| Position | Research Associate |
|---|---|
| Faculty | Occidental History |
| Graduate School | Occidental History |
| Department | Occidental History |
Career
| April 2024: | Completed Ph.D. program, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2024: | Appointed to the Faculty of Letters, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo |
Research Areas
Modern British History
Research Interests: Popular Politics and Political Culture
In his doctoral dissertation, Konishi explored the grassroots political culture that contributed to the spread of free trade ideas, a defining feature of the Victorian era, by analyzing how the plebeians participated in the reform movement for the repeal of the Corn Laws. One of the key works related to this is “Burning the ‘Slippery Premier’: Free Trade and Popular Political Culture in Britain during the Early 1840s” (The Journal of Historical Science, Vol. 131, No. 3, 2022), which reveals how the popular custom of burning effigies, a practice dating back to early modern times, was used as a means to embrace free trade ideas. In “Political Lecturers in Mid-19th Century Britain: The Case of the Corn Law Repeal Movement” (The Journal of Historical Science, Vol. 133, No. 4, 2024), Konishi examines the phenomenon of political lectures, where unsung orators were employed to spread the cause of the reform movement.
