Members

• 詹亜訓（2025）「吉野作造的帝國論述與民本主義：從社會問題到民眾的政治主體化」『帝國與文明(II)：世界秩序的多元想像（從西方到亞洲）』 聯経出版社。
• セン亜訓（2022）「范本梁アナーキズムの思想史的水脈をさぐる－幸徳秋水と大杉栄を手がかりに－」『相関社会科学』 30/31合併号、 3-18頁。
• CHAN, Ya Hsun (2021) Rethinking Imperialism and Constitutional Democracy in Interwar Japan and Colonial Taiwan. Journal of Northeast Asian History 17(2): 7-56.

East Asian Political Thought

Chan’s research centers on the intellectual intersections of social problems, empire/imperialism, and colonialism in East Asia, with a focus on the (trans)formation of the political subjectification of people. She pays particular attention to marginalized social movements, in dialogue with contemporary challenges through a reexamination of historical knowledge formations. She aims to contribute as a scholar who values interdisciplinary approaches—drawing from contesting histories, political theories, and socio-intellectual debates—and transnational perspectives that bridge Taiwan and Japan. 

Chan holds a Ph.D. in Advanced Social and International Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. From 2018 to 2023, her research focused on political thoughts of (non)territorialization, analyzing the (trans)formation of political subjectification of people (minshu, 民衆) under ‘the episteme prompted by social question and imperial question’ between 1896 and 1924 in Japan and Taiwan. The subject of her studies is divided into three groups: liberal constitutionalism, socialism, and anarchism in Japan and Taiwan. The results of her research have been published in the edited volume Empire and Civilization (II), Journal of Northeast Asian History, Router: A Journal of Cultural Studies, etc.

Her current research project focuses on ‘the entangled episteme’ between rice crisis and the question of fascism to explore discourses driven by food crises and the Shōwa agriculture depression in Japan between 1927 and 1937. It analyzes the discourses developed surrounding rice and fascism, emphasizing the multilayered imagination of political subjects that emerged during this period. With a focus on advocacies for social, national and imperial reforms, her project proposes multi-dynamics of territorialization to provide a systematic overview and reach a comprehensive conclusion.

While affiliated with Waseda University as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Chan applied for her current position in Taiwan. She developed a research proposal that emphasized interdisciplinary potential and designed English course syllabi with flexibility for a broader audience and students from various backgrounds. In the Job Talk, she made efforts to communicate abstract ideas in political thought clearly and highlighted my involvement in international academic activities, including the International Reconciliation Studies projects. Despite feelings of uncertainty, the process of articulating the academic path proved invaluable.

Chan hopes to engage gradually with collaborative research in international reconciliation studies by organizing and participating in international conferences, symposia, and edited volumes. Through collaboration with scholars across disciplines and regions, she would like to reflect on reconciliation as a meeting point of diverse positions and experiences. Drawing on her expertise in political thought, she aims to contribute to discussions on contested histories and memories from a critical and dialogical perspective.

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