Name

Prof. Dr. Simon Avenell

Position

Professor, Associate Dean

Affiliation

Australian National University, School of Culture, History & Language; College of Asia and the Pacific

Research focus

modern Japanese history, postwar Japan (1945), civic activism, civil society, environmental history, and transnational history

relevant Publications

Avenell, Simon. 2024. „Japanese International NGOs in Asia: The Reflexive Outcomes of Regional Activism.“ In: Akihiro Ogawa und Anthony J. Spires (Hg.), Varieties of Civil Society Across Asia. Oxford und New York: Routledge (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series), 180–190.

Avenell, Simon (Ed.). 2023. Reconsidering Postwar Japanese History: A Handbook. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

Avenell, Simon. 2022. Asia and Postwar Japan: Deimperialization, Civic Activism, and National Identity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center.

Avenell, Simon and Ogawa, Akihiro (Ed.) 2021. Transnational Civil Society in Asia: The Potential of Grassroots Regionalization. London: Routledge.

Avenell, Simon. 2010. Making Japanese Citizens. Civil Society and the Mythology of the Shimin in Postwar Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.