Name
COMASTRI, Chiara
Degree
Ph.D.
Status
Assistant Professor
Research Topic
Rethinking local democracy through postwar minikomi and the legacy of Yamashiro Tomoe
Drawing on postwar Japanese intellectual history, I examine cultural practices in rural and regional communities—such as reading circles, small-scale publishing, and storytelling—focusing on women’s experiences and gender relations to explore forms of local democracy that emerged beyond formal political institutions.
Education and Academic Employment
Education
| 2018-2025 | DPhil History, Oxford University |
| 2016-2017 | MSc Modern Japanese Studies, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford University |
| 2013-2015 | MA Literature and Environment, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University |
| 2007-2011 | BA Language, culture and society of Asia and Mediterranean Africa, Ca’ Foscari Venice University, Italy |
Academic Employment
| 2025-2026 | Keio University, Graduate School of Human Relations, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow |
Fields of Research Interests
Postwar Japanese intellectual history, Cultural history, Social history, Gender, Grassroots democracy, Local / regional studies, Oral history
Academic Publications
- Comastri Chiara, “Yamashiro Tomoe no genten: Fuki no Tō wo megutte,” in Taikō Bunkashi: Reisenki Nihon no Hyōgen to Undō, edited by Unoda Shoya and Tsuboi Hideto, Osaka: Osaka Daigaku Shuppankai, 2021.
- Comastri Chiara, “Genbaku higaisha to nōson josei wo tsunagu ‘hyōgen’ to ‘undō’: Yamashiro Tomoe to shukishū ‘Genbaku ni ikite’ wo megutte,” Genbaku Bungaku Kenkyū, No. 18, pp. 20–30, December 2019.
- Comastri Chiara, “Yamashiro Tomoe Aru Tomurai ni tsuite: nōson josei no rentai no mondai wo chūshin ni,” Machikaneyama Ronsō, No. 49, pp. 35–52, December 2015.
- Comastri Chiara, “Hibaku taiken wo kaku: Yamashiro Tomoe no ‘Genbaku ni ikite,’ ‘Kono sekai no katasumi de’ wo chūshin ni,” Genbaku Bungaku Kenkyū, No. 13, pp. 196–210, December 2014.
Other Interests
Yoga, food culture, urban walking, folktales
Affiliated Academic Organizations
Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education
Association for Japanese Social Literature
Association for Asian Studies（AAS）
