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Ian McArthur is an Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney and holds a PhD in Japanese Studies. Formerly a Tokyo correspondent for the Herald and Weekly Times, he has taught Japanese language, Japanese Studies, and Asian Studies at universities in Sydney, including Macquarie University and Central Queensland University's Sydney campus. His research focuses on the adaptation of European detective fiction in Meiji-era Japan, cross-cultural media exchanges, and Japan's reporters' clubs as information filters.
Education: BA (Hons Japanese language and literature) and Diploma of Education from the University of Queensland, PhD in Japanese Studies from the University of Sydney.
Research interests include the role of oral storytelling (rakugo), media's impact on cultural exchange between the West and Japan, and legal reform debates in the Meiji period. He has authored Henry Black: On Stage in Meiji Japan (2013) and contributed to journals such as IAFOR Journal of Asian Studies and Cipango.
Awards: 2009 Inoue Yasushi Award for his work on Meiji legal narratives. Current projects include a historical fiction about Henry Black, available at henryblack.com.au.
He has served on the Japanese Studies Association of Australia's executive, edited for refereed journals, and provided media consulting to the Japanese Embassy.
