Research field (2):
History - Asia/Africa
, Local studies
Research keywords (5):
Imperialism
, Local identity
, Nationalism
, Chinese Cuisine
, Shanghai
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2019 - 2020 A Comparative Study on Cultural History of Chinese Culinary Nationalism
2016 - 2018 Cultural Exchange in Modern East Asia Related to Chinese Cuisine
2013 - 2016 Comprehensive Study of Media (Newspapers and Magazines) in Wartime Shanghai
2011 - 2012 The glocalization of Japanese consumer culture in China: A study of Shanghai social history and the comparative analysis of Shanghai and other cities
2005 - 2007 Comprehensive research in the character of Shanghai, the'city of immigrants', and its transformation before and after the establishment of the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC)
Papers (18):
Kazuhiro Iwama. The Gyoza Era and Memories of Manchuria: Post-Imperialism in Japan After World War II. Global Food History. 2024. 11. 1
Kazuhiro Iwama. Forgotten Imperial Culture: The Spread of Taiwanese Oolong Tea in Early Twentieth-Century Japan. Taiwan Historical Research. 2024. 31. 3. 77-130
Kazuhiro Iwama. The Jingisukan Dish and Imperial Japan: From Beijing to Manchuria and Mongolia. The Journal of Oriental Researches. 2024. 83. 2. 101-135
Kazuhiro Iwama. From Chinese food to Japan’s Hokkaido heritage: The transformation of the grilled mutton or lamb dish ‘Jingisukan’. Routledge Open Research. 2024
Kazuhiro Iwama. How Taiwanese, Korean, and Manchurian Cuisines Were Designed: A Comparative Study on Colonial Cuisines in the Japanese Empire. Al-Madaniyya. 2021. 1. 1-20
Chinese Cuisine in Kyoto: Invention of Tradition and the Culinary Identity
(Food and China 2019)
When Was Chinese Cuisine Born? : Beijing and Shanghai in the Early People's Republic
(New Trends in Urban Research on Shanghai and China 2018)
Education (3):
1998 - 2003 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department of Area Studies
1995 - 1998 Keio University Graduate School of Letters Department of History
1991 - 1995 Keio University Faculty of Letters Department of Asian History
Professional career (1):
Doctor (Arts and Science) (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (11):
2015/04 - 現在 Keio University Faculty of Letters Professor
2024/10 - 2025/03 University of London SOAS Visiting Researcher
2024/03 - 2024/10 Yonsei University Institute of Korean Studies Visiting Researcher
2012/04 - 2015/03 Chiba University of Commerce Faculty of Commerce and Economics Professor
2012/04 - 2012/09 The University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters Part-time Lecturer
2006/04 - 2012/03 Chiba University of Commerce Faculty of Commerce and Economics Associate professor
2011/02 - 2011/03 Academia Sinica, Taiwan Institute of Modern History Visiting Researcher
2011/01 - 2011/02 University of Hong Kong Center for Asian Studies Visiting Researcher
2010/04 - 2010/12 Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of History Visiting Researcher
2003/04 - 2006/03 Chiba University of Commerce Faculty of Commerce and Economics Lecturer
2000/04 - 2001/03 Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Institute of History Visiting Researcher
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Awards (3):
2023/11 - Keio University Keio Prize Modern and Contemporary Historical Research on East Asian Food Culture Exchange, with a Focus on "A Global History of Chinese Cuisine"
2022/11 - Suntory Foundation 44th Suntory Prize for Arts and Sciences Beyond Culinary Nationalism: A World History of Chinese Food
2022/07 - Shizuo Tsuji Gastronomy Foundation 13th Shizuo Tsuji Gastronomy Award Beyond Culinary Nationalism: A World History of Chinese Food
Association Membership(s) (4):
ASSOCIATION FOR STUDIES OF CHINESE SOCIETY AND CULTURE
, THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR MODERN CHINA STUDIES
, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
, MITA HISTORICAL SOCIETY