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Chiho Marouka

Position
Postdoctoral Fellow (Dec 2020- March 2022)
Areas of expertise
East Asian Studies
Location
Clothworkers South Building
Faculty
Arts Humanities and Cultures
School
Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute

I am a LAHRI Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Leeds. I was awarded my PhD in September 2020.

My dissertation, titled 'Deconstructing the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute from 2008 to 2015: A Poststructuralist Approach', examined how Japan and China securitised the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands between 2008-2015. My PhD project was partially funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. I am a member of the Sino-Japanese Relations Research Network.

Themes covered in my research include Sino-Japanese relations, Japan's/China’s foreign policy, Japanese/Chinese security policy, Japanese/Chinese construction of the national identity, and the ‘history problem.’ My research interests also extend to International Relations Post-Structuralism and Ontological Security Theory.