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Hiroyuki SUZUKI Ph. D.

Project Associate Professor,
The Sultan Qaboos Chair in Middle Eastern Studies,
The University of Tokyo

Hiroyuki SUZUKI is currently a project associate professor, The University of Tokyo Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

10

years of research experience, education, and social contribution activities

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Hiroyuki SUZUKI Ph.D.

Born in 1987.
Expert in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, particularly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Affiliation and Title

Project Associate Professor, The Sultan Qaboos Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Tokyo

Areas of Expertise

Area Studies (Modern Middle East)
International Relations
Social Movements and Contentious Politics

Issues

Mass Mobilization (the Intifada)
Formation and Dissolution of Political Organizations
Interaction between International and Local Politics
Nationalism

Academic Degrees

July 2017
Ph.D., The University of Tokyo

March 2012
M.A., The University of Tokyo

March 2010
B.A., Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Academic Career

April 2012–March 2015
Doctoral Student, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Area Studies

April 2010–March 2012
Master's Student, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Area Studies

April 2006–March 2010
Undergraduate Student, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Language Studies, Course of South and West Asian Studies, Arabic Studies Major

Related Coursework

March 2015
Japan-Asian Studies Program (Certificate number 191)
The University of Tokyo

September 2013
Future Faculty Program (certification number 28)
The University of Tokyo

September 2011
MEIS Educational Seminar for Graduate Students (Certification number 96)
The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

September 2010
MEIS Educational Seminar for Graduate Students (Certification number 83)
The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies


Research Experience

September 2019–present
Project Associate Professor, The Sultan Qaboos Chair in Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Tokyo

April 2018–September 2019
Overseas Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Visiting Scholar, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

April 2015–March 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Fellow, Japan Women's University

April 2012–March 2015
Doctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Ph.D. Student, The University of Tokyo

April 2011–March 2012
Research Fellow, Research Institute for the International Affairs (国際情勢研究所)

April 2010–March 2011
Teaching Assistant, "News from the Middle East," Arabic team, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Teaching Experience

April 2016–March 2018
Part-time lecturer, "Islam and International Relations," Kyoritsu Women's University

April–September 2016
Part-time lecturer, "Arabic Language: B2," Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

April–September 2017
Part-time lecturer, "Arabic Language: III-1," Tokyo University of Foreign Studies


Awards

March 2010
Excellent Senior Thesis (B.A.)
"The Rejected Palestinian Resistance Movement: al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–2006)," Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Written in Japanese)

December 2018
Shigeru Nambara Memorial Award for Publication
"The Mass Uprisings—'Intifada'—and Occupied Palestine (1967–1993)," University of Tokyo Press (Written in Japanese)


Affiliated Associations

Middle East Studies Association (2015–present), Japan Association for Middle East Studies (2010–present), Japan Association of International Relations (2012–present), Japan Association for Comparative Politics (2012–present), Japan Association of Global Governance (2015–present), and Historical Science Society of Japan (2018–present)

Committee Career

July 2017
Organizing Committee Member, Middle East, and Islamic Studies at The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, NIHU Area Studies Project for the Modern Middle East, The 50th Year After the Occupation 1967

May–December 2014
Organizing Committee Member, The 10th Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Association Conference

October 2013–October 2015
Subcommittee Representative, Society of Graduate Students and Young Scholars (若手研究者・院生研究会), Japan Association of International Relations

April–October 2013
Group Representative, Society of Graduate Students and Young Scholars (若手研究者・院生研究会) Kanto Area Branch (Tokyo and its suburbs), Japan Association of International Relations

Collaborative Research Career

April 2011–March 2013
Collaborative Researcher, "Developing Multi-disciplinary Method though Sharing Information Resources and Forming Networks for Area Studies" (地域研究における情報資源の共有化とネットワーク形成による異分野融合型方法論の構築), Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University

May 2012–March 2016
Collaborative Researcher, Research Group I, "Islamic Movement and Social Movement," NIHU Program "Islamic Area Studies," Sophia University Branch

Affiliated Research Groups

April 2016–present
Member, Research Group for Palestine/Israel Studies. NIHU Research Project, "Middle East and Islamic Studies," The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

October 2009–March 2016
Member, Research Group for Palestine Studies, NIHU Research Program, "Islamic Area Studies," The University of Tokyo

October 2010–present
Member, Students' Study Meeting for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (イスラーム・中東をめぐる諸問題研究会)

April 2013–present
Member, Society of Graduate Students and Young Scholars (若手研究者・院生研究会) Kanto Area Branch (Tokyo and its suburbs)

April 2013–present
Member, Study Meeting for Middle Eastern Films

Social Contributions

January 2007–present
Volunteer, Doi Toshikuni Society for Recording Palestine (土井敏邦・パレスチナ記録の会)

April 2008–present
Volunteer, Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC), Palestine Project Team

April 2010–present
Administrative Member, Japanese Scholarship Programme for Palestinians

Publications and Presentations

Books

The Mass Uprisings "Intifada": Occupied Palestine 1967-1993 (University of Tokyo Press, 2020, in Japanese).
Co-editor, 60 Chapters to Know Palestine (Akashi-shoten, 2016, in Japanese).
"Israeli-Palestinian conflict" in The Essential Topics for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies: Theme and Theories of Politics, Economics, Sociology and Area Studies (Masatoshi Kisaichi, Shingo Hamanaka, and Takayuki Yokota, [eds.], Akashi-shoten, 2017, in Japanese).
"Area Studies" in What Next after You Got Doctor Degree?(Rui Yoshida and Tae Horiuchi, [eds.]. Supervised by Kayoko Kurita, Bensei-shuppan, 2017, in Japanese).

Articles

"The Reality of 'Capital Jerusalem' after the U.S. Embassy Move: The Palestine Program 70 years after al-Nakba," Journal of Historical Studies, 981: 46–54 (March 2019, in Japanese).
"Book Review: Brent E. Sasley and Harold M. Waller, Politics in Israel: Governing a Complex Society," Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 34-2: 123–127 (February 2019, in Japanese).
"PLO Tokyo Representative Office and 'Semi-Official' Japanese Diplomacy: An Introduction to the Japan-Palestine Relationship from the Late 1970s to the Early 1980s," Bulletin of the Institute of Comparative Studies of International Cultures and Societies, 53: 49–61 (March 2018, in Japanese).
[Ph.D. thesis] "The Mass Uprisings―'Intifada'―and Occupied Palestine (1967–1993)," The University of Tokyo (July 2017, in Japanese).
"Japanese Officials and the Palestinians." World Affairs, National University of Mongolia, 171–178 (March 2017)
"Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s Attempt to Ally with Jordan, 1982-1987: Palestinian Diplomatic Strategy before the First Intifada," Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 32-1: 37–70 (August 2016, in Japanese).
"Book Review: Larbi Sadiki ed., Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring: Rethinking Democratization," Quarterly Bulletin of Third World Studies, 55-3 (417): 89–91 (July 2015, in Japanese).
"The West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the Peace Process: A Narrow Definition of the "Palestinians" Formulated by Their Own Autonomy," Komaba Journal of Asian Studies, 11: 216–232 (July 2015, in Japanese).
"The Discourse of the Uprising: Palestinian Intifada (1987–1993) and Analyses of the Leaflets," Journal of Asian and African Studies, 89: 119–165 (March 2015, in Japanese).
"Book Review: Chie Ezaki, Political Process of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Negotiations: The Development and Setbacks of the Oslo Process (イスラエル・パレスチナ和平交渉の政治過程:オスロ・プロセスの展開と挫折)," Quarterly Journal of Institute of Developing Economies, 56(1): 144–147 (March 2015, in Japanese).
"Two Intifadas and the Peace Process: The Occupied Territories and the PLO, 1987–2000," Twenty years after the Oslo Accords: Exploring Palestine/Israel in Transition, Taro Tsurumi, Taizo Imano, and Yoshihide Takeda [eds.], 95–107 (March 2015, in Japanese).
"Developing Political Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: The Camp David Accords and Dynamics of International Politics in the 1970s," Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 30-1: 61–94 (July 2014, in Japanese).
"Resisting 'Civil Society': A Case Study of the Occupied Palestinian Territories," Komaba Studies in Society, 23: 35–53 (March 2014, in Japanese).
"Understanding the Palestinian Intifada of 1987: Historical Development of the Political Activities in the Occupied Territories."Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 29-2: 171–197 (February 2014)
"The Palestinian Mayors who Resisted: Non-violent Struggles in the West Bank," Japan Border Review, 3: 99–116 (November 2012, in Japanese).
"Palestinian National Reconciliation and Request for UN General Assembly State Membership: An Analysis of the Changing Power Politics between Political Leaders after the First Intifada," Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 514: 64–73 (June 2012, in Japanese).
"The Palestinian Political Movement in the 2000s: 'De-arming' and 'Globalizing' the Movement," International Affairs, 82: 215–228 (February 2012, in Japanese).
[M.A. thesis] "The Development of the 'Civilian Resistance' in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Approaching the Background of the Intifada," The University of Tokyo (December 2011, in Japanese).
"A Complete Japanese Translation of the Hamas Charter: Approaching One Aspect of Palestinian Resistance Movements," Journal of Asian and African Studies, 82: 61–93 (September 2011, in Japanese).
"The Changing Palestinian Resistance Movement: The Case of the al-Aqsa Intifada," The Komaba Journal of Area Studies, 14: 172–195 (March 2011, in Japanese).
[B.A. thesis] "The Rejected Palestinian Resistance Movement: An Analysis of al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–2006)," Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (January 2010).

Translations

Sara Roy, "If Israel were Smart," Revue de la pensée d'aujourd'hui, 46 (8): 37–45 (translating to Japanese).
Ilan Pappé, "From Balfour to the Nakba: The Settler Colonial Experience of Palestine," Revue de la pensée d'aujourd'hui, 46 (8): 128–135 (translating to Japanese).

Other Works (Selected)

"Israel/Palestine," Middle East Trend Analysis (June 2019, in Japanese).
Book Review, "Ten Myths About Israel (Ilan Pappe, trans. Yoshiaki Wakihama, published by Hosei University Press, 2018)" Tosho-shinbun, 3399 (May 2019, in Japanese).
"Palestine: Between 'Peace' and 'Reconciliation,'" Ajiken World Trend, 256: 32–33 (February 2017, in Japanese).
"Its protector is its thief," The Middle East and the Guideline for Japan: What the Future 'The Security-Related Legislation' bring about? (Eiji Nagasawa and Yoshiko Kurita [eds.], Ohtsuki-shoten, 2016, in Japanese).

Presentations

In English

"Not Recognize but Accept: Japanese Foreign Policy toward Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)," The 8th Eurasian Peace Science Conference, Peace Science in Contested Spaces (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL, January 14–15, 2019).
"The PLO Office in Tokyo and Diplomatic Activities of the Japanese Government during the 1970s," The Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Annual Meeting, Without Boundaries: The Global Middle East, Then and Now (Grand Hyatt San Antonio, UNITED STATES, November 15–18, 2018).
"The Long Fuse of the First Palestinian Intifada (1987–1993): How the Uprising Was Realized in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip," Korean Association of Middle Eastern Studies (KAMES) International Conference 2017, Seeking Harmony and Prosperity for the Middle East in the Era of Uncertainty (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, KOREA, September 22–24 , 2017).
"The Changing Image of Palestinians in Japan: From the Establishment of the PLO Office in Tokyo to Arafat's First Visit to Japan (1977–1981)," Cairo University International Symposium, Reevaluation of the Modernization of Non-Western Societies: The Case of Japan and the Egyptian Arab Model (Cairo University, EGYPT, July 15–16, 2017).
"Japanese Officials and the Palestinians: How the Relationship Started," Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations (AFMA), the 11th Conference, World New Trends in the 21st Century and Middle East (Ulaanbaatar Hotel, MONGOLIA, September 23–24, 2016).
"The Memorial Days and the Persistence of the Movement: A Study on the Palestinian Mass Mobilization from 1987 to 1993," The Third International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology, The Future We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World (Vienna University, AUSTRIA, July 10–14, 2016).
"Palestinians and the State: A Historical Review Considering Regional and Actor-Based Contexts," The 14th Middle East Technical University (METU) Conference on International Relations, Area Studies and International Relations: Intersecting Dimensions (Middle East Technical University, TURKY, June 17–19, 2015).
"The First Palestinian Intifada: An Analysis of Mobilizing Leaflets," Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations (AFMA), the 10th Conference, De/Re-constructing Middle East Studies from Asian Perspectives: Towards the 20th anniversary of the AFMA (Kyoto University, JAPAN, December 13–14, 2014).
"Charting the Route to the Palestinian Intifada (1987): Through an Analysis of Former Uprisings," NIHU Program for Islamic Area Studies, 4th International Conference, 2013, New Horizons in Islamic Area Studies: Encounters, Reflections, and Collaborations (Lahore University of Management Sciences, PAKISTAN, November 2–4, 2013).
"Japanese Society and Palestine: Through Images from Japanese Books and Journals in the 1970s," Korean Association of Middle East Studies (KAMES)'s International Conference, Beyond the New Paradigm in the Middle East: Political Affairs, Islamic Value and Multi Culture (Dongguk University, KOREA, October 11–13, 2013).
"Understanding Palestinian Intifada (1987–1993): Aspects of Political Spheres in the Occupied Territories," Asian Federation of Middle East Studies Associations (AFMA), the 9th International Symposium, The Middle East in Change: New Attempts for the Future (Busan University of Foreign Studies and BEXCO, KOREA, October 5–7, 2012).

In Japanese (Selected)

"Political Negotiations between Japan and the PLO: The Development and Establishment of a PLO Representative Office in Tokyo, 1974–1976." Cairo University International Symposium, Marking 150th Anniversary of Meiji Restoration: Learning from the Japanese Experience (Cairo University, EGYPT, September 22–23, 2018).
"The Long Fuse: Rethinking the First Intifada through Previous Uprisings." NIHU Research Project: "Middle East and Islamic Studies." The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Branch, The 5th Meeting in 2017 (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN, December 10, 2017).
"The Memoirs of 'non-famous' Palestinians: An Analysis of Newly Published Resources," Japan Association for Middle East Studies, Annual Meeting 2017 (Kyushu University, JAPAN, May 13-15, 2017).
"The Alliance between the PLO and Jordan: The Enhanced Relationship and its Effect on Occupied Palestinian Territories, 1982–1987." Research Group for Palestine Studies, NIHU Research Program "Islamic Area Studies," The University of Tokyo Branch, 6th Meeting in 2015 (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN, November 29, 2015).
"Field Research in Palestine/Israel: Experiences and Challenges." Research Group for Palestine Studies, NIHU Research Program "Islamic Area Studies," The University of Tokyo Branch, 4th Meeting in 2014 (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN, November 1, 2014, co-presented with Mr. Yoshihide Takeda).
"The Development of the Intifada (1987–1993) and the International Political Situation: An Analysis of the Palestinian Leadership's Leaflets," Japan Association for Middle East Studies, Annual Meeting 2014 (Tokyo International University, JAPAN, May 10–11, 2014).
"The Uprising and Peace Process: Discourse in the First Palestinian Intifada, 1987–1993." Young Scholars' Association for Islamic Area Studies, Regular Meeting (Waseda University, JAPAN, April 19, 2014).
"Occupied Palestinian Territories and Political Activities: Analysis of Arabic Documents and Annuals." Study Meeting on World Politics, Regular Meeting (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN, January 10, 2014).
"al-Thawra Within: Political Activities in Occupied Palestinian Territories in the 1970s." Association for Middle East Affairs, Regular Meeting (Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin, JAPAN, July 11, 2013).
"Civil Organizations as Basic Infrastructure: The West Bank and Gaza Strip from the 1970s to 1980s." Kakenhi Research Project: "Comprehensive Study on the Non-formal Political Actors in the Arab East," Regular Meeting (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, JAPAN, May 25, 2013).
"The First Stage of the 'Palestinian Revolution': Palestine and Unstable International Relationships," Japan Association for Middle East Studies, Annual Meeting 2013 (Osaka University, JAPAN, May 11–12, 2013).
"The Way to the Fist Palestinian Intifada: After the Camp David Accords." NIHU Research Program "Islamic Area Studies," The University of Tokyo Branch and Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University, 6th Meeting in 2012 (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN, February 16, 2012).
"The Resistance Movement and Religion in Palestine: The Case of the Martyrdom Operations," Japan Association of International Relations, Annual Meeting 2012 (Nagoya Congress Center, JAPAN, October 19-21, 2012).
"Palestinian 'Civil Society' in the Occupied Territories: An Analysis of Political Activities before the First Intifada." NIHU Research Program "Islamic Area Studies," The Sophia University Branch, Research Camp 2012 (Yamaki-ryokan, Shizuoka, JAPAN, September 29–30, 2012).
"Researching the Middle East from Japan: Contributions and Challenges." Research Group for Palestine Studies, NIHU Research Program "Islamic Area Studies," The University of Tokyo Branch, 17th Meeting (The University of Tokyo, JAPAN, June 10, 2012).
"The Legacy of Kazumasa Ohiwakawa." Research Group for Palestine Studies, NIHU Research Program "Islamic Area Studies," The University of Tokyo Branch, Meiji University, School of Arts and Letters, Geography Course, and Center for Integrated Area Studies, Kyoto University, The Land and Ideology: Lessens from Israeli Studies of Kazumasa Ohiwakawa (Meiji University, JAPAN, June 9, 2012).
"The Development of the 'Civilian Resistance' in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Approaching the Background of the Intifada," Japan Association for Middle East Studies, Annual Meeting 2012 (Toyo University, JAPAN, May 12–13, 2012).

Other Lectures

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Guest Speaker and Round Table

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Interviews

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Others

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