Research:
Emperor, rites, Yasukuni, diplomacy
Major publications:
Books
- 2010
- A New history of Shinto (co-authored with Mark Teeuwen), Wiley-Blackwell
- 2007
- Yasukuni, the war dead and the struggle for Japan's past (editor), Hurst/Columbia University Press
- 2000
- Shintō in history: ways of the kami, (co-edited with Mark Teeuwen), Hawaii University Press
Articles
- 2010
- “Resurrecting the sacred land of Japan: developments in 21st century Shinto” Rekishi hyōron 722
- “Il tempio Yasukuni, rituale e memoria”, Cultor (anno II, 5 marzo)
- “Popes, bishops and war criminals: reflections on Catholics and Yasukuni in post war Japan”, The Asia Pacific Journal, 9-3-10
- 2007
- “Yasukuni and the loss of historical memory” in Breen ed., Yasukuni, the war dead and the struggle for Japan's past
- “Inside Tokugawa religion: stars, planets and the calendar-as-method”, Culture and cosmos, 10, 1-2
Academic Society Membership
- British Association for Japanese Studies
- European Association for Japanese Studies
- Association for Asian Studies
- Institute for historical research, University of London
- Rekishigaku Shingikyōkai
