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Gavin James CAMPBELL Professor (Doctoral Program) gcampbel@mail.doshisha.ac.jp Researcher Database |
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Laboratory | Shikokan Building 280 (SK280) |
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- Professor (Doctoral Program) also teaches the Master's Program.
Research Areas
American History,
American Religion
Message to students
I am an historian of the US, with a particular interest in the nineteenth century. During the first part of my career I wrote about Southern identity and culture, primarily using music to understand how Southerners thought of themselves and their society. I have examined many forms of music in the South, from rock and roll and classical music, to folk and sacred song.
The American South still fascinates me, but I have also begun writing and teaching US transnational history, with a particular interest in the US-Pacific encounter. Currently I am writing a cultural biography of Niijima Jo, tentatively titled A Heart in Two Places: The Adventures of a Transpacific Samurai. I use Niijima to explore how the US and Japan made sense of each other in the earliest years of their acquaintance.
I am especially eager to work with students interested in US history, transnational encounters, the Pacific World, contemporary American politics and society, Southern studies, religion, and global Christianity.
Introduction of Authored Books
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Jan Bardsley and Laura Miller (eds), Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan, University of California Press, April 2011.
Chapter 4 "Mortification, Mockery, and Dissembling: Western Adventures in Japanese Etiquette" (pp80-94)