Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus

Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus serves as a senior research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) since February 2024, specializing in the research field 'Japan in transregional perspective.' His academic foundation includes advanced degrees in Japanese Studies and History from Freie Universität Berlin, where he completed his doctoral work on transnational networks in East Asia.

His educational trajectory features:

• Master's degree in Japanese Studies and History, Freie Universität Berlin
• PhD in History (2022), Freie Universität Berlin, with thesis 'Entangled Asia: Korean Exchange Students and Japanese Protestants, 1880-1923'

Neuhaus investigates modern Japanese and Korean history through the lens of transregional entanglements, focusing on educational exchanges, Christian missionary networks, and postcolonial dynamics. His current DIJ research examines Japanese development aid projects and the adaptation of technical education systems across Asia, contextualized within Cold War and post-Cold War discursive shifts regarding Asia.

Analysis of his 2024-2025 publications reveals consistent interdisciplinary engagement with East Asian historical networks, particularly examining intersections of religion, education, and political movements. His work bridges diplomatic history, religious studies, and postcolonial theory while maintaining empirical focus on Korean-Japanese interactions and international organizations.

Key scholarly recognition includes:

• DAAD Scholarship supporting research at Tokyo University and Tsukuba University
• TIFO Scholarship enabling archival work at Yonsei University (Seoul)

Neuhaus has secured competitive research funding that facilitated multiple long-term academic stays in Japan and Korea during his doctoral studies. He actively contributes to DIJ's collaborative research environment through projects analyzing transnational actors in East Asian independence movements and Japan's postwar technical assistance frameworks.

He currently participates in DIJ's core research initiatives 'Transregional actors across East Asia: Christianity, education, and independence movements' and 'Transforming Empire: Japanese technical assistance and education in postwar Asia,' building upon prior involvement in the Carl Schmitt Reading Group that explored geopolitical thought in East Asian contexts.