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Visiting Research Fellows

JF Research Fellows

Blai GUARNE
Specialized Field(s) Anthropology, Japan, Popular Culture, Cultural Nationalism, Global East Asian Studies
Current Research Themes The Katakana Script and Japanese Modernity: Loanwords, Language, and Cultural Identity
Keywords for Research katakana, Japanese language, loanwords, modenity, cultural identity

Education

2006 Doctoral research, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
2007 Doctoral degree, Department of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Geography and History, University of Barcelona
2010 Postdoctoral, Departament of Anthropology, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University

Professional Experience

2004 Visiting Research Fellow, University of Tokyo 
2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University 
2010 Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow, Autonomous University of Barcelona
2012 Visiting Research Fellow, National Museum of Ethnology
2013 Associate Professor (acredited as Full Professor) / Director of the East Asian Studies and Research Center (CERAO), Autonomous University of Barcelona
2025 JF Research Fellow, International Research Center for Japanese Studies 

Degree(s)

2007 PhD in Cultural Anthropology, University of Barcelona

Achievements

Books
  • Antropología de Japón. Identidad, discurso y representación, Biblioteca de Estudios Japoneses No.7, Edicions Bellaterra, Barcelona, 312 pages, 2018
Co-authored Books
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