Shin Kawashima
Professor at the University of TokyoDr Shin Kawashima is a professor in the Department of International Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, where he earned his PhD in 2000. He is also the executive director of the Nakasone Peace Institute. Dr Kawashima specialises in the current state and history of politics and diplomacy in China and Taiwan. He was engaged in education and research at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei), Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Peking University, National Chengchi University (Taipei), and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His research covers Chinese and Taiwanese diplomatic history and the contemporary international relations in East Asia. His first book, Formation of Chinese Modern Diplomacy, was awarded the Suntory Academic Prize in 2004. Dr Kawashima received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award in 2023.
