Presentations -

Within the Multi-Historiographies of Japan Studies

SHIMIZU Yuichirou

[Domestic presentation]  2025 Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS) Autumn Convention (The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)) , 

2025.11

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)

Roundtable: “Rethinking the Medium-Sized Constituency System — Japanese Politics through the Lens of Electoral Systems”

SHIMIZU Yuichirou

[International presentation]  The 9th Annual Conference of the East Asian Consortium of Japanese Stuides (Hallym University) , 

2025.10

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2025.11

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Oral presentation (general), East Asian Consortium of Japanese Stuides

"Oral History in Political Science: Insights from the Oral Histories of the Speakers of the House of Representatives"

Yuichiro Shimizu

[Domestic presentation]  Research Group on the Secretariat Diaries of the House of Representatives (Online) , 

2025.09

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Research Group on the Secretariat Diaries of the House of Representatives

"The Historical Structure of Political Dynasties"

Yuichiro Shimizu

[Domestic presentation]  Kansai Public Administration Study Group (Kwansei Gakuin University Umeda Campus) , 

2025.09

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Kansai Public Administration Study Group

Constructing Modern Japan: Politics and Youth, Past and Present

Yuichiro Shimizu

[International presentation]  Japan Center Public lecture (Doshicha University) , 

2025.06

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Tubingen University Japan Center

"Cultural Heritage and Oral History: As a Method of 'Practicing History'"

Yuichiro Shimizu

[Domestic presentation]  General Meeting of the Nagano Prefecture Association for the Protection of Cultural Properties (Nagano Prefectural Office) , 

2025.05

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Oral presentation (keynote), The Shinano History Society

「「聴くからひらく、夏のワークショップ2024」実践報告」

清水唯一朗

[Domestic presentation]  第8回オーラルヒストリーのつどい (東京大学先端研) , 

2025.04

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Oral presentation (invited, special), 東京大学先端科学技術研究センター政治行政システム分野

"The Contradiction Between Institutions and Integration: Taking Kazutaka Sogo's The Structure of Party Politics in Imperial Japan as a Starting Point"

SHIMIZU Yuichirou

[International presentation]  The 3rd Modern Japanese Intellectual History Workshop (Ritsumeikan University) , 

2025.02

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Oral presentation (general), Modern Japanese Intellectual History Workshop

"A New Phase in Japanese Politics The Birth of the Ishiba Administration & the 50th General Election"

SHIMIZU Yuichirou

[International presentation]  Japanese Studies Symposium (Tamkang University) , 

2024.11

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Oral presentation (general), Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association

"Why Does the Liberal Democratic Party Have So Many Hereditary Politicians? — A Historical Structural Analysis"

SHIMIZU Yuichirou

[International presentation]  The 8th Annual Conference of the East Asian Consortium of Japanese Stuides (Tamkang University) , 

2024.11

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Oral presentation (general), East Asian Consortium of Japanese Stuides

"Who Becomes a Politician: A Historical and Structural Analysis of Modern Japanese Politics"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[International presentation]  International Academic Symposium: "Aspects of Modern East Asian International Political Operations" (National Taipei University) , 

2024.10

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Oral presentation (invited, special), National Taipei University, Kazankai

Accumulating International Exchange Experiences :The Past and Future of Keio and MIT

Yuichiro Shimizu

[International presentation]  From Samurai into Engineers: Panel Discussion celebrating the 150th anniversary of MIT's First Japanese Students (NEXUS (HAYDEN LIBRARY), BUILDING 14, MIT) , 

2024.09

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Oral presentation (invited, special), MIT GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

Opening Up Through 'Listening': The Modern and Contemporary History of Shinshu

Yuichiro Shimizu

[Domestic presentation]  Annual Conference 2024, The Shinano History Society (The Agata no Mori Cultural Hall in Matsumoto City) , 

2024.06

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Oral presentation (keynote), The Shinano History Society

"Logic of politics and media"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[Domestic presentation]  Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies (The University of Tokyo) , 

2024.02

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies

"Deliberations and investigations: the transformation of public debate in the Imperial Diet."

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[Domestic presentation]  Kogi Kenkyukai (Keio University) , 

2024.02

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Kogi Kenkyukai

"Japanese Youth and Politics: A Comparison with Taiwanese youth"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[International presentation]  Law and Politics Studies Special Lecture (National Kaohsiung University) , 

2024.01

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Oral presentation (invited, special), National Kaohsiung University School of Law

"Hara Takashi: Pioneer of Japanese Party Politics"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[International presentation]  History Studies Special Lecture (National Taiwan Normal University) , 

2023.12

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Department of History, National Taiwan Normal University

"Why so many political dynasties in the Japanese Diet?: A historical structural analysis"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[International presentation]  International Workshop “New Trends in Political History of Modern and Contemporary Japan” (KU Leuven) , 

2023.12

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Japanese Studies Group, Faculteit Letteren, KU Leuven

"Who Became a Politician?: A Portrait of Modern Japan」"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[International presentation]  Leiden Lecture Series in Japanese Studies (Leiden University) , 

2023.12

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Oral presentation (invited, special), The Leiden Institute for Area Studies, Leiden University

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Japan was the first emerging Asian nation to adopt Western-style constitutionalism, and it went on to modernize and democratize. There was a conflict between the Asian order and Western culture. This was manifested in the way politicians were organized through the Meiji Revolution, Taisho democracy, the Pacific War, rapid economic growth, and the "lost two or three decades" that followed. If so, who became politicians in Japan? Through tracing the transition structurally, Yuichiro Shimizu draws a portrait of Japan's modernization and democratization.

"Has Japan successfully embraced democracy?"

SHIMIZU Yuichiro

[International presentation]  Japanese Studies Special Lecture (National Chengchi University) , 

2023.11

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Oral presentation (invited, special), Department of Japanese Language and Literature, Japanese Studies Degree Program, National Chengchi University