Hiromi Tanaka

Last updated: May 26, 2019 at 20:48

Name	Hiromi Tanaka
E-mail	hiromimeiji.ac.jp
URL	http://www.hiromitanaka.net
Affiliation	Meiji University
Section	School of Information and Communication
Job title	Associate Professor
Degree	PhD in Sociology(Ruhr University Bochum, Germany), MA in International Studies(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Research funding number	70611739

Research Interests

digital technology(3) , digital media(8) , gender(310) , sexuality(52) , media(116) , popular culture(45) , lifestyle(50) , lifecorse(1)

Research Areas

Gender / Gender /
Sociology / Sociology /

Academic & Professional Experience

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Apr 2014

Today

Associate Professor, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University

Apr 2011

Mar 2014

Assistant Professor, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University

Apr 2008

Mar 2011

Senior Research Fellow, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)

Apr 2007

Mar 2008

Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University

Oct 2006

Mar 2007

Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel

Books etc

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International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication

Edited by K. Ross et al. (Part:Contributor, Japanese manga (anime))

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell

Forthcoming (scheduled 2020)

Gendered Cityscapes: Revisiting Questions of Gender Identity, Equity and Marginalization in Urban Asia

Edited by D. U. Joshi, Ch. K. Permpoonwiwat, and H. Tanaka (Part:Joint Editor, The sexualization of women and men in Japanese urban media)

Jaipur: Rawat

Forthcoming (scheduled 2019)

Global Leisure and the Struggles for a Better World

Edited by A. Beniwal, J. Rashmi and K. Spracklen, Co-authored with S. Ishida. (Part:Joint Work, Doing manga as leisure and its meaning and purpose: The case of Japanese female manga fandom called fujoshi)

Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave May 2018

Body Studies

H. Tanaka, A. Kaneko, K. Saito, K. Takesaki, K. Hirano

Kyoto: Koyo Shobo May 2017

Equating Gender: Explorations in the Asia-Pacific

Edited by D. U. Joshi and Ch. K. Permpoonwiwat. (Part:Joint Work, Women's political participation in Japan: What stirs their political ambition and what promotes their candidacy)

Jaipur: Rawat Sep 2016

Published Papers

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Towards a reconstruction of gender and media studies

Japanese Journal of the International Society for Gender Studies 16 Dec 2018 [Refereed][Invited]

Enjoying manga as fujoshi: Exploring its innovation and potential for social change from a gender perspective

H. Tanaka & S. Ishida

International Journal of Behavioral Science 10(1) 77-85 Jan 2015 [Refereed]

Parental well-being and the sexual division of household labor: A new look at gendered families in Japan

B. Holthus & H. Tanaka

Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques LXVII(2) 401-428 Jun 2013 [Refereed]

Youth's Manga Reading and the Reception of Gender Images: The Case of Readers of "SLAM DUNK"

Journal of Information and Communication Studies (13) 1-15 Mar 2013 [Refereed]

Individualization of marriage and work life choices: A study of never-married employed women in Hong Kong and Tokyo

H. Tanaka & C. W. Ng

Asian Women 28(1) 85-119 Mar 2012 [Refereed]

Conference Activities & Talks

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Gender and the media in the digital age: Old and new issues [Invited]

Special Session: Gender and Information in the Digital Age, The 12th Srinakharinwirot University Research Conference 20 Mar 2019

Gender and the media in contemporary Japan [Invited]

Guest Lecture, Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore 22 Feb 2019

The portrayals of women in a Japanese women's lifestyle magazine, an an [Invited]

Guest Lecture, Department of Taiwanese Languages and Culture, National Taiwan Normal University 22 Nov 2018

Gender representation and the portrayals of women in Japanese media: A changing pattern [Invited]

Guest Lecture, Department of Sociology, National Taipei University 21 Nov 2018

The relationship between the self, the body and the society: On the consideration of the body [Invited]

Gender Equality Seminar, KIta-Ward, Tokyo 22 Sep 2018

Research Grants & Projects

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The rise of social media and the construction of gender and sexuality norms

JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Project Year: May 2019 - Mar 2022 Investigator(s): PI: Hiromi Tanaka

Gender representation in a Japanese women's magazine, an an

Meiji University, Institute for Humanities: Joint Research Grant

Project Year: Apr 2017 - Mar 2019 Investigator(s): PI: Hiromi Tanaka

Women's political participation and policy change

JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Project Year: May 2012 - Mar 2014 Investigator(s): PI: Misako Iwamoto

Empirical research on family factors that promote women's political participation

Tokai Gender Institute: Joint-Research Grant

Project Year: Apr 2010 - Mar 2011 Investigator(s): Naoko Shima, Tokuko Ogai, Hiromi Tanaka

International German-Japanese Symposium: Life Course in Flux

German Research Foundation (DFG): International Conference Organization Grant

Project Year: Oct 2010 - Oct 2010 Investigator(s): M. Godzik, Hiromi Tanaka, Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt

Awards & Honors

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Nov 2014

Best Paper Award, International Interdisciplinary Symposium, Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity, Srinakharinwirot University

Dec 2011

Encouragement Award, Encouragement Program for Promoting Gender and Low Fertility Research, Hodogaya Foundation

Apr 2001

Heinrich Boell Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship (3 years)

Association Memberships

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International Association for Media and Communication Research(11) , European Association of Japanese Studies(20) , International Sociological Association(160) , International Society for Gender Studies(31) , The Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies(1)