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Kweku Ampiah

Kweku Ampiah

Name	Kweku Ampiah
Affiliation	Visiting Professor, African Studies Center - TUFS / Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds
E-mail	k.ampiahtufs.ac.jp
HP	https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/548/kweku-ampiah
Key Words	the political economy of Japan, Japanese diplomacy in the 1950s, Japan’s international relations
Academic Career	October 1989 - April 1994 Doctor of Philosophy in political science at University of Oxford September 1983 - July 1985 Master of Arts at University of Windsor September 1978 - June 1982 Bachelor of Arts at International Christian University
Degree	Doctor of Philosophy in political science at University of Oxford (2007)
Professional Career	August 2010 - Present Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds April 2015 - March 2018 Research Fellow, JICA Research Institute, Tokyo August 2007 - July 2010 Lecturer, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds August 2005 - July 2007 Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh Augusut 1994 - July 2005 Lecturer, Scottish Centre for Japanese Studies, University of Stirling
Major Works	【Books】 Stockwin, Arthur and Kweku Ampiah 2017. Rethinking Japan: The Politics of Contested Nationalism. Lanham: Lexington Books, 312 pp.. Ampiah, Kweku and Sanusha Naidu (Eds.) 2008. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: China and Africa. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 480pp.. Ampiah, Kweku 2007. The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955: The Reactions of US, UK and Japan. London: Global Oriental, 252 pp.. Ampiah, Kweku 1997. The Dynamics of Japan's Relations with Africa: South Africa, Tanzania and Nigeria. London: Routledge, 256 pp.. 【Refereed Journal Articles】 Ampiah, Kweku 2014. "Who's afraid of confucius? East Asian values and the Africans". African and Asian Studies 13(4): 385-404. Ampiah, Kweku (Ed.) 2012. The Evolving Relations between Japan and Africa: The Discourse of the Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development. (Special Issue) Japanese Studies 32(2). Ampiah, Kweku 2012. "The discourse of local wwnership in development: Rhapsodies about 'self-help' in Japan's economic assistance to Africa". (Special Issue) Japanese Studies 32(2): 161-182. Ampiah, Kweku and C. Rose 2012. "Introduction: The evolving relations between Japan and Africa: The discourse of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)". (Special Issue) Japanese Studies 32(2): 153-159. Ampiah, Kweku 2011. "Anglo-Japanese collaboration about Africa in early 1960s: The search for 'cmplementarity' in the middle of decolonisation". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 39(2): 269-295. Ampiah, Kweku (Ed.) 2010. Japan and the Commonwealth of Nations: Present and Future Prospects. (Special Issue) The Round Table 99(409). Ampiah, Kweku 2010. "Japan and commonwealth Africa". (Special Issue) The Round Table 99(409): 413-428. Ampiah, Kweku 2010. "Editorial: Japan and the commonwealth of nations: Present and future prospects". (Special Issue) The Round Table 99(409): 363-370. Ampiah, Kweku 2005. "Nigeria's Fledgling Friendship with Japan: The Beginning of a 'Special Partnership'?". African and Asian Studies 4(4): 547-573. Ampiah, Kweku 2005. "Japan and the development of Africa: The Tokyo International Conference on African Development". African Affairs 104(414): 97-115. Ampiah, Kweku 2004. "L'Afrique du Sud dan la TICAD: un r?le pivot". Afrique Contemporaine 212: 91-112. Ampiah, Kweku 2000. "Noguchi Shika: The eternal mother of modern Japan". Japan Forum 12(1): 77-85. Ampiah, Kweku 1996. "Japanese aid to Tanzania: A study of the political marketing of Japan in Africa". African Affairs 95(378): 107-124. Ampiah, Kweku 1995. "Japan at the Bandung Conference: The cat goes to the mice's convention". Japan Forum 7(1): 15-24. Ampiah, Kweku 1990. "British commercial policies against Japanese expansionism in East and West Africa: 1932-1935". The International Journal of African Historical Studies 23(4): 619-641. Nester, William and Kweku Ampiah 1989. "Japan's oil diplomacy: Tatemae and honne". Third World Quarterly 11(1): 72-88. 【Book Contributions】 Ampiah, Kweku 2018. "Themes and thoughts in Africanists' discourse about China and Africa". In Chris Alden and Daniel Large (eds.), New Directions in Africa-China Studies. London: Routledge, pp. 73-87. Ampiah, Kweku 2017. "The discourse of Datsu-A ron: Africa and Japan in the network of modern history and contemporary international politics". In Pedro Amakasu Raposo, David Arase, and Scarlett Cornelissen (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Africa-Asia Relations. London: Routledge, pp. 112-125. Ampiah, Kweku 2008. "Japan at the Bandung Conference: An attempt to assert and independent foreign policy". In Makoto Iokibe, Caroline Rose, Junko Tomaru, and John Weste (eds.), Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s: From isolation to integration. London: Routledge, pp. 79-97. Ampiah, Kweku and Sanusha Naidu 2008. "Introduction: Africa and China in the post-Cold War era". In Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Africa and China. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 3-19. Ampiah, Kweku 2008. "The Ideological, political and economic imperatives in China and Japan's relations with Africa". In Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Africa and China. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 294-313. Ampiah, Kweku and Sanusha Naidu 2008. "The Sino-African Relationship: Towards an Evolving Partnership?". In Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Africa and China. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 329-339. Ampiah, Kweku 2006. "Nigeria's fledgling friendship with Japan: The beginning of a 'special partnership'?". In Seifudein Adem (ed.), Japan, A Model and a Partner: Views and Issues in African Development. Leiden: Brill. Ampiah, Kweku 2003. "Japanese investments in South Africa, 1992-1996: The state, private enterprise and strategic miinerals". In Chris Alden and Katsumi Hirano (eds.), Japan and South Africa in a Globalising World: A Distant Mirror. London: Ashgate.