Prof. Shin Kawashima

Dr. Shin Kawashima is a Professor in the Department of International Relations, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, at the University of Tokyo. He earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo, in 2000. He was an Associate Professor at Hokkaido University (1998-2006) and at the University of Tokyo (2006-2015), before becoming a Professor in 2015. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Nakasone Peace Institute, a Senior Fellow of the National Security Agency, an Associate Member of the Science Council of Japan, an Academic Advisor of the Mt. Fuji Dialogue Young Forum, and so on. He was engaged in education and research at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei); the Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Peking University; National Chengchi University (Taipei); and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His research covers Chinese/Taiwanese diplomatic history and contemporary international relations in East Asia. His first book, 'Formation of Chinese Modern Diplomacy' (2004), was awarded the Suntory Academic Prize in 2004. He received the Foreign Minister's Award in 2023.