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DR CHARLES SCHENCKING



Contact Details

Organization: Historical Studies
Position: SENIOR LECTURER IN JAPANESE HISTORY
Email:
Homepage: http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au/staff/schencking.html
Work: 8344 7295
Fax: 8344 7894
Room: 309
Level: 03
Building: Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Japanese History (1850s to present); Japanese Whaling; whaling; natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific;Whaling in Antarctica Earthquakes and natural disasters, war, society, conflict, military Japan, United States of America, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province), United Kingdom, Korea, Republic of (South)

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Cambridge Research
Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Exchange, Research, Teaching

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Western Washington 27-Jun-1992
Master of Arts University of Hawaii 13-Aug-1994
Doctor of Philosophy University of Cambridge 17-Oct-1998

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Member of Executive Editorial Committee for the A* Journal Modern Asian Studies. Appointed in 2004 and reappointed in 2008 for another four year term. 01-Jan-2004
Other (Award) Carrick Institute Award for University Teaching Excellence-Early Career Category 27-Nov-2006
Other (Award) University of Melbourne - Barbara Falk University Teaching Excellence Award Selected as the University's top teacher within the Arts, Law, Music and Education Faculties 30-Apr-2006
Other (Award) Arts Faculty, University of Melbourne - Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence Selected as the Arts Faculty's top teacher 31-May-2005
Other (Award) US Dept of Education, National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Award 31-Dec-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
58th Annual Meeting of the Association for ASian Studies Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE,
THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION		 Travel and Conference Grants (THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION) 06/02/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Admiral Togo: Japanese Commander who Destroyed the Russian Fleet
    Year: 2008
    Book: Great Military Leaders and their Campaign
    Publisher: Thames and Hudson(London)
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  • Introduction
    Year: 2008
    Book: Echoes of War: Australians Voice their feelings about Japan
    Publisher: Mirai Books(Crnegie, Vic)
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Journal Articles

  • The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Culture of Catastrophe and Reconstruction in 1920s Japan
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Japanese Studies
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 34
    Page numbers: 295-331
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • The Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923 and the Japanese Nation: Responding to an Urban Calamity of an Unprecedented Nature
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Education about Asia
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 20-25
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Catastrophe, Opportunism, Contestation: The Fractured Politics of Reconstructing Tokyo Following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Modern Asian Studies
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 833-873
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Publications in 2005

Books

  • Making Waves: Politics, propaganda, and the emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Stanford University Press(Stanford)
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Book Chapters

  • Interservice rivalry and politics in post-war Japan
    Year: 2005
    Book: The Russo-Japanese War in global perspective: World War Zero
    Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers(Leiden)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Navalism, naval expansion and war: the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the Japanese Navy
    Year: 2004
    Book: The Anglo-Japanese Alliance, 1902-1922
    Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon(London)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • The politics of pragmatism and pageantry: Selling a National Navy at the elite and local level in Japan, 1890-1913
    Year: 2002
    Book: Nation and Nationalism in Japan
    Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon(London)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • From Micro History to Macro History: The Experiences of Japanese Soldiers and Sailors in World War II
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Through Depression and War: Australia and the United States
    Conference Publication: Through Depression and War: The United States and Australia
    Page numbers: 118-128
    Publisher: Australian-American Fulbright Commission(Sydney)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Book Review of: Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Modern Asian Studies
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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