Dr. A.E. (Aya) Ezawa
- Lecturer
- Sociology of Japan
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2548 |
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| E-Mail: | a.ezawa@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS Japan |
| Office Address: |
Arsenaal Arsenaalstraat 1 2311 CT Leiden Room number 1.03 |
Research
My research focuses on how the state, through policies and institutions, shapes the experiences of women and families in contemporary Japan. Currently, I am in the course of completing a book manuscript, entitled In Search of the Japanese Family: Gender,Class and the Politics of Reproduction in Contemporary Japan, which examines the character, institutionalization and operation of Japan’s family regime and its inscription in women’s lives. I am also involved in the comparative study of welfare reforms and the recent emergence of ‘workfare regimes.’ Based on research I conducted in 2005-2006 with the support of an Abe Fellowship, I have explored the impact of Japanese reforms on the wellbeing of single mothers. In my next project, I plan to examine poverty, welfare reliance and its reproduction during and after the Heisei recession.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
M.Sc. in Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK
B.A. cum laude in Japanese Studies-Modern Society, Sophia University, Japan
Appointments
University Lecturer, Sociology of Modern Japan, Department of Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University, 2007-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, USA, 2003-2007
Visiting Researcher, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, July 2005-January 2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Expanding East Asian Studies Program, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 2002-2003
Visiting Researcher, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, 1998-2000
Fellowship and grants
Abe Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, 2004
Swarthmore College Faculty Research Grant 2003, 2005, 2006
Expanding East Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, Columbia University, 2002
Matsushita International Foundation Research Grant, 1999
Tokyo Women’s Foundation Research Grant, (declined), 1999
University of Illinois Dissertation Travel Grant, 1998
Itoh Scholarship Foundation Research Grant, 1997
Teaching
Courses offered 2007-2008, 2nd semester:
Canon: Sociology (BA1)
Focus: Postwar Japanese Society (BA2)
Focus: Gender Dynamics in Contemporary Japanese Society (BA3)
Publications
Ezawa, Aya, “From Welfare to Work: The Conditions of Single Mothers’ ‘Independence,’” in Journal of Political Science and Sociology, vol. 7 (March 2007).
Fujiwara, Chisa and Aya Ezawa,“ Reconsidering U.S. Welfare Reform: An Analysis of Workfare Policies and their Implications for Japan” (in Japanese), in Kikan shakai hoshô kenkyû (Quarterly of Social Security Research), vol. 42, no. 4 (March 2007).
Ezawa, Aya, “How Japanese Single Mothers Work,” Japanstudien, special issue on “How Japan Works,” edited by René Haak, vol. 18 (2006)
Ezawa, Aya and Chisa Fujiwara, “Lone Mothers and Welfare-to-Work Policies in Japan and the United States: Toward an Alternative Perspective,” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, vol. 32, no. 4 (December 2005)
Ezawa, Aya, “Japan’s ‘New Homeless’,” Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, vol. 11, no. 4 (October 2002)
2011
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Ezawa, A.E. (2011)
Changing Patterns of Marriage and Motherhood. In: Fujimura-Fanselow, K (Ed.), Transforming Japan: How feminism and diversity are making a difference, pp. 105-120. New York: The Feminist Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2009
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Ezawa, A.E. (2009)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Social Welfare in Japan, Principles and Applications]. In: Pacific Affairs, 81
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Ezawa, A.E. (2009)
Motherhood and Class: Gender, Class and Reproductive Practices Among Japanese Single Mothers. In: Ishida, H & Slater, D (Eds.), Social Class in Contemporary Japan: Structures, Sorting, and StrategiesLondon and New York: Routledge.
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Ezawa, A.E. (2009)
養育費政策にみる国家と家族. [Bespreking van: 養育費政策にみる国家と家族]. In: 社会学研究「Shakaigaku kenkyu」, pp. 143-146.
(Book review)
2007
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Ezawa, A.E. (2007)
From Welfare to Work: The Conditions of Single Mothers’ ‘Independence'. Journal of Political Science and Sociology, 7, pp. 81-99.
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Ezawa, A.E. (2007)
Reconsidering U.S. Welfare Reform: An Analysis of Workfare Policies and their Implications for Japan. Kikan shakai hosho kenkyu (Quarterly of Social Security Research), 42 (4), pp. 407-419.
(Article)
2006
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Ezawa, A.E. (2006)
How Japanese Single Mothers Work. Japanstudien: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Instituts für Japanstudien, 18, pp. 59-83.
(Article)
2005
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Ezawa, A.E. (2005)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Colonizing Sex: Sexology and Social Control in Modern Japan]. In: Metascience: an intern. review journal for the history, philosophy & social studies of sc., 14
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Ezawa, A.E. (2005)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Divorce in Japan: Family, Gender, and the State, 1600-2000]. In: Pacific Affairs, 78
(Book review) -
Ezawa, A.E. (2005)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Strangers in the Ethnic Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Return Migration in Transnational Perspective]. In: American Journal of Sociology, 110
(Book review) -
Ezawa, A.E. (2005)
Lone Mothers and Welfare-to-Work Policies in Japan and the United States: Toward an Alternative Perspective. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 32 (4), pp. 41-63.
(Article)
2004
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Ezawa, A.E. (2004)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Islands of Discontent: Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power]. In: Contemporary Sociology, 33
(Book review)
2003
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Ezawa, A.E. (2003)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: San’ya Blues: Laboring Life in Contemporary Tokyo]. In: Contemporary Sociology, 26
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Ezawa, A.E. (2003)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Children of the Japanese State: The Changing Role of Child Protection Institutions in Contemporary Japan]. In: Contemporary Sociology, 32
(Book review)
2002
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Ezawa, A.E. (2002)
Japan's "New Homeless". Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 11 (4), pp. 279-291.
(Article)
2000
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Ezawa, A.E. (2000)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Passages to Modernity: Motherhood, Childhood, and Social Reform in Early Twentieth Century Japan]. In: Social Science Japan Journal, 3
(Book review)