ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

CO-SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Outside Reader

Chuanfei Wang (Sophia University, Tokyo, Dissertation Global Studies)

Wine Consumption in Japan

Defended on January 30, 2017

Outside Reader

Tine Walravens (Gent University, Belgium, Dissertation East Asian Studies)

Trust-makers or trust breakers. Governmental Responses to Food Safety Incidents in Japan

Defended on January 29, 2018

SUPERVISION OF MASTER THESES

Co-Advisor

Lisa Jörke (University of Hamburg, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Masterverfahren 2014)

Negotiating Rice. Japan’s Entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership

REVIEWER ACTIVITY

I review manuscripts for publication on a regular basis for the following academic journals: Gastronomica, Food, Culture & Society, Food & Foodways, Contemporary Japan and Agricultural History.

I serve as a reviewer of fellowship applications submitted to École des hautes études en sciences sociales, EHESS.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)

American Association of Asian Studies (AAS)

American Anthropological Association (AAA)

The Japanese Society for Cultural Anthropology

The Japan Sociological Society

British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS)