Hiroshi TAKAYAMA, Ph.D.
Professor of History
The University of Tokyo



I. Current Activities (2016-)

™Award

No.
award
institution
date
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Medal with Purple Ribbon Government of Japan April 29, 2016 Website of the University of Tokyo

A. Books

No.
Title
City of Publication
Publisher
Year of Publication
Pages
Language
Notes
1 Sicily and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages (tentative title) Abingdon Routledge forthcoming
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 English Collection of Published Articles
2 Kingship and Territorial Princes in Medieval France (tentative) Nagoya University of Nagoya Press forthcoming
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 Japanese
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3 Introduction to Historical Studies (tentative) Kyoto Minerva Shobo forthcoming
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 Japanese
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4 Medieval Mediterranean World (tentative) Tokyo Chikuma Shobo forthcoming
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 Japanese
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B. Articles etc.

No.
Classification
Title
Book, Journal, etc.
City of Publication & Publisher
Year of Publication
Pages
Language
Notes
1
Interview		 Medal with Purble Ribbon: Three Professors of the University of Tokyo Tokyo Daigaku Shimbun, May 19, 2016 Tokyo, Tokyo Daigaku Shimbunsha 2016, May
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 Japanese Tokyo Daigaku Shimbun Online Site
2 Article L'amministrazione di Ruggero I, fondamento del sistema amministrativo normanno Quei Maledetti Normanni. Studi offerti a Errico Cuozzo per i suoi settant'anni da colleghi, allievi, amici, 2 vols., editi da Jean-Marie Martin & Rosanna Alaggio Ariano Irpino, Centro Europeo di Studi Normanni 2016, Dec 1151-1165 Italian an Italian translation of an English article of 2014
3 Interview What is Globalization? Tokyo Daigaku Shimbun, Feb 14, 2017 Tokyo, Tokyo Daigaku Shimbunsha 2017, Feb 3 Japanese
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4 Kaiko to Tenbo Historical Studies in 2016: General Shigaku-Zasshi, 126-5 Tokyo, Yamakawa Shuppansha 2017, May 1-5 Japanese
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5 Introducing Article Toru Mio, "A Bookshelf of Hiroshi Takayama: Procedures of History" A Letter from Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, vol. 7 Tokyo Sep 2017 16-19 Japanese
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6 Foreword Foreword to the First Issue of Spicilegium Spicilegium, vol. 1 Tokyo Dec 2017 1 English pdf file
7 Article Classification of Villeins in Medieval Sicily Spicilegium, vol. 1 Tokyo Dec 2017 3-16 English a revised English version of a Japanese article of 2014
pdf file


C. Lectures and Papers Read at Academic Conferences and Seminars

No.
Classification
Title
Conference or Seminar
City
Date
Notes
1 Organizer Lecture: Prof. Patrick Corbet (Universite de Lorraine), "LfEglise medievale et le mariage : la question des interdits de parente entre epoux (9e-12e siecles)" Dept. of Occidental History, U. of Tokyo Tokyo March 23, 2016
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2 Organizer; Chair Lecture: Dr. Catherine Holms (Associate Professor, University of Oxford), "Byzantium Transformed? New Directions for the Study of Byzantium (600-1500) in the Age of Global History" Dept. of Occidental History, U. of Tokyo Tokyo July 20, 2016
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3 Organizer; Chair Lecture: Prof. Anna Abulafia (University of Oxford), "The Contested Seed of Abraham" KAKEN 15KK0062; Dept. of Occidental History, U. of Tokyo; Society for Medieval European Studies Tokyo June 9, 2017
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4 Organizer; Chair Lecture: Prof. David Abulafia (University of Cambridge), "How to write the history of the Mediterranean" Annual Meeting of the Collegium Mediterranistarum, U. of Tokyo Tokyo June 10, 2017
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5 Lecture Cross-cultural Contacts and Confrontations in Medieval Sicily Research Project: Past and Present Relations of Religions in Asia and Africa, Sophia University Tokyo June 17, 2017
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6 Organizer; Chair Prof. Claudia Rapp (University of Vienna), "Piety, Charity and Asceticism: The Social World of Christians in Late Antique Egypt" Dept of Occidental History, U. of Tokyo; Society for Medieval European Studies Tokyo June 10, 2017
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7 Lecture Cross-cultural Contacts in Medieval Sicily (tentative) Annual Meeting of Gakushuin University Shigakukai Tokyo June 16, 2018
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D. Lectures for General Audience

No.
Classification
Title
Host Institution
Location
Date
Notes
1 Lecture Crossroads of Civilizations: the Best Thing about Sicily and the Splendor of the Medieval Norman Kingdom Doyu Club Doyu Club, Tokyo March 14, 2016
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2 Lecture Career as a Scholar: My Study and Graduate School Days Tokyo Institute of Technology Gakujutsu Sogo Center, Tokyo Oct 6, 2016
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3 Lecture Crossroads of Civilizations: the Best Thing about Sicily and the Splendor of the Medieval Norman Kingdom Hananokai Arc Hills Club, Tokyo Oct 14, 2016
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4 Lecture Crossroads of Three Great Cultures: Norman Kingdom of Sicily Kawasaki Shimin Academy Kawasaki City Shogai Gakushu Plaza, Tokyo Oct 28, 2016
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5 Lecture Contact and Clush of Civilizations: Frederick II's Crusade and Nowadays Kawasaki Shimin Academy Kawasaki City Shogai Gakushu Plaza, Tokyo Nov 18, 2016
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6 Lecture Time and Periodization in World History Kojunsha Kojunsha, Tokyo July 27, 2017
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7 Lecture From Ancient to Medieval: Creation of Germanic Kindoms and the days of Charlemagne Kojunsha Kojunsha, Tokyo Sep 28, 2017
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8 Lecture Warlike Age in Western Europe: What Is Feudalism? Kojunsha Kojunsha, Tokyo Oct 26, 2017
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9 Lecture Time and Periodization in World History Joho Tsushin Kokusai Koryukai Tokai University Koyu Kaikan, Tokyo Nov 11, 2017
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10 Lecture Pope and Emperor: What Is the Investiture Contest? Kojunsha Kojunsha, Tokyo Nov 29, 2017
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11 Lecture Career as a Scholar: My Study and Graduate School Days Tokyo Institute of Technology Gakujutsu Sogo Center, Tokyo Nov 30, 2017
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12 Lecture Looking at the Current World from the Medieval Mediterranean Toyo University Toyo University, Tokyo Dec 16, 2017
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13 Lecture Imagined Scenery in the Middle Ages: Heaven and Hell Kojunsha Kojunsha, Tokyo Jan 18, 2018
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E. Editorial, etc.

No.
Journal
Place of Publication
Role
1 Spicilegium Japan Society for Medieval European Studies Editorial Board, 2015-
2 Corpus Membranarum Capuanarum Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Italia Comitato Scientifico Onorario, 2014-
3 British Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies Science & Knowledge House Ltd, UK Editorial Board, 2014-
4 The Mediterranean Seminar UCSC, USA Advisory & Editorial Board, 2009-2016
5 Archivio Normanno-Svevo Centro Europeo di Studi Normanni, Italia Comitato Scientifico, 2008-
6 International Medieval Bibliography Brepols, UK Regular Contributor for Japan, 1995-


F. Board Member of Academic Societies

Historical Society of Japan President 2016-present
Director 1995-97
2003-05
2006-08
2009-11
Auditor 1994-95
1998-99
Councilor 1994-2010
Japan Society for Medieval European Studies President 2015-present
Executive Director 2010-13
Co-executive Director 2008-10
Councilor 2009-15
Preparatory Committee 2007-09
Collegium Mediterranistarum (Mediterranean Academy of Japan) Executive Director 2014-16
Councilor 1999-2017
Shigaku Kenkyukai Councilor 2004-present


G. Other Activities

Mitsubishi Sogo Kenkyusho Survey Committee on Promotion and Evaluation Policy for Humanities and Social Sciences in Other Countries@ 2016-17


H. Teaching Courses

No
University
Place
Classification
Topic
Period
1 University of Tokyo Graduate School Tutorial Tutorial for dissertations All Year
2 University of Tokyo Graduate school Seminar on Occidental History Comparative History of Medieval Europe All Year
3 University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters Seminar on Occidental History Seminar on Medieval European History All Year
4 University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters Lecture on Occidental History
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 Summer Semester
5 University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters Lecture on Occidental History
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 Winter Semester
6 University of Tokyo Faculty of Letters Introduction to Occidental History
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 Winter Semester
7 University of Tokyo College of Liberal Arts General Course Transformation of International Politics, Economy, Society, and Media, I Summer Semester
8 University of Tokyo College of Liberal Arts General Course Transformation of International Politics, Economy, Society, and Media, II Winter Semester
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