Ken DAIMARU
Associate professor
University of Paris
Ken Daimaru is an Associate Professor in Japanese history at the University of Paris. After studying photography in Tokyo, he studied sociology and anthropology, then history in France. He is the author of « Between War Wounds and a War of Wounds: The "Humanitarian Bullet" Debate in Europe and Japan, 1890-1905 » (Mouvement social, 2016) and « Preserving the health of the masses. Medical Expertise and the Birth of the Japanese Imperial Army, 1853-1894 » (Histoire, médecine et santé, 2020). In 2016, he was a resident of Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. Between 2018 and 2020, he taught in the Department of Asian Studies at the Aix-Marseille University before joining the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Paris in September 2020. His current research focuses on public health issues and border control in modern and contemporary Japan.
Research themes: Sanitary boundaries, Medical knowledge, Care practices, East Asia and the Pacific under Japanese influence (mid-19th-20th century)
Collaboration with FFJ
Scientific coordinator and post-doctoral researcher (2014-2018)
From 2014 to 2018, Ken Daimaru was a scientific coordinator and then a post-doctoral researcher at the Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS. In this position he planned, monitored and evaluated a series of activities such as conferences, field trips, one-on-one meetings, workshops, scientific council, editorial board, international conference and so on. He also coordinated the theme 3 on innovation and society and conducted the research projects "History accross border" and "Scales of Alimentation between Asia and Europe: Connections, Syncretism, Fusions". Lastly, he created the Editorial Board of FFJ to guarantee the scientific quality of FFJ publications.
