Faculty Information - SPANG Christian W. | Daito Bunka University

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SPANG Christian W.

Department Daito Bunka University Faculty of Foreign Languages Department of English Language

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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Reseacher number
70547108

researchmap Researcher code
read014746

Present specialized field
Western history, History of Japan, International relationship theory, Foreign language education keyword(German-Japanese Relations, Geopolitics, Karl Haushofer, German East Asiatic Society (OAG))

Main Subject
German language classes (all levels), Culture & Society of the German Speaking Area, Seminar: An Overview of All European Countries

Academic background
1.	1990/10～1991/02	History Department Faculty of Letters (Philosphische Fakultaet) Friedrich-Alexander-Unviversity Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) Dropout
2.	1991/03～1991/06	Kings' School, Bournemouth (England) Graduated Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
3.	1991/10～1993/06	History Department (minor: English Literature) Faculty of Letters (Philosphische Fakultaet) Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) Graduated Zwischenpruefung (B.A. equivalent)
4.	1993/07～1993/08	University of Burgundy, Dijon (France) Studied Abroad
5.	1993/10～1994/07	History Faculty of Letters Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) Studied Abroad
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Business career
1.	2000/10 ～ 2006/03	Research Assistant (10/2000-3/2002), Research Associate (4/2003-3/2006) International Christian University (ICU) Institute of Asian Cultural Studies (IACS)
2.	2001/03 ～ 2004/03	Adjunct Lecturer International Christian University ICU High School
3.	2001/09 ～ 2005/03	Adjunct Lecturer Hosei University Faculty of Sociology, Faculty of Economics
4.	2004/04 ～ 2009/03	Adjunct Lecturer Sophia University: Faculty of Foreign Languages: German Department; Faculty of Letters: Department of German Literature, Center for the Teaching of Foreign Languages in General Education
5.	2005/04 ～ 2009/03	Adjunct Lecturer Dokkyo University: Faculty of Foreign Languages, German Department,
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Academic conference
1.	1998/11 ～	German East Asiatic Society
2.	2001/05 ～ 2004/12	∟ Board Member
3.	2003/05 ～	∟ Chair: OAG history committee
4.	2007/05 ～	∟ Member of the Publications Committee
5.	2019/05 ～ 2023/05	∟ board member
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Committee and association
1.	2012/04 ～ 2014/03	Insititute for Research in Language Teaching
2.	2014/04 ～ 2016/03	Insititute for Research in Language Teaching
3.	2016/04 ～ 2024/03	Daito Bunka University 100 Years Anniversary Committee member
4.	2019/04/01 ～ 2021/03	Insititute for Research in Language Teaching Chair
5.	2023/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	Insititute for Research in Language Teaching
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Books and Papers
1.	Books	The History of the German East Asiatic Society 1873 - 1979 (Co-authored) 2024/04
2.	Books	Karl Haushofer and the OAG. German-Japanese Networks in the First Half of the 20th Century (Sole-authored) 2018/03
3.	Books	Karl Haushofer and Japan. The reception of his geopolitical theories in German and Japanese politics (Sole-authored) 2013/06
4.	Books	Transnational Encounters between Germany and Japan: Perceptions of Partnership in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (co-edited volume) (Co-authored) 2016/01
5.	Books	Heinz Altschul: "As I Record These Memories..." Erinnerungen eines deutschen Kaufmanns in Kobe (1926-29, 1934-46) (Co-authored) 2014/03
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2025/09/27	Herbert von Dirksen – The first Nazi ambassador in Tokyo (49th German Studies Association (GSA) Conference)
2.	2024/07/06	Two non-Aryan Germans in Rural Japan. Life Between Japanese Spy Paranoia and Fears of Nazi Harassment (26th Asian Studies Conference Japan, ASCJ)
3.	2023/10/06	Werner Preibisch in Yamaguchi: A Half-Jewish German High School Teacher in Rural Japan during the Nazi Years (47th German Studies Association (GSA) Conference)
4.	2023/06/24	Dr. Werner Preibisch in Japan, 1936-1945. A half-Jewish German teaching at a Japanese elite high school (kotogakko) during the Axis era (23rd Asian Studies Association Conference in Asia (AAS-in-Asia))
5.	2021/11/30	The German East Asiatic Society (OAG) in Shanghai (Symposium on the Outbreak of the Pacific War and the Jewish Refugees in Shanghai)
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Lecturer and lecture
1.	1999/06/02	Karl Haushofer (1869-1946) and Japan. His influence on German-Japanese relations in the inter-war period (DIJ Tokyo) (Tokyo, Japan)
2.	2001/06/29	The Unification of Germany and the Integration of Europe (Saitama Prefecture, Kazo City)
3.	2002/01/28	Karl Haushofer and Japanese Geopolitics. His influence on Post World War I Japanese-German Relations (Tokyo, Mitaka)
4.	2002/07/03	Germany and Japan - Similarities and Differences (Saitama Prefecture, Kazo City)
5.	2002/11/18	Geopolitis and Alliance Policy - Karl Haushofer's Influence on Pre-War German-Japanese Relations (Kyoto)
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Exhibition, concert, and athletic meeting
1.	2009/03/10 ～ 2009/03/29	Der europaeische Blick auf Japan III (Nara Prefectural Library and Information Center)
2.	2021/07/27 ～	160 Jahre Deutsch-Japanische Freundschaft (online)

Educational ability

●Practical Example of Education Technique

1.	2012/11/27	Organisation of a special lecture for the Institute for Research in Language Teaching: Assistant Professor Jeroen Bode (Tsukuba University): "Translation: Communication Between Languages"
2.	2012/12/12	Special lecture by Ralf Degen (Hitotsubashi University): The background and the current state of the German decision to stop using nuclear power stations
3.	2013/04/18	Siegfried Berliner (1884 - 1961) A German Professor in Japan
4.	2013/11/17	Organisation of a special lecture for the Institute for Research in Language Teaching: Dr. Michael Wachutka (Tuebingen Center for Japanese Studies): "About the German Translations of the Kojiki"
5.	2014/06/20	Organisation of a special lecture for the Institute for Research in Language Teaching: Professor Emerita Keiko Nakagome: "The drama "There is no light over Fukushima" by Nobel Prize winner Hertha Mueller"
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Home Page
Academia.edu: Christian W. Spang (Daito Bunka University)
https://www.germanistenverzeichnis.phil.uni-erlangen.de/institutslisten/files/jp/08300_jp/8331_jp.html
Personenverzeichnis der OAG: Christian W. Spang

Abroad career
1.	2018/04/01 ～ 2019/03/31	Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, Japanese Department Research (Sabbatical)
2.	2001/12 ～ 2002/09	German Institute for Japanese Studies Ph.D. research

Awards
1.	2009/10	Gerhard-Ritter-Award, Albert-Ludwigs-Universtity Freiburg im Breisgau (URL: http://www.uni-freiburg.de/universitaet/portrait/ehrungen-und-preise/preise/preis/280/Gerhard-Ritter-Preis?set_language=de)