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Sandra Wilson is a Professor at Murdoch University's College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on modern Japanese history (1930s-1960s), with specialization in nationalism, the Second World War, and post-war settlements. She collaborates on studies of Japanese military war crimes in the Pacific (1941-1945), war crimes trials, and their cultural representation since 1945.
Education includes a First-Class Honours in History from the University of Western Australia (B.A. Honours), Master of Japanese Studies (UWA), and D.Phil. in Modern Japanese History from the University of Oxford.
Research interests span wartime nationalism, imperial policies, post-war justice mechanisms, and transnational memory. Key topics include war crimes trials' political dimensions, colonial empire legacies, and filmic representations of conflict.
Her work has been recognized with Murdoch University's Vice-Chancellor's Excellence in Research Award for Distinguished and Sustained Research (2017) and Best Research Output (2021, with Dean Aszkielowicz).
Recent publications analyze detention camp complicity, Korean War accountability gaps, and post-war criminal rehabilitation campaigns. Her scholarship bridges historical analysis with contemporary debates on justice and memory in East Asia.
