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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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【Degrees earned】
Ph.D.  Waseda University   2008/12
【consultable area】
Modern Japanese Cultural History
Cultural Theory (Media Studies)
War and Culture
Hiroshima
Nagasaki Studies
【research themes】
Modern Japanese Cultural History
Hiroshima
Nagasaki Survivor History
Culture and Collective Memory of Trauma
Second World War History (especially Kamikaze and Hiroshima
Nagasaki)
【Research Keyword】
Modern Japanese Cultural History, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hibakusha, Atomic Bomb Survivors, Culture and War, Cultural Theory, Kamikaze Corps, American History, Terror Management Theory and Culture
【Academic societies you belong to】
・Society for Military History
・Naval Institute
・Association for Asian Studies
【URL】
http://www.inf.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/labs/society_detail.html?UC=sheftall
 

Research information

【Papers, etc.】
[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)
【Books, etc.】
[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)
【Academic conference/research presentations】
[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
【Joint or funded research】
[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
【Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research
[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
【Research Grants & Projects(except for KAKENHI)】
[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
【Other academic research activity】
[1]. Visiting Researcher/Curator, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (2015/8 - 2015/9 )
[2]. Visiting Researcher, Nichibunken (2012/4 - 2013/3 )

Education related information

【Courses being taught this academic year】
[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 )
【Number of students advising】
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

【Seminar,Workshop, Event, etc.】
[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)
【News coverage】
[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
【Committees outside the university, etc.】
[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

【Special Notes】
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