Organization
Graduate School of Humanities Department of Humanities Assistant Professor
Title
Assistant Professor
External link
Chinami Oka
Degree 3
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DPhil (History) （ 2023.5 University of Oxford ）
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MSc (Modern Japanese Studies) （ 2016.11 University of Oxford ）
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BA (Global Studies) （ 2015.3 Akita International University ）
Research Interests 6
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Transnational history
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Japan in the Wider World
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Religion
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Gender
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Environmental movement
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Nonstate actors
Research Areas 2
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History - Japan
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Humanities & Social Sciences / History - General
Current Research Project and SDGs 2
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Transnational religious and linguistic movement in modern Asia and the Middle East
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A transnational history of Japan's 'civil war losers'
Research History 2
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Nagoya University Graduate School of Humanities Assistant Professor
2025.10
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University of Oxford Pembroke College Tanaka Junior Research Fellow in Japanese Studies
2022.10 - 2025.10
Education 3
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University of Oxford Faculty of History DPhil in History
2017.10 - 2022.6
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University of Oxford Oxford School of Global and Area Studies MSc in Modern Japanese Studies
2015.10 - 2016.9
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Akita International University Faculty of International Liberal Arts Global Studies Program, East Asian Studies Major
2011.4 - 2015.3
Professional Memberships 3
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European Association for Japanese Studies
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British Association for Japanese Studies
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Association for Asian Studies
Committee Memberships 2
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Japanese History Workshop, University of Oxford Convenor
2020 - 2022
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International History of East Asia Seminar, University of Oxford Convenor
2018 - 2019
Awards 1
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Arnold Bryce and Read Award
2018 Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Papers 3
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Arai Ōsui and the Transnational Reimagination of Civilization in the Late Nineteenth-Century United States Reviewed International journal Open Access
Chinami Oka
The Historical Journal Vol. 66 page： 101 - 121 2023.2
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Symbiotic Modernity: The Emergence of the Ōsui School of Thought in Modern Japan Reviewed
Chinami Oka
2022
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The Invention, Gaming, and Persistence of the Hensachi (‘Standardised Rank Score’) in Japanese Education Reviewed International coauthorship International journal
Roger Goodman, Chinami Oka
Oxford Review of Education Vol. 44 ( 5 ) page： 581 - 598 2018.9
Books 2
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Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Japan and the Wider World, eds. Lewis Bremner, Manimporok Dotulong, Sho Konishi Reviewed
Chinami Oka（ Role： Contributor , A Defeated Samurai of the Boshin Civil War and the Search for a New Universalism）
Brill 2024
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Handbook of Higher Education in Japan, ed. Paul Snowden Reviewed International journal
Roger Goodman, Chinami Oka（ Role： Contributor , The Hensachi: Its Dominant Role in University Rankings）
Amsterdam University Press 2021
MISC 4
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Pembroke Spotlight: Dr Chinami Oka on ‘Rethinking Japan's Past’
Chinami Oka
Pembroke College Oxford 2025
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Chinami Oka
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies 2024
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西洋近代を越えて：近代日本における共生的モダニティの思想と行動の誕生
岡 知奈実
髙梨学術奨励基金年報 page： 393 - 398 2022
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Student Research
Chinami Oka
Japanese Studies at Oxford, Oxford University Japanese Studies Newsletter Vol. 8 2016
Presentations 25
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Lost in War, Found Across Borders: Japan’s Defeated Samurai and the Transnational Reimagining of Civilisation through the Multi-Gendered God, 1860s–1920s International conference
Chinami Oka
European Congress on Universal and Global History 2025.9.12
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Tohoku After Defeat: Transnational Countercultures Against the Nation-State International conference
Chinami Oka
The 6th Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2025.5.15 Pembroke College, University of Oxford
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The Borderless Cosmos: Christianity and the Pursuit of Social Progress Beyond Nation and Empire in Modern Japan Invited International conference
Chinami Oka
Transnationalism in East Asia and Beyond: History, Politics, and Culture 2025.5.1 Pembroke College, University of Oxford
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What Can We Learn from a ‘Losers' History’? International conference
Chinami Oka
Pembroke College 3CR Talk 2025.3.13 Pembroke College, University of Oxford
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A Transnational Samurai and the Making of a Counterculture Beyond Empire Invited
Chinami Oka
International Comparative Studies on Transnational Politics 2025.3.9
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Lost in War, Found Across Borders: Civil War and Emerging Counterculture in Meiji Japan Invited International conference
Chinami Oka
Europe Japan Research Centre Seminar 2024.11.20
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The Emergence of the ‘Bisexual’ God in Early Twentieth-Century Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
Joint East Asian Studies Conference 2024.6.27
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A Defeated Samurai of the Boshin Civil War and the Search for a New Universalism International conference
Chinami Oka
Book Launch – Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Modern Japan and the Wider World 2024.5.24
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How and Why Was God Radically Reconfigured as Multi-Gendered in Early Twentieth-Century Japan? Invited International conference
Chinami Oka
Humane Futures Symposium 2023.12.5 SolBridge International School of Business
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Tanaka Shōzō and the Reimagination of the Human-Natural World in Early Twentieth-Century Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
17th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) 2023.8.18
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The Reconfiguration of God as Multi-Gendered in Early Twentieth-Century Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
The 5th Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2023.6.6
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A Defeated Samurai of Japan’s Civil War and the Transnational Reimagination of Civilisation in the Late Nineteenth-Century United States Invited International conference
Chinami Oka
Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies 2023.2.9 Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford
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When God Was No Longer the Father: The Embracing of the ‘Mother-Father God’ and Non-Imperial Progress in Early 20th-Century Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) 2022.9.8
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What If God Was No Longer the Male Father: The Embracing of a Multi-Gendered God and Competing Ideas of Civilisation in Early Twentieth-Century Japan Invited International conference
Chinami Oka
History of Political Ideas Early Career Seminar 2022.5.18 Institute of Historical Research, University of London
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Progress Is Neither Masculine nor Feminine: War, Gender, and the Symbiotic Religion of Arai Ōsui in Early 20th-Century Tokyo International conference
Chinami Oka
16th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) 2021.8.28
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Reconfiguring Nature and Humans in a Symbiotic Universe: Eto Tekirei and a Farmer’s Intellectual History in Early 20th-Century Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
Nissan Graduate Seminar 2021.5.20 Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford
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Reconfiguring Nature and Humans in a Symbiotic Universe: Eto Tekirei and a Farmer’s Intellectual History in Early 20th-Century Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
Oxford Japanese History Workshop 2021.5.19
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Samurai’s Transnational Agrarian Experiments under the Male-Female God International conference
Chinami Oka
The 5th Conference of the International Association for Japanese Philosophy 2021.3.15
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Japanese Samurai and Transnational Agrarian Experiments under a ‘Bisexual’ God in the Late Nineteenth-Century Rural U.S. Invited International conference
Chinami Oka
Satsuma-Konishi Guest Lecture 2020.2.19 Department of Japanese Studies, KU Leuven
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When the American and Japanese Civil Wars Meet under the ‘Bisexual’ God: The 19th-Century U.S.-Japan Cooperatism in a Hidden Global Religious Movement International conference
Chinami Oka
Oxford Japanese History Workshop 2019.11.20
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One Is Two, Two Is One, and Hence, God Is ‘Bi-Sexual’: A Transnational, Religious, and Intellectual History of Arai Ōsui and Civil War Losers in Meiji Japan International conference
Chinami Oka
Reopening the “Opening of Japan” Conference 2019.5.10
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‘Japan’s America’: A Religious and Intellectual History of Hidden Rebels in Modern Hokkaido International conference
Chinami Oka
Oxford Japanese History Workshop 2018.11.28
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Transnational Civil Revolt against National Military Regime: Emergence and Development of Grassroots Connectivity of Japan and Burma Sinc International conference
Chinami Oka
13th International Burma Studies Conference 2018.8.4
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Civil War Losers’ Making of New Morals in Modern Japan: Arai Ōsui and a Modern Religious History of Japan, Russia, and the US International conference
Chinami Oka
Oxford Japanese History Workshop 2018.2.14
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トランスナショナルな視点から見るビルマの政治社会 Invited
岡 知奈実
都留文科大学比較文化学会 2015.6.26
Teaching Experience (Off-campus) 7
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Critical Approaches to Religion in Transnational Japan
2023 - 2024 （University of Oxford）
Level：Postgraduate
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Studying Modern History beyond the Nation-State
2023.9 （LearnUs Global Semester Program, International Christian University; Yonsei University）
Level：Undergraduate (specialized)
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Crises of the 19th Century (East Asian Survey Course)
2023.2 （University of Oxford）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts)
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General Tutorials (Academic Writing and Skills)
2022 - 2024 （University of Oxford）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts)
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Japanese Calligraphy
2019.4 - 2019.6 （University of Oxford）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts)
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Modern Japanese History (East Asian Survey Course, Tutor 2019/2023)
2019 - 2023 （University of Oxford）
Level：Undergraduate (liberal arts)
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Modern History of Japan in the Wider World, 1868–1972 (Tutor 2019/2021; Head tutorial organiser 2023)
2019 - 2023 （University of Oxford）
Level：Undergraduate (specialized)
Social Contribution 2
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Dartford Grammar School Japanese Studies Access and Outreach Event
Role(s)：Planner, Organizing member
Pembroke College Oxford 2023.5
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Technos International Week
Role(s)：Planner, Organizing member
Pembroke College Oxford 2022 - 2025
Media Coverage 1
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Meiji Restoration Internet
Historical Association Podcasts 2025