Research keywords (10):
International Relations
, Conflict
, Self-determination
, Politicide
, East Timor
, Indonesia
, Western Sahara
, Palestine
, タイ深南部
, Philippines
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2017 - 2022 The Legal Politics of Occupation: the function of law in Western Sahara and Palestine
2016 - 2019 A structural analysis of politicide: essentialization and destructive intent
2012 - 2015 Studies of Cold-War Politicide in Asia: the case of mass killings in post-G30S Indonesia
2010 - 2014 Anthropological Study of Food Security
Papers (23):
Akihisa Matsuno. The Follow-Up Transitional Justice in Timor-Leste: No Justice but Reparations and Memories. Hiroshima Peace Research Journal. 2023. 10. 87-111
Akihisa Matsuno. The Decline of Freedom of Expression in Japan - Political Interference and Blackmail. Maria Ochwat. ed. Human Rights in Asia: selected issues, Torun: Adam Marszalek Publishing House (Poland). 2021. 228-256
Akihisa Matsuno. Book Review: Vanessa Hearman, Unmarked Graves: Death and Survival in the Anti-Communist Violence in Java, Indonesia. Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia. 2022. 32
Imperial Infallibility and a Ghost of Japan’s Colonial Past: Reflections on the Logic of Denialists of Japan’s Wartime Sexual Enslavement
(Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network at Columbia University 2019)
Indonesia's 1965 in a comparative perspective
(Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network at Columbia University 2017)
Genosida dan kelompok politik (Genocide and the political group)
(Seminar Jalan Berkeadilan bagi Penyintas: Memahami Genosida '65-66 dan Sesudahnya, Kampus APMD, Yogyakarta 2017)