James Boyd

My research covers Japanese-Mongolian relations between 1868 and 1945. While the initial focus of my PhD dissertation, Faith, Race and Strategy: Japanese-Mongolian Relations, 1873-1945, was restricted to an examination of the Japanese military and the strategic dimension of this relation, it has broadened to include the religious, economic and cultural aspects. In particular, I am interested in those individuals who implemented Japanese policy in the field, the second tier functionaries who are often overlooked in the grand scheme of things. While Japan’s relations with Mongolia might not seem particularly significant, they form an important component of Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese relations and deserve closer study.

Publications and conference papers:

• ‘In Pursuit of an Obsession: Japan in Inner Mongolia in the 1930s’, Journal of Japanese Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, 2002.
• ‘Japan, Mongolia and the Siberian Intervention, 1917-1922’, Modern Japanese History workshop, Murdoch University, November 2003.
• ‘A Forgotten “Hero”: Kawahara Misako and Japan’s Informal Imperialism in Mongolia during the Meiji Period’, Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, issue 11, August 2005.
• ‘Horse Power: Japan, Mongolia and the horse in the 1920s and 1930s’, Modern Japanese History Workshop, Newcastle University, November 2005.
• ‘Australian Criticism of Japanese Whaling: “Japan bashing”‘, Asiaview, vol. 16, no. 1, August 2006. (with Narrelle Morris)

Postgraduate Researcher, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150. Fax: 9360 6381, Email: j.boyd@murdoch.edu.au