Hiromi Tanaka Last updated: Jan 6, 2020 at 19:20
Name
Hiromi Tanaka E-mail
hiromi URL
http://hiromitanaka.net Affiliation
Meiji University Section
School of Information and Communication Job title
Associate Professor Degree
PhD in Sociology(Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Research funding number
70611739
Profile Sociology, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies; Research about the cultural dimensions of media and technology, including gendered and sexualised ones
Academic & Professional Experience
Apr 2014
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Today
Associate Professor, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University
Apr 2011
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Mar 2014
Assistant Professor, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University
Apr 2008
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Mar 2011
Senior Research Fellow, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)
Oct 2006
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Mar 2007
Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kassel
Apr 2004
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Aug 2004
Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Modern Japanese Studies, Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf
Books etc
Media theories of looking and being-looked-at-ness
Edited by K. Koma and K. Matsumoto (Part:Joint Work, Politics of looking and being-looked-at-ness: the gaze, surveillance and gender)
Nakanishiya
Forthcoming (scheduled March 2020)
International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication
Edited by K. Ross et al. (Part:Joint Work, Japanese manga)
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 Work, The sexualization of women and men in Japanese urban media)
Jaipur: Rawat
Forthcoming (scheduled 2020)
Global Leisure and the Struggles for a Better World
Edited by A. Beniwal, J. Rashmi and K. Spracklen (Part:Contributor, Doing manga as leisure and its meaning and purpose, co-authored)
Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave May 2018
Body Studies
H. Tanaka , A. Kaneko, K. Saito, K. Takesaki, K. Hirano (Part:Joint Translation)
Kyoto: Koyo Shobo May 2017
Published Papers
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
Co-authored
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
Co-authored
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
Co-authored
Asian Women 28(1) 85-119 Mar 2012 [Refereed]
Conference Activities & Talks
The construction and representation of the body: For a discussion about the body, sport, and diversity [Invited]
The 18th annual conference of Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies, Public Symposium 29 Jun 2019
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
Research Grants & Projects
Emotional AI in Cities: Cross Cultural Lessons from UK and Japan on Designing for An Ethical Life
UKRI-JST: AI and Society
Project Year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2022 Investigator(s): PI: Andrew McStay, Peter Mantello
The rise of social media and the construction of gender and sexuality norms
JSPS: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Project Year: Apr 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: Apr 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
Awards & Honors
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)
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