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TAKATA Kei
Research Center for International Japanese Studies
Associate Professor

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • Ph.D. in Sociology (with honors), The New School for Social Research
  • MA in Social Science, Hitotsubashi University
  • BA in Policy Management, Keio University
■ Research Keyword
  • Japanese Society and Politics; History of the Global Sixties; Civil Society and Public Sphere in Transnational Perspective; Network and Culture; Theory of Cosmopolitanism; Post-1968 and Neoliberalism
  • Political Sociology; Comparative-Historical Sociology; Cultural Sociology; Global Sociology
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, History of thought
  • Humanities & social sciences, Sociology, Sociology

Career

■ Career
  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University, Research Center for International Japanese Studies, Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2023
    Hosei University, Research Center for International Japanese Studies, Assistant Professor
  • Mar. 2016 - Mar. 2020
    University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of East Asian Studies / Institute of Sociology, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
■ Educational Background
  • Sep. 2009 - Jan. 2016, The New School for Social Research, Department of Sociology
  • Keio University, Department of Policy Management
  • Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Social Science

Research activity information

■ Award
  • May 2016
    The New School for Social Research, Alfred Schütz Memorial Award in Philosophy and Sociology
    International academic award
  • 2013
    The New School for Social Research, Elinor Goldmark Black Dissertation Fellowship for Advanced Studies in the Dynamics of Social Change
    United States, Others
  • 2009
    Fulbright Japan, Fulbright Graduate Program Fellowship
    Japan, Others
■ Paper
■ MISC
  • Introduction to the Special Issue “Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan”
    Kei Takata
    International Japanese Studies, Mar. 2025, [Invited]
  • Introduction to the Special Issue “Japanese Transnationalism and Empire”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kei Takata
    International Japanese Studies, 20 Feb. 2024, [Invited]
    Lead
  • Introduction to the Special Issue “Japanese Studies and Transnationalism”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kei Takata
    International Japanese Studies, Mar. 2023
    Lead
  • Book Review on "Amorphous Dissent: Post-Fukushima Social Movements in Japan"　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kei Takata
    Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements, 01 Jul. 2021
  • Book Review of “The Transborder Sixties: The USA, Japan and Europe”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Dōjidaishi Kenkyū, 2013
  • Book Review of “Magazine Chuōkōron and Fūryūmutan Incident”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Shuppan Nyūs, 2013, [Invited]
  • Toward Sustainable Occupations by Amateurs: Reflections on the OWS – Shirōto no Ran Flying Seminar　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Deliberately Considered, 11 Sep. 2011, [Invited]
■ Books and other publications
  • 1968 - A Global Approach　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Contributor, The Japanese Global Sixties in Isolation: Towards a Global Historical Sociology of the Sixties
    Europejskie Centrum Solidarności, 01 Dec. 2020
    9788366532069
  • Rethinking Politics: Politics of Differences　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Contributor, The Meaning of Analyzing ‘1968’ from a Global Perspective
    Nihonkeizaihyōronsha, 01 Jul. 2010
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • Cosmopolitan Publics within the Japanese Sixties
    Kei Takata
    「時間を超える都市、空間を貫く地域：未来構想のための〈知〉」研究会, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Politics of “Kuki” and Transnationality
    Kei Takata
    Transnational Japan Workshop Series（5）, 16 Jan. 2025, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies
  • A Transnational Encounter between Sanrizuka Ogawa Production and the Black Panther Party
    Kei Takata
    "Sanrizuka Archives" Seminar, 22 Dec. 2024, [Invited]
  • A Limited Consequence of the Japanese Sixties Movements: A Failure of Progressive Neoliberalism?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kei Takata
    Mobilization Conference "Strategy and Influence: Movements, Media, and Parties", 08 Jul. 2024
  • What is Transnational Japanese Studies?
    Kei Takata
    The 6th EU-Japan Young Scholars Workshop in Alsace “Transnational Change in Contemporary Japan”, 17 Nov. 2023
  • What is "Transnational Japanese Studies"?
    Kei Takata
    “Kokusai Nihongaku” and Transnationalism:,Grasping Japan through Transcending Japan, 24 Jun. 2023, Hosei Research Center for International Japanese Studies, [Invited]
  • Memory Infighting and Memory Solidarity:,Politics of Remembering in the Post-1968 Movement in Japan
    Kei Takata
    Mobilization Conference “Protest, Resistance, and Democratic Withdrawal: Social Change in Turbulent Times”, 09 Jun. 2023, Mobilization An International Quarterly
  • Third Wave of International Japanese Studies?: Grasping Japan through Transcending Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kei Takata
    Japan-China Early Career Researcher Forum, 24 Sep. 2022, Center for Japanese Studies, Fudan University, [Invited]
  • Cosmopolitan Publics: A Transnational and Relational Approach
    Kei Takata
    "Making Sense of the Worlds" Thai Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Students Network's Annual Convention 2022, 17 Jun. 2022, [Invited]
  • Thinking Transnationally　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kei Takata
    11th Special Lecture on Philosophy with Overseas Program, 08 Feb. 2022, 法政大学／欧州日本学研究所, [Invited]
  • Pursing an Academic Career　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    The New School for Social Research Sociology Alumni Panel, 24 Mar. 2021, The New School for Social Research, [Invited]
  • Toward a Global Historical Sociology of Social Movements　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    IV ISA Forum of Sociology, 23 Feb. 2021, International Sociological Association
  • "1968" What did it Produce? What did it Leave Behind?: From a Perspective of Now and the Future　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Kulturcafé Düsseldorf, 18 Jan. 2020, [Invited]
  • Radical Cosmopolitan Publics in the Japanese Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    SNS International Conference, "The Nation and the Radical Left", 29 Nov. 2019, Scuola Normale Superiore
  • Combining Particularity with Universality in Japanese Studies: Historical Sociology of Japan’s Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    EU-Japan Workshop, 01 Nov. 2019, Research Center for International Japanese Studies
  • The Japanese Global Sixties and Cosmopolitan Publics　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Colloquium at Keio University, 01 Oct. 2019, 慶応義塾大学文学研究科, [Invited]
  • What’s so New about the ‘New New Social Movements' in Japan?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    East Asian Sociological Association, Inaugural Conference, 09 Mar. 2019, East Asian Sociological Association
  • What’s so New about the ‘New New Social Movements’ in Japan?　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    WS Social Processes and Effects of Innovations in Tokyo and Beyond, 08 Nov. 2018, [Invited]
  • Connecting with the First or the Third World? Two Paths Toward Transnational Network Building in the Japanese Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    WS Generational Experience/Transformational Experience of 1968, 15 May 2018, European Solidarity Centre
  • In between the First and the Third World: Japanese Perception of Third Worldism in the Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    American Historical Association Annual Meeting, 06 Jan. 2018, American Historical Association
  • Escaping through the Networks of Trust: The U.S. Deserter Support Movement in the Japanese Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    WS Grappling with the Global: The Challenge of Boundaries in History and Sociology, Jul. 2017, Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS)
  • Connecting with the First or the Third World? Two Paths Toward the Cross-National Movement Mobilization in the Japanese Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    International Conference on Cross-Movement Mobilization, Apr. 2017, Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr University Bochum
  • A Theory of Cosmopolitan Publics and the Japanese Global Sixties　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    University of Duisburg-Essen & University of Tokyo Joint Program Research Design and Practice in Global Japanese Studies, 26 Sep. 2016, University of Duisburg-Essen / University of Tokyo, [Invited]
  • Transnational Cultural Flow and the Making of the ‘Global Revolt’ in the Japanese Magazine Sphere　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Joint East Asian Studies Conference, Sep. 2016, University of London SOAS
  • Crafting Inquiry: Trans-Nationally, Trans-Disciplinary　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Research Method Lecture Series, 10 May 2016, University of Duisburg-Essen, [Invited]
  • The Performative ‘Hate’ and the Spirit of ‘Love’: Demolishing the Kūki in Post 3.11 Anti-Racism Movement in Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Love and Planetary Workshop, 16 Oct. 2014, [Invited]
  • Left and Right on Territorial Dispute: Transitions of the Post-War Japanese Nationalism　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Asian Student Society at The New School Workshop, 16 Oct. 2014, Asian Student Society at The New School
  • The Making and Unmaking of the Global Social Movements: The Japanese Anti-Vietnam War Movement and its Cosmopolitan Vision　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    World Congress of Sociology, Jul. 2014, International Sociological Association
  • Left and Right on Territorial Dispute: Transitions of the Post-War Japanese Nationalism　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Asian Student Society at The New School Workshop, Nov. 2013, Asian Student Society at The New School
  • Cross Occupational, Generational and Regional Social Movement in the Japanese Sixties: Beheiren and its Network　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    The New School for Social Research Department of Sociology Annual Conference, Apr. 2011, The New School for Social Research Department of Sociology
  • The Making of the Global 1968 in Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Asian Student Society at The New School Workshop, Nov. 2010, Asian Student Society at The New School
  • Rethinking ‘1968’ as a Social Movement in Mobilizing Society: Emergence of the ‘Global 1968’ in the Japanese Magazine Sphere　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    World Congress of Sociology, Jul. 2010, International Sociological Association
■ Courses
  • Seminar International Japanese Studies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Japanese Thoughts and Western Thoughts　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2021 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Japanese Civil Society and Social Movements　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Sep. 2020 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Global and Transnational Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2020 - Present
    Hosei University
  • Global and Transnational Japan (Culture in Contemporary Japan)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Dec. 2024 - Mar. 2025
    International Christian University
  • Social Movements : Culture, Resistance, and Change　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Oct. 2021 - Feb. 2022
    Keio University
  • Global and Transnational Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Oct. 2018 - Mar. 2020
    University of Duisburg Essen
  • Analysis on Transnational Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Oct. 2018 - Mar. 2020
    University of Duisburg Essen
  • Research on Japanese Social Institutional Change: Methods and Inquiry　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2020
    University of Duisburg Essen
  • Institutions and Organizations in Japan: Social Movements and Social Change　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2020
    University of Duisburg Essen
  • Global Public Sphere and Cosmopolitanism: Diffusion, Networks and Mobilities　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Apr. 2019 - Jul. 2019
    University of Duisburg-Essen
■ Affiliated academic society
  • Present
    European Association for Japanese Studies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • Association for Asian Studies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • American Sociological Association　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • The Japan Sociological Society　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • International Sociological Association