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Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University

Degree: 文学修士(ヨーク大学)
博士号(クイーンズランド大学)
PhD(University of Queensland)

Researcher number: 10328031
J-GLOBAL ID: 200901039524073384
researchmap Member ID: 5000011498

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2009

Chuo University Commerce Faculty Professor
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2007

Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University Commerce Faculty Assistant Professor
Apr, 2000 - Mar, 2002

Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University Commerce Faculty Associate Professor
Apr, 1997 - Mar, 2000

Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University Commerce Faculty Visiting Lecturer

Education

2013 - 2016

Creative Writing, School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland
Oct, 1994 - Aug, 1995

Graduate School, Division of Letters, York University

Awards

Jul, 2018

Kokkiken Japan Study Award, Institute of National Fundamentals
Apr, 2006

International House Essay Prize, EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST, International House
2006

International House Essay Prize

Major Papers

The Purest of Human Pleasures - A.B. Mitford and his gardens. Part 2: in Britain

Robert Morton

Shakkei, 29(2) 25-29, Sep, 2022 Invited
The Purest of Human Pleasures - A.B. Mitford and his gardens. Part 1: in Japan

Robert Morton

Shakkei, 29(2) 22-24, Sep, 2022 Invited
The Fifteenth Earl of Derby (1826-1893): Foreign Secretary

Robert Morton, Andrew Cobbin

Britain and Japan: Biographical SecretaryPortraits, Renaissance Books/ Japan Society, 10 195-207, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Sir Henry Keppel (1809-1904)

Robert Morton

Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, (9) 513-523, 2015 Peer-reviewed
A.B. Mitford (1837-1916)

Robert Morton

Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, (8) 117-129, 2013 Peer-reviewed
A Melancholy Sight: Wellington and the Protectionists

Robert Morton

Wellington Studies, (5), 2012 Peer-reviewed
Greatest Living Englishman? The standing of the Duke of Wellington as seen at Queen Victoria's coronation

Robert Morton

Wellington Studies Ⅳ, (4) 323-337, Jul, 2008
東は東、西は西

Robert Morton, 高遠裕子訳

国際文化会館会報, 17(1) 29-39, Jul, 2006 Peer-reviewed
EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST

Robert Morton

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF JAPAN Bullentin, 26(1) 18-28, Jul, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Abstracts as Authentic Material for EAP Classes

Robert Morton

English Language Teaching Journal, 53(3) 177-182, Jul, 1999 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

A Life of Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885

Robert Morton

Renaissance Books, Jan, 2021 (ISBN: 9781912961160)
Private Correspondence between Sir Harry Parkes and Edmund Hammond, 1869-1872

Robert Morton

Eureka Press, Nov, 2019
Private Correspondence between Sir Harry Parkes and Edmund Hammond, 1865-1868

Robert Morton

Eureka/Routledge, Oct 23, 2018
British Foreign Secretaries and Japan 1850-1990: Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy

(Role: Joint author)

Renaissance Books Ltd, Jun, 2018
A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State: Letters Home

Renaissance Books, Sep, 2017
The diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow 1861-1869

Ian Ruxton (Role: Joint author)

Eureka Press, 2013
The Six Lives of Father Neal Lawrence

Yushodo Co. Ltd. / The Asiatic Society of Japan, Jan, 2007

Presentations

Sir Rutherford Alcock, RGS president and geographer of bakumatsu Japan

Robert Morton

Royal Geographical Society Conference, Newcastle, UK, Sep 2, 2022
Is biography an appropriate vehicle for the serious telling of history?

Robert Morton

International Association for Biography and Autobiography (IABA) Conference, Turku, Finland, Jun 16, 2022
A Life of Sir Harry Parkes: British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885

Informasia, Dec 20, 2020 Invited
Singleness of Purpose: Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister to Japan, Korea and China

Robert Morton

The Japan Society, London, Nov 14, 2020 Invited
‘What War Ever Won a Better Treaty?’ The Bowring Treaty and Siam’s Interactions with the West Compared to Those of China and Japan.

Robert Morton

ICAS 11, Jul 17, 2019, ICAS
A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State

Asiatic Society of Japan, Feb 19, 2018 Invited
A Partial Witness: A.B. Mitford and the Birth of a New Nation

Robert Morton

International Association for Japan Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo, Dec 2, 2017 Invited
A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State

Robert Morton

Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Sep 5, 2017 Invited
Monster or Trusted Friend? Sir Harry Parkes and the Meiji Restoration in Japan

ICAS, Jul, 2017
A Partial Witness: A.B.Mitford and the Meiji Restoration

IAFOR, May, 2015
A.B. Mitford in China

International Association of Japan Studies, 2014
The Making of a Diplomat in Japan? Ernest Satow in China, January – August 1862

NZ/Asia Conference, 2013
Prepare ye the way of the Lords: Wellington, Disraeli and the Protectionists

The Fifth Wellington Congress, Jul, 2010
Enough to kill any man: Gladstone and Queen Victoria

The Gladstone Bicentenary International Conference, Jul, 2009
Fulfilling their Heaven-Appointed Missions: Emperor Meiji and Queen Victoria

日英協会第24回秩父宮妃記念レクチャー, Mar, 2007
Greatest Living Englishman? The standing of the Duke of Wellington as seen at Queen Victoria's coronation

The Fourth Wellington Congress, Jul, 2006

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

POST-WAR JAPAN

2005
Late 19th century German History

2000 - 2004
Late 19th century German History

2000 - 2004
FOREIGN VIEWS OF MEIJI JAPAN

2003
Individualism in the United States and Japan

2001 - 2002
Individualism in the United States and Japan

2001 - 2002
VICTORIAN HISTORY

2001
NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY

2001