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Nadine Willems is Associate Professor in Japanese History at the School of History and Art History, University of East Anglia (UEA). She is a member of the East Centre: UEA Centre for the Study of East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Space, the Heritage and History research group, and the Centre for Japanese Studies. She joined UEA in 2016 after completing postgraduate studies at Oxford and has been actively contributing to research and teaching in modern Japanese history.
Her research focuses on intellectual and cultural history, particularly anarchism, social movements, and the development of human geography in modern Japan. Key interests include proletarian literature, ethnography, and Japan’s engagement with French radical geography. Her work often adopts a transnational perspective, linking Japanese movements with global ideological currents.
Her recent publications analyze soldier diaries from Japan’s Siberian Intervention (1918–1922), anarchist thought in early 20th-century Japan, and literary expressions of radical politics. These works reflect a consistent focus on grassroots movements, personal narratives, and the interplay between geography and ideology. She has also published a translated anthology of 1930s rural anarchist poetry.
- Japan Foundation Endowment Committee: Funded project on The Siberian Diaries of Japanese Soldiers (1918–1922)
She supervises research in Japanese history and related fields, though specific advisees are not listed. Her academic journey includes professional experience in Tokyo as a journalist and in business before returning to academia in 2008.
She is affiliated with several research centres at UEA, contributing to interdisciplinary initiatives in East Asian studies, heritage, and transnational history. Her work bridges history, literature, and geography, emphasizing marginalized voices and cross-cultural exchanges.
