Current Research Focus:
Overseas Shinto Shrines, Japanese Secularity
Publications:
- “Religion and Secularism in Overseas Shinto Shrines: A Case Study on Hilo Daijingu, 1898-1941” in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 46:1. 2019. DOI: 10.18874/jjrs.46.1.2019.1-29
- “Shintō Shrines and Secularism in Modern Japan, 1890–1945: A Case Study on Kashihara Jingū” in Journal of Japanese Religion 6:2. 2017. DOI: 10.1163/22118349-00602006
Research Interests:
- Religion: Shinto, New religions, Taoism, Folklore, Genealogy of religion, State-religion relationships, Secularism
- Asia-Pacific: Japanese religion, Local history, Non-textual culture, Cultural studies, Body mechanics, Hawai’i, Japan, Taiwan
- Colonialism: Imperialism, Centre-periphery relationships, Secularity, Epistemology, Hybrid identities, Meta-geography
