Professor Hugo Dobson

Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies

2001 PGC (Higher Education), Kent at Canterbury; 1998 PhD (Japanese Studies), Sheffield; 1993 MA (Modern International Studies), Leeds; 1992 BA (International History and Politics), Leeds.

Selected publications

(2009) 'Reporting the Fiftieth and Sixtieth Anniversaries of the End of World War 2: Less Fear and Loathing in the UK press towards Japan?', in Hugo Dobson and Kosuge Nobuko (eds) Japan and Britain at War and Peace, London:> Routledge.>

(2009) Japan and Britain at War and Peace, London, Routledge (co-editor of entire volume; author of Chapter 11; co-author of > Introduction and Conclusion).

(2009) 'Diplomacy on the Boundaries: the G8, international society and Japan's instrumentalization of liminality', in Takeda Hiroko and Glenn D. Hook (eds) Decoding Boundaries in Postwar Japan: The Koizumi Administration and Beyond, London: Routledge.

(2009) 'The interpersonal nature of the Group of 8 Summit and its impact on Japan-US and UK-US bilateral relations', University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics Vol. 6, pp. 1-13.

(2006) 'Mister Sparkle meets the Yakuza: Depictions of Japan in The Simpsons', The Journal of Popular Culture , Vol. 39, No. 1.

(2005) Japan 's International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security (2nd edition), London : Routledge (co-author).

(2005) 'Global governance, the G7/8 summit and Japan ', in Glenn D. Hook (ed.) Contested Governance in Japan: Sites and Issues , London : RoutledgeCurzon.

(2005) 'The Stamp of Approval: Decision-making Processes and Policies in Japan and the UK ', East Asia : An International Quarterly , Vol. 22, No. 2.

(2004) ' Japan and the Evian Summit: Bilateralism, East Asianism and Multilateralization', G8 Governance , February, No. 9.

(2004) Japan and the G7/8, 1975-2002 , London : RoutledgeCurzon.

(2003) Japan and United Nations Peacekeeping: New Pressures, New Responses , London : RoutledgeCurzon.

(2003) Britain and Japan in the Contemporary World: Responses to Common Issues , London : RoutledgeCurzon (co-editor).

(2002) ' Japan and the East Asian Financial Crisis: Patterns, Motivations and Instrumentalisation of Japanese Regional Economic Diplomacy', European Journal of East Asian Studies , Vol. 1, No. 2 (co-author).

(2002) 'Japanese Postage Stamps: Propaganda and Decision-making', Japan Forum, Vol. 14, No. 1.