Dr J. Charles Schencking
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Asia Institute and Department of History Room 309 Tel: + 61 3 8344 5976 |
Background
Charles Schencking has been a member of the Asia Institute and the Department of History since 2000. Before relocating to Melbourne, Charles received a Ph.D from the University of Cambridge, and M.A. from the University of Hawaii (MA) and two B.A. degrees (history and Japanese language) from Western Washington University. In 2004, Charles was promoted to Senior Lecturer. In 2004, Charles was also appointed as a member of the editorial review board of the Cambridge University journal, Modern Asian Studies, and will hold this position until 2007.
Research Interests
His principal interest is modern Japanese history, particularly the inter-relationship between state and society in the Meiji and Taishô periods (1868-1926). He has published widely on the politics of the Imperial Japanese Navy, (two journal articles, four chapters in edited volumes, and a book published by Stanford University Press (2005) entitled: Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, and the Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922. ISBN# 0-8047-4977-9. Charles has also been named the Asia-Pacific Coordinator for the up coming multi-national Russo-Japanese War Conference to be held in Tokyo between 23 and 27 May 2005.