Kimie Hara

Kimie Hara is a Professor, the Renison Research Professor and the Director of East Asian Studies. She holds cross-appointments in the Departments of History and Political Science at the University of Waterloo. She received her Ph.D. from the Australian National University, and specialises in modern and contemporary international relations of the Asia-Pacific region, border studies, Cold War history, and Japanese politics and diplomacy. Her books include 「在外」日本人研究者がみた日本外交 (Japanese Diplomacy through the Eyes of Japanese Scholars Overseas, 2009), Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Åland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot (2009, edited with Geoffrey Jukes), Cold War Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific: Divided Territories in the San Francisco System (2007), and Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945: A Difficult Peace(1998). Her recent projects include examination of shifting regional orders in East Asia, as well as the major regional conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific that build on her earlier work on the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty. She held visiting fellowships/professorships at the Kyoto University, the University of Tokyo, the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, the International Institute for Asian Studies/University of Amsterdam, the East-West Center, Stockholm University and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Science. Her research projects have been funded by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo, University of Calgary, Killam Foundation (Canada); the East-West Center, the Social Science Research Council (US); the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Japan Foundation, and the Matsushita International Foundation (Japan).

Contact:

Belair Centre for East Asian Studies
Renison University College
University of Waterloo
240 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G4
Canada
Tel.: +1. 519. 888.4567 ext. 28660
Email: khara@uwaterloo.ca

"Japan and the Cold War Frontiers in East Asia in the Era of Globalism", in Carin Holroyd and Ken Coates eds., Japan in the Age of Globalization, Rougledge, 2011, pp.175-184.
「北方領土問題と平和条約交渉」『岩波講座 - 東アジア近現代通史第七巻』岩波書店 (“The Northern Territories Problem and Peace Negotiations”, in Iwanami modern and contemporary history of East Asia series) vol.7, Iwanami-shoten), 2011.
「4. 領土問題解決試案 – 欧州のオーランドモデルから」岩下明裕編『日本の国境・いかにこの「呪縛」を解くか』北海道大学出版会 (“An Investigational Plan to Resolve the Northern Territories Dispute: From the Åland Model of Europe”, in Akihiro Iwashita ed., Borders: How to Break the 'Spell'-Case of the Island Country Japan, Hokkaido University Press), 2010, pp.93-113.
「序」及び「編者あとがき」, 原編『「在外」日本人研究者がみた日本外交』藤原書店 (“Introduction” and “Postscript”, in Hara ed., Japanese Diplomacy through the Eyes of Japanese Scholars Overseas, Fujiwara-shoten), 2009, pp.i-iv, pp.273-278.
「6．分割された東アジアと日本外交 - 歴史検討から諸問題解決の鍵を探る」原編『「在外」日本人研究者がみた日本外交』藤原書店 (“Divided East Asia and Japanese Diplomacy: Searching Keys in History Examination”, in Hara ed., Japanese Diplomacy through the Eyes of Japanese Scholars Overseas, Fujiwara-shoten), 2009, pp.161-179. [Revised and updated versions appeared in『環 ― 歴史・環境・文明 ― 特集・日米安保を問う』藤原書店 (KAN: History, Environment, Civilization --a quarterly journal on learning and the arts for global readership, Special Issue on the Japan-US Alliance, Vol.41, Spring 2010, pp.188-198) and 藤原書店編集部編『「日米安保」とは何か』藤原書店 (“Divided East Asia and Japanese Diplomacy”, editorial department of the Fujiwara-shoten, What is the Japan-US Security Treaty? Fujiwara Shoten, 2010, pp.163-180.)]
“Introduction: Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Åland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot”, in Hara and Jukes eds. Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Åland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot, Routledge, 2009, pp.1-14.
“9. Envisioning Åland-Inspired Solutions for the Northern Territories Problem”, in Hara and Jukes eds. Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Åland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot, Routledge, 2009, pp.113-124.
“Rethinking the Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute in a Multilateral Framework”, in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Dokdo’s Sovereignty and Border Question, Dokdo Research Institute, Yeungnam University, 2009, pp.33-55.
“Norms, Structures and Japan’s ‘Northern Territories’ Policy”, in Keiko Hirata and Yoichiro Sato eds., Norms, Interests, and Power in Japanese Foreign Policy, Palgrave, 2008, pp.72-92.
“Preface”, in Hara and Jukes eds., New Initiatives for Solving the “Northern Territories” Issue between Japan and Russia: An Inspiration from the Åland Experience - Proceedings, Issues & Insights No. 04 – 07, Pacific Forum CSIS, 2007, pp.v-vi.
“1. The Åland Settlement as a Resolution Model for Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts?: Considering the ‘Nitobe Settlement’ for the ‘Northern Territories’ Problem as a Case Study”, in Hara and Jukes eds., New Initiatives for Solving the “Northern Territories” Issue between Japan and Russia: An Inspiration from the Åland Experience - Proceedings, Issues & Insights No. 04 – 07, Pacific Forum CSIS, 2007, pp.1-14.

「特別寄稿・サンフランシスコ講和から六〇年‐対日平和条約と日本の領土問題」『環 ― 歴史・環境・文明 ―』藤原書店 (“Special Contribution・Sixty Years from the San Francisco Peace – the Japanese Peace Treaty and the Territorial Problems”, KAN: History, Environment, Civilization --a quarterly journal on learning and the arts for global readership, Vol.45, Spring 2011, pp.240-255.
「分割された東アジアと日本外交」『環 ― 歴史・環境・文明 ― 特集・日米安保を問う』藤原書店 (“Divided East Asia and Japanese diplomacy”, KAN: History, Environment, Civilization --a quarterly journal on learning and the arts for global readership, Special Issue on the Japan-US Alliance, Vol.41, Spring 2010, pp.188-198. [A revised and updated version of my chapter in 『「在外」日本人がみた日本外交』 (Japanese Diplomacy through the Eyes of Japanese Scholars Overseas)], Fujiwara-shoten, 2009, pp.161-179.]
“Untying the Kurillian Knot: Toward an Åland-Inspired Solution for the Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute”, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, June 2009
「北方領土問題を解決するためのオーランドモデル一試案」『新渡戸稲造の世界』(“An Åland application model to solve the Northern Territories problem”, Nitobe Inazo World), No. 17, 2008, pp.147-171. )
“Micronesia and the Postwar Remaking of the Asia Pacific: “An American Lake”, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, August 2007.
「新渡戸裁定はアジア太平洋地域の紛争解決モデルになるか‐北方領土問題の事例研究として「オーランド・モデル」を検討する」『新渡戸稲造の世界』 (“Can Nitobe Settlement be a Conflict Resolution Model in the Asia-Pacific?: Examining the ‘Åland Model’ as a case study for the ‘Northern Territories’ Problem”, Nitobe Inazo World), No. 16, 2007, pp.45-51.)
“Cold War Frontiers in the Asia-Pacific: The Troubling Legacy of the San Francisco Treaty”, The Asia-Pacific Journal:Japan Focus, September 2007.

“60 Years Later: San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Regional Conflicts in East Asia”, Japan Foundation, Toronto, February 29, 2012.
「朝鮮戦争とサンフランシスコ条約の日ソ」日露歴史プロジェクト会議 (“The Korean War, the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and the Japanese-Soviet Relations”, Japan-Russia Joint History Project Conference, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia, December 9-10, 2011.
“The Continuing Legacies of the San Francisco System: Past, Present, and Future”, Second International Forum for Peace and Prosperity in North East Asia - Sixty Years after the San Francisco Peace Treaty, Peace, Conflict and Historical Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific, Columbia University, New York, USA, November 18, 2011.
座談会「日本の国境問題を考える」、地方出版文化功労賞受賞記念特別企画、『日本の境界：危機と岐路』(Panel discussant, Roundtable “Considering the Japanese Border Problems”, Special Symposium for the 24th Local Publishing Culture Contribution Award: Japanese Borders – Crisis and Turning Points), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, October 10, 2011.

“60 Years from San Francisco: Post-War Japanese Peace Treaty and the Regional Conflicts in East Asia”, International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden, the Netherlands, July 12, 2011.
“Japan’s Territorial Problems”, 14th Salzburg Global Seminar - Freeman Symposium 2011, Strengthening Cooperation Between the US and East Asia, Salzburg, Austria, June 17-22, 2011.
“60 Years from San Francisco: Re-examining Frontier Problems in the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia”, European Japan Advanced Research Network (EJARN) Workshop Japan – What’s Next?, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, June 9-10, 2011.
“Japan and the Unresolved Problems in East Asia”, 22nd Stockholm Seminar on Japan, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden, April 26, 2011.
“The San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Territorial Disputes in Southeast and Northeast Asia”, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, February 24, 2011.
『領土問題のゆくえ―アジア太平洋地域の冷戦と「戦後未解決の諸問題」を考える』平和講座，広島国際会議場 (“Direction of the Territorial Problems – Considering the Cold War in the Asia-Pacific Region and the ‘Unresolved Problems since World War II”, Peace Lecture Series, Hiroshima International Convention Centre), Hiroshima, Japan, February 14, 2011.
「サンフランシスコ講和から60年‐対日戦後処理と東アジア地域紛争」　群馬県立女子大学 (“60 Years from the San Francisco Peace – Post-War Disposition of Japan and the Regional Conflicts in East Asia”, Gunma Prefectural Women’s University), Gunma, Japan, January 24, 2011.
「日本の立場と見解」国際シンポジウム『東アジアの激動から安定への可能性』法政大学 (“Japan’s Position and Perspectives”, International Symposium Prospect for Transition from Turmoil to Stability in East Asia, Hosei University, Arcadia Hall, Ichigaya/Tokyo, Japan, December 19, 2010.
「戦後対日講和処理と東アジア地域紛争」同志社大学 (“Post-WWII disposition of Japan and the East Asian Regional Conflicts”, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan), December 17, 2010.
「サンフランシスコ平和条約と東アジア地域紛争」筑波大学 (“San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Regional Conflicts in East Asia”, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, December 9, 2010.
「戦後対日講和処理と東アジア地域紛争」関西外国語大学 (“Post-WWII disposition of Japan and the East Asian Regional Conflicts”, Kansai Gaidai University, Hirakata, Japan), December 1, 2010.
“Geopolitical Thinking in the Post-WWII Non-Settlement of the Boundaries in East Asia”, ISS Seminar Series, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University (APU), November 11, 2010.
“Senkaku, Takeshima and the Northern Territories: Envisioning Territorial Settlements in the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia”, ISS Seminar Series, Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University (APU), November 9, 2010.
“Re-thinking the Russo-Japanese Border in the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia”, Workshop Russia and Asia Pacific Multilateral Institutions, Center of Asia-Pacific and APEC Studies, Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia, September 30 – October 2, 2010.
“Session 5: Increasing Complexity in the East China Sea”, NBR Workshop Maritime Energy Resources in Asia: Opportunities for Joint Development, Renaissance Riverside Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 5-7, 2010.
「東アジア冷戦とサンフランシスコ講和条約」(“East Asian Cold War and the San Francisco Peace Treaty”), Institute of Japanese Studies, Kookumin University, Seoul, South Korea, August 3, 2010.
“Envisioning Territorial Settlements in the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia”, Northeast Asia History Foundation workshop 60 Years after the San Francisco Treaty: its Legacy on Territorial and Security issues, The Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul, South Korea August 2, 2010.
“Toward the Solution of the Northern Territories Problem – A Global, Regional and Domestic Analysis”, EAP Speaker Series, Cornell University, USA. April 8, 2010.
国境フォーラム in 根室 (Border Studies Forum in Nemuro), Nemuro, Japan, December 21, 2009.
“Re-thinking the Northern Territories Issue in a Multilateral Framework: The San Francisco Peace Treaty, the Six Party Talk and an Applied Åland Model”, the Global Center of Excellence–Slavic Research Center (GCOE-SRC) Symposium, Bring together the World Wide Community of Border Studies, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, December 19, 2009.
“Tokdo-Takeshima in the San Francisco System”, International Conference, Dokdo, Takeshima, Liancourt Rocks: Re-thinking Territorial Disputes in East Asia, SAIS-John Hopkins University, Washington DC, USA, June 26-27, 2009.
“Rethinking the Dokto/Takeshima Dispute in a Multilateral Framework”, International Conference, Interdisciplinary Approaches on the Dokdo’s Sovereignty and Border Questions, Yeungnam University, South Korea, May 13-14, 2009.