Dr Atsuko Ichijo
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Criminology and Social Sciences
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Associate Professor
- Email:
- a.ichijo@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am a sociologist interested in nationalism. I completed my doctoral study at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) under the supervision of the late Professor Anthony D. Smith. My doctoral thesis, 'Scottish nationalism and identity in the age of European integration' was published as Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of Europe: Concepts of Europe and the Nation (2004) by Routledge.
I then worked as lecturer in sociology at Gyosei International College in the UK for two years, then took up the post of research project officer working for an FP5 project EURONAT at the LSE.
When the project came to an end, a new post to work for an FP6 project EUROREG became available at Kingston University, which I took up. After working as a research fellow and senior researcher, I was converted to senior lecturer in politics and then promoted to associate professor. I am now engaged with both teaching and research at KU.
At KU, I am currently the Course Leader of MSc in International Relations and MA in Human Rights. I am also responsible for PhD students working in the field of politics.
Outside KU, I am a member of the editorial team of Nations and Nationalism, a leading journal in nationalism studies. I also work as an evaluator for the European Commission, European Science Foundation, British Academy and Economic and Social Research Council of the UK. I am a book series editor of Identities and Modernities in Europe, published by Palgrave and a co-book series editor with Dr Ronald Ranta of Food and Identities in a Globalising World published by Palgrave.
Qualifications
- 1998: PhD (Ethnicity and Nationalism) (London School of Economics and Political Science)
- 1992: MA in Sociology (University of Tokyo)
- 1990: BA in Liberal Arts (International Christian University)
- 2009: PG Cert in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Kingston University)
Domains
My teaching covers a wide range of modules, from research methods to comparative politics, international conflict, and theories of international politics.
My research falls in the field of nationalism studies. I am profoundly puzzled by nationalism. It is the pervasive ideology/worldview in the contemporary world that influences how we, individuals, society, states and so on, think and behave.
I am interested in theories of nationalism – to investigate what it is, and its relationship with modernity. Empirically, I am interested in nationalisms of the British Isles and East Asia, European identity and European integration, citizenship and nationalism, nationalism's relationship with religion, the role of food in nationalism.
At present, I am trying to revise Food, National Identity and Nationalism (2016), which I co-wrote with my colleague, Dr Ronald Ranta, and investigating the emergence of political subjectivity in pre-colonial East Asia.
Specialisms
- Theories of nationalism
- Political subjectivity and modernity
- Nationalism of the British Isles and East Asia
- European identity
- Food and nationalism
Scholarly affiliations
- Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Publications
Food, national identity and nationalism : from everyday to global politics
Ranta, Ronald and Ichijo, Atsuko (2022). London, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan)
The Routledge handbook of comparative territorial autonomies
(2022). Abingdon, U.K.: (Routledge)
The emergence of national food : the dynamics of food and nationalism
(2019). London, U.K.: (Bloomsbury Academic)
Food, national identity and nationalism : from everyday to global politics
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan)
Nationalism and multiple modernities: Europe and beyond
Ichijo, Atsuko (2013). New York, U.S.A.: (Palgrave Macmillan)
Europe, nations and modernity
(2011). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave Macmillan)
The balancing act: national identity and sovereignty for Britain in Europe
Ichijo, Atsuko (2008). Exeter, U.K.: (Imprint Academic)
Entangled identities: nations and Europe
(2005). Aldershot, UK: (Ashgate)
When is the nation? towards an understanding of theories of nationalism
(2005). London, U.K.: (Routledge)
Scottish nationalism and the idea of Europe: concepts of Europe and the nation
Ichijo, Atsuko (2004). London, U.K.: (Routledge)
What does it mean to be a Christian nationalist in Meiji Japan? : religion, nationalism and the state
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2023, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church
'Overcoming modernity', overcoming what? : 'Modernity' in wartime Japan and its implication
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2022, The International Journal of Social Imaginaries (1), 1, pp 107-128
Book Review of: 'Standing up for Scotland : nationalist unionism and Scottish party politics, 1884–2014' by David Torrance
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2021, Nations and Nationalism (27), 3, pp 916-917
Book Review of: 'Writing the history of nationalism' edited by Stefan Berger and Eric Storm
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2021, Nations and Nationalism (27), 3, pp 917-918
Food and nationalism : gastronationalism revisited
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2020, Nationalities Papers (42), 2, pp 215-223
Kokugaku and an alternative account of the emergence of nationalism of Japan
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2020, Nations And Nationalism (26), 1, pp 263-282
What has the Brexit process done to Scotch whisky?
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2019, The Political Quarterly (90), 4, pp 637-644
Introduction : Kosaku Yoshino's contribution to the study of nationalism
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2019, Nations And Nationalism (25), 4, pp 1114-1115
Book Review of: 'The origins of the Chinese nation : Song China and the forging of an East Asian world order' by Nicolas Tackett
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2019, Nations and Nationalism (25), 1, pp 388-390
The articulation of national identity in early twentieth century East Asia : intertwining of discourses of modernity and civilisation
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2018, Asian Studies Review (42), 2, pp 342-355
The origin of nationalism
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2017, State of Nationalism
The origin of nationalism : a review and annotated bibliography
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2016, Studies on National Movements
Education should be a right for all
Agnew, Eadaoin, Alliez, Eric, Auerbach, Paul, Blackburn, Robert, Botting, Fred, Brady, Mary, Caygill, Howard, Chadwick, Howard, Chanter, Tina, Choat, Simon, Chu, Jonathan, Cinpoes, Radu, Coultas, Valerie, Dines, Martin, Dixon, Paul, Favretto, Ilaria, Finn, Peter, Giaxoglou, Korina, Goldsmith, Carlie, Hallward, Peter, Hawkins, Sue, Haywood, Peter, Higginbottom, Andrew, Ichijo, Atsuko, Isaac, Marina, Jensen, Meg, Kayyali, Reem, Kettyle, Ann, Lambrou, Marina, Latimer, Amanda, Linton, Marisa, Lipsedge, Karen, Malabou, Catherine, O Maoilearca, John, McQuillan, Martin, Micklethwaite, Paul, Morgan Wortham, Simon, O'Brien, Catherine, Osborne, Peter, Pinnock, Winsome, Piper, Jason, Ponto, Maria, Raphael, Sam, Reid, Trish, Roberts, Mike, Rogers, David, Sandford, Stella, Searby, Michael, Siddiki, Jalal Uddin, Smart, Jackie, Spencer, Philip, Stockhammer, Engelbert, Stuart, John, Suess, Eleanor, Swift, Allan, Upstone, Sara, Vallee-Tourangeau, Frederic, Wells, Julian and Wilson, Scott, 2014, The Guardian
Book Review of: The cultural foundations of nations: hierarchy, covenant, and republic by A.D. Smith
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2011, European History Quarterly (41), 1, pp 170-171
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2010, Nations And Nationalism (16), 4, pp 782-783
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2010, Nations and Nationalism (16), 3, pp 551-552
Book review of: Nationalism in a global world by Sam Pryke
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2010, Nations and Nationalism (16), 2, pp 374-375
Book Review of: Nationalism by R.J.B. Bosworth
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2009, European History Quarterly (39), 3, pp 520-520
Sovereignty and nationalism in the twenty-first century: the Scottish case
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2009, Ethnopolitics (8), 2, pp 155-172
Book review of: Who cares about Britishness? A global view of the national identity debate by Vron Ware
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2009, Ethnic and Racial Studies (32), 3, pp 580-581
The place of Scotland's European past
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2009, Litteraria Pragensia: studies in literature and culture (19), 38, pp 60-74
Book Review of: The road to independence? Scotland since the sixties by Murray Pittock
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2008, Nations And Nationalism (14), 4, pp 826-827
Book review of: 'Contemporary debates on nationalism: A critical engagement' by Umut Ozkirimli
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2008, Patterns of Prejudice (42), 1, pp 114-115
The uses of history: Anglo-British and Scottish views of Europe
Ichijo, Atsuko, 2003, Regional and Federal Studies (13), 3, pp 23-43
The scope of theories of nationalism: comments on the Scottish and Japanese experiences
Ichijo, A., 2002, Geopolitics (7), 2, pp 53-74
Defending the Scottishness of Scotch Whisky
Ichijo, Atsuko (2024). In: Ng, Catherine W., (eds.), Adebola, Titilayo, (eds.) and Brown, Abbe E.L., (eds.), Place-branding experiences : perspectives from intellectual property owners, users and lawyers. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, pp 57-74
An alternative origin of nationalism in the East : the emergence of political subjectivity under the non-Western-centric world order
Ichijo, Atsuko (2024). In: Zhouxiang, Lu, (ed.), The Routledge handbook of nationalism in East and Southeast Asia. New York, U.S.: Routledge, pp 48-59
Food and economic nationalism
Ichijo, Atsuko (2022). In: Pickel, Andreas, (ed.), Handbook of economic nationalism. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, pp 170-187
What are territorial autonomies and why the handbook?
Ichijo, Atsuko (2022). In: Fong, Brian, (eds.) and Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.), The Routledge handbook of comparative territorial autonomies. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge
Conclusion
Ichijo, Atsuko, Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald (2019). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.), Johannes, Venetia, (eds.) and Ranta, Ronald, (eds.), The emergence of national food : the dynamics of food and nationalism. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academic, pp 175-179
Introduction
Ichijo, Atsuko, Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald (2019). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.), Johannes, Venetia, (eds.) and Ranta, Ronald, (eds.), The emergence of national food : the dynamics of food and nationalism. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academic, pp 1-14
Political modernity in East Asia : religion, nationalism and subversion of imperialism
Ichijo, Atsuko (2019). In: Shani, Georgio, (eds.) and Kibe, Takashi, (eds.), Religion and nationalism in Asia. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 108-123
Banal nationalism and UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list: cases of washoku and the gastronomic meal of the French
Ichijo, Atsuko (2017). In: Skey, Michael, (eds.) and Antonsich, Marco, (eds.), Everyday nationhood: theorising culture, identity and belonging after banal nationalism. London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 259-284
Conclusion : food, nationalism and politics
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 164-170
Consuming nations: the construction of national identities in the food industry
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, national identity and nationalism: from everyday to global politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 61-81
Everyday Creation of the Nation
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 21-42
Food and Diet in ‘Official’ Nationalism
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 85-106
International Organisations, Food and Nationalism
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 146-163
National Food in the International Context
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 107-124
Nationalism, Everyday
Ichijo, Atsuko (2016). In: Stone, John, (eds.), Dennis, Rutledge M., (eds.), Rizova, Polly, (eds.), Smith, Anthony D., (eds.) and Hou, Xiaoshuo, (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. Wiley Blackwell
Norms, Food and Nationalism
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 127-145
When Groups Participate in Defining the Nation
Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.), Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 43-60
Religion in education: the faith school debates in contemporary Britain
Ichijo, Atsuko (2014). In: Topic, Martina, (eds.) and Sremac, Srdjan, (eds.), Europe as a multiple modernity: multiplicity of religious identities and belonging. Newcastle, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 92-108
Cultural diplomacy in the contemporary United Kingdom: the case of the British Council
Ichijo, Atsuko (2012). In: Topic, Martina, (eds.) and Rodin, Sinisa, (eds.), Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism: European Perspective(s). Frankfrut au Main, Germany: Peter Lang, pp 79-93
'Europe' and modernity in the British context
Ichijo, Atsuko (2011). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (ed.), Europe, nations and modernity. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 208-228
Introduction: Europe as modernity
Ichijo, Atsuko (2011). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (ed.), Europe, nations and modernity. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 1-12
Nationalism and religion: the case of Japanese nationalism and state Shinto
Ichijo, Atsuko (2009). In: Hvithamar, Annika, (eds.), Warburg, Margit, (eds.) and Jacobsen, Brian Arly, (eds.), Holy nations and global identities: civil religion, nationalism, and globalisation. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, pp 121-136
A balancing act: British state and nation formation and 'Europe'
Ichijo, Atsuko (2005). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Sophn, Willfried, (eds.), Entangled identities: nations and Europe. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp 19-36
Conclusion: so, when is the nation?
Uzelac, Gordana and Ichijo, Atsuko (2005). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Uzelac, Gordana, (eds.), When is the nation? towards an understanding of theories of nationalism. London, U.K.: Routledge, pp 212-218
Introduction
Ichijo, Atsuko and Spohn, Willfried (2005). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Spohn, Willfried, (eds.), Entangled Identities: Nations and Europe. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, pp 1-18
Introduction
Ichijo, Atsuko and Uzelac, Gordana (2005). In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) and Uzelac, Gordana, (eds.), When is the nation? towards an understanding of theories of nationalism. London, U.K.: Routledge, pp 1-6
Civic or ethnic? The evolution of Britishness and Scottishness
Ichijo, Atsuko (2004). In: Brocklehurst, Helen, (eds.) and Phillips, Robert, (eds.), History, nationhood and the question of Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 112-123
Covid-19 and democracy, first cut policy analyses : country case studies
Finn, Peter, Cinpoes, Radu, Ichijo, Atsuko, Ledger, Robert, Nancheva, Nevena, Pettitt, Robin and Ranta, Ronald (2020). (Kingston University)
Representations of Europe and of the nation in political discourse: an analysis of nine cases
Ichijo, Atsuko (2007). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: (Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights and Conflict, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University)
The role of 'Europe' in Northern Ireland
Ichijo, Atsuko (2007). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: (Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights and Conflict, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University)
UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list and the entanglement of the national and the international
Ichijo, Atsuko(2019). In: 10th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences in a period of uncertainty, 03 - 04 Jun 2019 :Kingston upon Thames, U.K.
Moments of subversion and resistance: unintended consquences of nationalist/imperialist ideas in the Japanese Empire
Ichijo, Atsuko(2014). In: Beyond nationalism? Peacebuilding and religion in Asia, 20 Dec 2014 :Tokyo, Japan
Operationalising civilisational constellations
Ichijo, Atsuko(2008). In: 1st ISA forum of sociology: Sociological research and public debate, 5-8 December 2008 :Barcelona, Spain
Nationalism east and west: a comparison of nation formation in Britain and Japan
Ichijo, Atsuko(2008). In: 18th annual ASEN conference: Nationalism, east and west: civic and ethnic conceptions of nationhood, 15-17 April 2008 :London, U.K.
Can national identity survive the age of reconfigured sovereignty?: national identity in the twenty-first century
Ichijo, Atsuko(2007). In: CRONEM Conference: Nationalism and national identities today: multidisciplinary perspectives, 12-13 June 2007 :Guildford, U.K.
Nationalism and religion
Ichijo, Atsuko(2006). In: 11th annual World convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities: Nationalism in an age of globalization, 23-25 March 2006 :New York City, New York
Nationalism as political religion
Ichijo, Atsuko(2005). In: Religion out of place: Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalization in the 21st Century, 29-31 August 2005 :Copenhagen, Denmark
Talking about 'Europe' and 'Britain'
Ichijo, Atsuko(2005). In: National identity and euroscepticism: a comparison between France and the United Kingdom, 13 May 2005 :University of Oxford
Empires and (trans)formation of national self-definition: Britian and Japan
Ichijo, Atsuko(2005). In: 15th annual ASEN conference: Nation and empire, 20-21 April 2005 :London, U.K.
National and European identities: compatible or exclusive? National highlights
Ichijo, Atsuko(2004). In: Nation and Europe: media, elites and citizens, 7 June 2004 :Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels, Belgium
A reluctant European and a tactical European: British and Scottish views of Europe
Ichijo, Atsuko(2002). In: Europe transformed? the European Union and collective identity change, 11 Oct 2002 :Oslo
Civic or ethnic? The evolution of Britishness and Scottishness
Ichijo, Atsuko(2002). In: British islands stories: history, identity and nationhood, 17 - 19 Apr 2002 :York, U.K.