2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Old Friends, New Partners: a History of Anglo Japanese Military Relations: 1864-2017
| Project/Area Number |
18K12734
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
French Thomas 立命館大学, 国際関係学部, 准教授 (50632824)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | Anglo-Japanese Relations / Military exchanges / Japanese military / British military / Self Defense Forces / Alliances / Diplomacy / Modern history |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project produced a number of high-quality international academic conference panels, presentations, conference papers, and an edited book (forthcoming). It helped build a network of scholars both in Japan and overseas who continue to co-operate in research on this topic and other related projects.
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| Free Research Field |
Modern Japanese History
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
The project helped raise important questions and deepened knowledge about UK-Japan peacetime military links from a historical and contemporary perspective. Participants in the project were able to facilitate exchanges between Japanese and British scholars and policy makers working on this topic.
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