Shohei Akagawa

Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs.
E-mail: akagawa[at]jiiaorjp

JIIA Project

Japan Information Center (Territory, Sovereignty and History Research Project)

Research Interests

  • British Imperial History
  • British policy in the Middle East
  • Muslims and Converts of the British Empire

Professional Experience

2018-2019 Junior Visiting Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
2019- Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs

Education

2010 B.A. in Law, Chuo University
2013 M.A. in Law, Keio University

Publlications

Articles

  • “The Mosul question in British empire, 1916-1926,” Hogaku seijigaku ronkyu (Journal of law and political studies) 119, 2018 (in Japanese).
  • “British Perception of Islam and Ottoman Empire: The Idea of Arab Caliphate as Responses to Pan-Islamism,” Hogaku seijigaku ronkyu (Journal of law and political studies) 120, 2019 (in Japanese).

Presentations

“Empire in International Relations and Constructivism,” Globalization of Constructivism: Its Possibilities and Limits (Workshop by The Japan Association of International Relations , JAIR).

Associations/Memberships

  • The Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR)
  • Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES)