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Name
  Asahiko HANZAWA
Birth Date
  11 October, 1963
Institution
  Hokkaido University
Department
  Graduate School of Law
Position
  Lecturer
Current Specialization
 
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Academic Records
1996-2001
St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
Thesis:
"An Invisible Surrender: The United Nations and the End of the British Empire, 1956-1963"
Supervisors:
John G. Darwin (Nuffield College, University of Oxford)
Neil S. MacFarlane (St. Anne's College, Director of the Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford)

1991-1996

Doctoral Course (completed)
Western History, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo
1989-1991
M.A. Western History
Western History, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo
Thesis:
"Postwar Anglo-American Relations and the Formation of NATO, 1945-1949"
Supervisors: Prof. Yoichi Kibata, Prof. Seiji Kimura
1983-1989
B.A. Western History
Western History, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
Thesis:
"Postwar Anglo-American Relations and the Military Base Question, 1945-1947"
1979-1983
Senior High School
Kunitachi Senior High School, Kunitachi, Tokyo
(1980-1981, Netherhall School, Cambridge, UK)
   
Grants/Scholarships
2000-2001
Scholarship from the Matsushita International Foundation
1999-2000
Beit Fund for Commonwealth Studies
1996-1999
John Swire Centenary Scholarship (selected as the only recipient from Japan)
1996-1999
various research/travel grants from: the Cyril Foster and Related Funds, the Centre for International Studies, Social Studies Centre; Graduate Studies Fund, Modern History Faculty; Carr and Stahl Fund, St.Antony's College. (University of Oxford)
1991-1994
Japan Ikuei-kai Scholarship
   
Academic Experience
February 1997
a presentation paper,"Competitive Coalition ? Issues of Anglo-American Relations 1961-1963"
at the Modern History Faculty, University of Oxford
May 1996
a presentation paper, "European Empires and the NATO Formation, 1945-1949"
at the Annual Conference of the Japan European History Association (at Waseda University, Tokyo)
June 1991
a presentation paper, "Anglo-American Relations and the Origins of the NATO Pact -- Global Dimensions, 1945-1948"
at the Gendaishi Kenkyu-kai (the Society for Contemporary History)
   
Work Experience
May 1998
worked as a translator for a group of Japanese journalists (Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei) who conducted research on the 'devolution' issue in England, Wales and Scotland.
1997
have periodically taught International Relations, International Relations in East Asia, Asian Modern History, Post-war International History, Modern World History, Modern Japanese History, Advanced English Composition, Studying Abroad (in English) as a special lecturer at the Scientific Education Group (SEG), Shinjuku, Tokyo at high school and university undergraduate level.
1997
a translation of an article on Japanese contemporary music for strings by Kazushi Ishida (from Japanese to English).The Strad (August 1997, Orpheus Publications, London)
1991-1996
regularly gave highly popular English classes at the Scientific Education Group (SEG), Shinjuku, Tokyo, and Sunyu Preparation School, Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

 Publications 

 
1
"The United Nations and the Disappearance of the British Empire, 1960-1963"
Kokusai Seiji (Journal of International Relations) Vol.126 (Feb. 2001)
2
"The End of the British Empire: the UN Anti-colonial Resolution of 1960"
Oxford International Review Vol.10-2 (winter 2000)
3
 "The United Nations and the End of the British Empire: The Impact of the Sharpville Incident in the Union of South Africa in March 1960"
Gendaishi Kenkyu (Journal of Contemporary History) Vol.45 (1999)
4 22 entries for the Sekaishi Jiten (Dictionary of World History), Kadokawa Shoten (forthcoming)