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SHEFTALL Mordecai George
SHEFTALL Mordecai George
Professor
College of Informatics - Division of Socio-Information Studies
Faculty of Informatics - Department of Socio-Information Studies
Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology Department of Informatics - Informatics Course
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Last updated : 2023/07/09 20:43:13
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Basic information on teaching staff
| Ph.D. Waseda University 2008/12 |
Modern Japanese Cultural History
Cultural Theory (Media Studies)
War and Culture
Hiroshima
Nagasaki Studies |
Modern Japanese Cultural History
Hiroshima
Nagasaki Survivor History
Culture and Collective Memory of Trauma
Second World War History (especially Kamikaze and Hiroshima
Nagasaki) |
| Modern Japanese Cultural History, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hibakusha, Atomic Bomb Survivors, Culture and War, Cultural Theory, Kamikaze Corps, American History, Terror Management Theory and Culture |
・Society for Military History
・Naval Institute
・Association for Asian Studies |
| http://www.inf.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/labs/society_detail.html?UC=sheftall |
Research information
[1]. Review of Flowers That Kill: Communicative Opacity in Political Spaces
Monumentica Nipponica Vol 73 No 1 73/1 115-118 (2018) [Refereed] refereed [Internationally co-authored papers] non-internationally co-authored paper
[Lead author or co-author] author
[Author] M.G. Sheftall
[2]. "Inconvenient heroes: Managed war memories in Occupation Era Japan"
Asian Journal of Literature, Culture and Society, Vol 4 No 2 / 86-102 (2010) [Refereed] refereed [Internationally co-authored papers] non-internationally co-authored paper
[Lead author or co-author] author
[Author] M.G. Sheftall
[3]. Review of KAMIKAZE DIARIES: REFLECTIONS OF JAPANESE STUDENT SOLDIERS (Ohnuki-Tierney, E. (2006). Chicago: University of Chicago)
10/1 114-117 (2008)
[Lead author or co-author] author
[Author] M.G. Sheftall [Notes] ／共著担当箇所（114-117）
[4]. Review of KAMIKAZE, CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND NATIONALISMS (Ohnuki-Tierney, E. (2002) Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
112/3 278-280 (2004)
[Lead author or co-author] author
[Author] M.G. Sheftall [Notes] ／共著担当箇所（278-280）
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[1]. Japan's Demographic Revival
World Scientific Publishing （2016）
[Book type]book(research)
[Sole author, co-author, or author and editor] contributor
[Range] 11-39 [Total page number] 28
[Notes] Chapter: "Kyosei: Cultural space, multiculturalism, and the prospect of a 'post-homogenous' Japan"
[2]. The Pacific War: Aftermaths, Remembrance and Culture
Routledge （2014）
[Book type]book(research)
[Sole author, co-author, or author and editor] contributor
[Author]M.G. Sheftall [Range] 253-269
[Notes] Chapter: "War memoirs from the shadows: Contested war experience narratives in an Occupation Era Japanese veterans' group"
[3]. How Fighting Ends: A History of Surrender
Oxford University Press （2012）
[Book type]book(research)
[Sole author, co-author, or author and editor] contributor
[Author]M.G. Sheftall [Range] 383-395
[Notes] Chapter: "Forcing the favor of falsifiable gods: Kamikaze warfare as rhetorical response to Japanese ontological crisis, 1944-45"
[4]. The Origins of the Second World War
Hambledon & London （2011）
[Book type]book(research)
[Sole author, co-author, or author and editor] contributor
[Author]M.G. Sheftall [Range] 50-65 [Total page number] 15
[Notes] Chapter: "An ideological genealogy of Imperial Era Japanese militarism"
[5]. DEFEAT AND MEMORY
Palgrave Macmillan （2008）
[Book type]book(research)
[Sole author, co-author, or author and editor] contributor
[Author]M.G. Sheftall [REP page number] 154-174
[Notes] Chapter: "Japanese war veterans and kamikaze memorialization: Defeat remembrance as revitalization movement", 154-174 共著担当箇所(154-174)
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[1]. “Hiroshima Protests, Nagasaki Prays: Divergent Narratives in Early Postwar Atomic Bombing Memorialization Discourse”
Asian Studies Conference Japan 2019 （2019/6/29） other
[Presenter]Sheftall, M.G>
[2]. 1945: Japan's Imperial Apocalypse and Aftermath -- A theoretical and historical examination of the origins and evolution of modern Japanese cultural space
Summer Studies in Japanese Culture （2016/6/10） invited
[Presenter]M.G. Sheftall
[3]. Lecture on the significance of the kamikaze exhibit at the Battleship Missouri Museum
Battleship Missouri Museum, Pearl Harbor, US （2015/4/11） invited
[Presenter]M.G. Sheftall
[4]. "Narrative for Armageddon: Japanese establishment rhetoric during the final months of the Asia-Pacific War"
Eighteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan （2014/6/21） other
[Presenter]M.G. Sheftall
[Notes] Conference held at Sophia University, Tokyo
[5]. 日本文化形成と戦争の記憶：文化論から見る戦後日本の戦争記憶言説空間
日文研 （2012/11/18） other
[Presenter]M.G. Sheftall
[Notes] Conference held at Nichibunken, Kyoto
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[1]. joint (within university) 台湾被爆者インタビュー
member （ 2019/3 ～ 2019/3 )
[Partners] 長崎県、台湾赤十字
[Notes] 長崎県、台湾赤十字の招待で2019年の台湾在住被爆者調査に研究協力者として参加しました。
[2]. joint (with other institution) 歴史アドバイザー、海外博物館との連絡・交渉担当
leader （ 2012/10 )
[Partners] 南九州市、知覧特攻平和会館 |
[1]. Hibakusha Lives and Collective Memory Communities in the 21st Century （ 2018/4 ～ 2023/3 ） Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) leader
[2]. Postwar Memorialization Discourses in Defeated Communities: An International Comparative Study （ 2012/4 ～ 2018/3 ） Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) leader
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[1]. Travel grant （2009/6 ) [Offer orgnization] University of Leeds [Role] principal investigator
[2]. Travel grant （2005/9 ) [Offer orgnization] University of Edinburgh [Role] principal investigator |
[1]. Visiting Researcher/Curator, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum （2015/8 - 2015/9 )
[2]. Visiting Researcher, Nichibunken （2012/4 - 2013/3 )
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Education related information
[1]. General Education Course 上級英語Ａ （2023(FY) - first semester )
[2]. General Education Course 上級英語Ｂ （2023(FY) - second semester )
[3]. Faculty Course コミュニケーションスキルズⅠ-A （2023(FY) - first semester )
[4]. Faculty Course コミュニケーションスキルズⅠ-A （2023(FY) - first semester )
[5]. Faculty Course コミュニケーションスキルズⅠ-A （2023(FY) - first semester )
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2020(FY)
Number of undergraduate students(junior students) 4
Number of undergraduate students(senior students) 1
Number of master's course students : 1
2019(FY)
Number of master's course students : 2
2012(FY)
Number of master's course students : 0
Number of doctorate course students (main advisor) : 0 Number of doctorate course students (assistant advisor) : 0 |
Contributions to society
[1]. exhibition Refurbished Kamikaze Exhibit at Intrepid Air & Space Museum, New York City, USA （2019/11 )
[Details] Negotiated and organized a joint exhibit on kamikaze between Chiran Peace Museum and Intrepid Air & Space Museum, New York City, USA
[Notes] This is a semi-permanent exhibit, the second of its kind -- after the Chiran/Pearl Harbor exhibit begun in 2015 -- outside of Japan.
[2]. exhibition Museum exhibit proposer and organizer （2015/3 )
[Details] Negotiated and organized a joint exhibit on kamikaze between Chiran Peace Museum and Battleship Missouri Museum
[Notes] Battleship Missouri Museum, Pearl Harbor, US.
The exhibit is now in its fifth year.
[3]. lecture meeting 21世紀クラブ2005年最終レクチャー （2005/11 )
[Details] 「近代{武士道}の文脈における{カミカゼ}」
[Notes] 開催場所（21世紀クラブ(静岡新聞主催)）
[4]. lecture meeting 終戦六十周年記念講演会 （2005/8 )
[Details] 「特攻の教訓」
[Notes] 開催場所（知立市立図書館・民俗資料間） |
[1]. newspaper 「特攻隊員の苦悩 海外へ伝える」 (2020/8/20)
[Notes] 日本経済新聞
[2]. TV "My Grandparents' War"; 特攻エピソード；特攻歴史の専門家として約５分間の解説インタビュー (2019/11/)
[Notes] イギリステレビ局（民放）Channel Four
[3]. radio 1時間番組でシェフタルの20年近くの特攻隊生存者と広島・長崎・ビキニ被爆者研究の紹介 (2019/8/12)
[Notes] NHKラジオ 「ラジオ深夜便」
[4]. newspaper いま靖国から（２０） ２００１年の暗号 (2014/6/28)
[Notes] 毎日新聞朝刊２面
[5]. other 番組解説とアドバイザー DOGFIGHTS: Kamikaze (私の特攻史と特攻生存者についての研究、業績と活動) (2007/7/13)
[Notes] History Channel
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[1]. Special Historical Advisory Committee （2012/6 ) [Association] City of Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture
[Details of activities]Historical advisor for museum exhibit narratives and international outreach |
International contributions
Others
| 1995-2001 Engaged in research on Second Language Acquisition and American Literature2001- present Engaged in research on Modern Japanese history and value system(s) using discourse analysis methodology |