Faculty
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
Articles
- ・ No Sleep, No Dreams: Imaginings and Expectations in Online Student Mobility to Japan During the COVID-19 Crisis , Asian Anthropology Vol. 23, No. 4, Taylor & Francis, 2024, pp.261-279
- ・ The Impact of Japanese and South Korean Audiovisual Media in Spain: Circulation, Reception, and Influence, L'Atalante: Revista de Estudios Cinematográficos No. 29 , L'Atalante: Revista de Estudios Cinematográficos, 2020, pp.7-22
- ・ The World is a Room: Beyond Centers and Peripheries in the Global Production of Anthropological Knowledge, Focaal—Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology No. 63, Berghahn Journals, 2012, pp.8-19
Co-authored Articles
- ・ (co-authored) Ferran de Vargas, Blai GUARNE , Japan’s Long 1968 Cinema: Resistance, Struggle, Revolt, The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture Vol. 14, No. 2 , Taylor & Francis, 2021, pp.121-132
- ・ (co-authored) Takuro Iwasa, Japanese Studies in Spain: A Growing Academic Field, Japanese Studies Around the World, International Research Center for Japanese Studies , 2020, pp.6-36
- ・ (co-authored) Shinji Yamashita, Introduction. Japan in Global Circulation: Transnational Migration and Multicultural Politics, Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, National Museum of Ethnology, 2015, pp.53-69