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Kotaro Tsukahara

Research Fellow / The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
E-mail: tsukahara[at]jiiaorjp

JIIA Project

Center for Territory and History

Research Interests

  • Modern Japanese history
  • Elections and party organization
  • Comparative political history

Education

2015 B.A. in Literature, The University of Tokyo 2018 M.A. in Literature, The University of Tokyo 2015 Ph.D. in Literature, The University of Tokyo

Professional Experience

April 2018-March 2021 Fellow (DC1), Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)
April 2022-March 2024 Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

Publications

  • “Election Campaigns during the Early Phase of Universal Male Suffrage in Prewar Japan" Shigaku-Zasshi (The Journal of History）, Vol. 131, No. 8 (August 2022)
  • “Organizational Structure of Local Branches in the Two Major Political Parties in Prewar Japan" Japanese journal of electoral studies, Vol. 38, No. 1 (July 2022)
  • “Centralization of LDP Policy Research Council from 2001 to 2005" Kentaro Oku and Ryo Kurosawa (eds.), The Prime Minister’s Leadership and LDP Politics, Yoshida Publishing, February 2022

Presentations

  • “Organizational Structure of Local Branches in the Minsei Party " at the Annual Meeting of Japanese Association of Electorical Studies, May 2021, held online
  • “The Historical Conditions during the Phase of Universal Male Suffrage in Prewar Japan" at the Annual Meeting of The Historical Society of Japan, Japanese Modern and Contemporary History Section, November 2019, at The University of Tokyo
  • “The Local Branches of the Japanese Communist Party after 1955" at the Monthly Meeting of Shizuoka Modern History Study Collegium, November 2023, at Shizuoka Prefecture
  • “Ishibashi Tanzan in the Electoral District" at the Annual Meeting of The Ishibashi Tanzan Research Society, December 2023, at Waseda University

Associations/Memberships

  • The Histrical Society of Japan
  • The Historical Science Society of Japan
  • Japanese Association of Electorical Studies
  • The Society for the Study of Modern History of Shizuoka Prefecture