Dr Atsuko Ichijo

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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 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. 

Academic responsibilities

Associate Professor

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)

Teaching and learning

My teaching covers a wide range of modules, from research methods to comparative politics, international conflict, theories of International Politics. 

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

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. 

Areas of specialism

  • 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

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 76.

Article

Ichijo, Atsuko (2023) What does it mean to be a Christian nationalist in Meiji Japan? : religion, nationalism and the state. International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, ISSN (print) 1474-225X (Epub Ahead of Print)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2022) 'Overcoming modernity', overcoming what? : 'Modernity' in wartime Japan and its implication. The International Journal of Social Imaginaries, 1(1), pp. 107-128. ISSN (print) 2772-7858

Ichijo, Atsuko (2021) Book Review of: 'Standing up for Scotland : nationalist unionism and Scottish party politics, 1884–2014' by David Torrance. Nations and Nationalism, 27(3), pp. 916-917. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2021) Book Review of: 'Writing the history of nationalism' edited by Stefan Berger and Eric Storm. Nations and Nationalism, 27(3), pp. 917-918. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2020) Food and nationalism : gastronationalism revisited. Nationalities Papers, 42(2), pp. 215-223. ISSN (print) 0090-5992

Ichijo, Atsuko (2020) Kokugaku and an alternative account of the emergence of nationalism of Japan. Nations And Nationalism, 26(1), pp. 263-282. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2019) What has the Brexit process done to Scotch whisky? The Political Quarterly, 90(4), pp. 637-644. ISSN (print) 0032-3179

Ichijo, Atsuko (2019) Introduction : Kosaku Yoshino's contribution to the study of nationalism. Nations And Nationalism, 25(4), pp. 1114-1115. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2019) Book Review of: 'The origins of the Chinese nation : Song China and the forging of an East Asian world order' by Nicolas Tackett. Nations and Nationalism, 25(1), pp. 388-390. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2018) The articulation of national identity in early twentieth century East Asia : intertwining of discourses of modernity and civilisation. Asian Studies Review, 42(2), pp. 342-355. ISSN (print) 1035-7823

Ichijo, Atsuko (2017) The origin of nationalism. State of Nationalism,

Ichijo, Atsuko (2016) The origin of nationalism : a review and annotated bibliography. Studies on National Movements, ISSN (online) 2295-1466

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Ichijo, Atsuko (2011) Book Review of: The cultural foundations of nations: hierarchy, covenant, and republic by A.D. Smith. European History Quarterly, 41(1), pp. 170-171. ISSN (print) 0265-6914

Ichijo, Atsuko (2010) Book review of: National identity, nationalism and constitutional change by Frank Bechhofer & David McCrone. Nations And Nationalism, 16(4), pp. 782-783. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2010) Book Review of: Britishness: perspectives on the British question edited by Andrew Gamble & Tony Wright. Nations and Nationalism, 16(3), pp. 551-552. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2010) Book review of: Nationalism in a global world by Sam Pryke. Nations and Nationalism, 16(2), pp. 374-375. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2009) Book Review of: Nationalism by R.J.B. Bosworth. European History Quarterly, 39(3), p. 520. ISSN (print) 0265-6914

Ichijo, Atsuko (2009) Sovereignty and nationalism in the twenty-first century: the Scottish case. Ethnopolitics, 8(2), pp. 155-172. ISSN (print) 1744-9057

Ichijo, Atsuko (2009) Book review of: Who cares about Britishness? A global view of the national identity debate by Vron Ware. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32(3), pp. 580-581. ISSN (print) 0141-9870

Ichijo, Atsuko (2009) The place of Scotland's European past. Litteraria Pragensia: studies in literature and culture, 19(38), pp. 60-74. ISSN (print) 0862-8424

Ichijo, Atsuko (2008) Book Review of: The road to independence? Scotland since the sixties by Murray Pittock. Nations And Nationalism, 14(4), pp. 826-827. ISSN (print) 1354-5078

Ichijo, Atsuko (2008) Book review of: 'Contemporary debates on nationalism: A critical engagement' by Umut Ozkirimli. Patterns of Prejudice, 42(1), pp. 114-115. ISSN (print) 0031-322X

Ichijo, Atsuko (2003) The uses of history: Anglo-British and Scottish views of Europe. Regional and Federal Studies, 13(3), pp. 23-43. ISSN (print) 1359-7566

Ichijo, A. (2002) The scope of theories of nationalism: comments on the Scottish and Japanese experiences. Geopolitics, 7(2), pp. 53-74. ISSN (print) 1465-0045

Book

Ranta, Ronald and Ichijo, Atsuko (2022) Food, national identity and nationalism : from everyday to global politics. 2nd ed. London, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. (Food and identity in a globalising world) ISBN 9783031078330

Fong, Brian and Ichijo, Atsuko, eds. (2022) The Routledge handbook of comparative territorial autonomies. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 342p. ISBN 9780367431419

Ichijo, Atsuko , Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald, eds. (2019) The emergence of national food : the dynamics of food and nationalism. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. 224p. ISBN 9781350074132

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Food, national identity and nationalism : from everyday to global politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 196p. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko (2013) Nationalism and multiple modernities: Europe and beyond. New York, U.S.A. : Palgrave Macmillan. 176p. (Identities and modernities in Europe) ISBN 9781137008749

Ichijo, Atsuko, ed. (2011) Europe, nations and modernity. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. 248p. (Identities and Modernities in Europe) ISBN 9780230301436

Ichijo, Atsuko (2008) The balancing act: national identity and sovereignty for Britain in Europe. Exeter, U.K. : Imprint Academic. 151p. (Societas) ISBN 9781845401153

Ichijo, Atsuko and Spohn, Willfried, eds. (2005) Entangled identities: nations and Europe. Aldershot, UK : Ashgate. 173p. ISBN 0754643727

Ichijo, Atsuko and Uzelac, Gordana, eds. (2005) When is the nation? towards an understanding of theories of nationalism. London, U.K. : Routledge. 224p. ISBN 0415361214

Ichijo, Atsuko (2004) Scottish nationalism and the idea of Europe: concepts of Europe and the nation. London, U.K. : Routledge. 176p. ISBN 0714655910

Book Section

Ichijo, Atsuko (2024) An alternative origin of nationalism in the East : the emergence of political subjectivity under the non-Western-centric world order. In: Zhouxiang, Lu, (ed.) The Routledge handbook of nationalism in East and Southeast Asia. New York, U.S. : Routledge. pp. 48-59. (Routledge Handbooks) ISBN 9781003111450

Ichijo, Atsuko (2022) Food and economic nationalism. In: Pickel, Andreas, (ed.) Handbook of economic nationalism. Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar. pp. 170-187. ISBN 9781789909036

Ichijo, Atsuko (2022) What are territorial autonomies and why the handbook? In: Fong, Brian and Ichijo, Atsuko, (eds.) The Routledge handbook of comparative territorial autonomies. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. ISBN 9780367431419

Ichijo, Atsuko, Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald (2019) Conclusion. In: Ichijo, Atsuko , Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald, (eds.) The emergence of national food : the dynamics of food and nationalism. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 175-179. ISBN 9781350074132

Ichijo, Atsuko, Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald (2019) Introduction. In: Ichijo, Atsuko , Johannes, Venetia and Ranta, Ronald, (eds.) The emergence of national food : the dynamics of food and nationalism. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 1-14. ISBN 9781350074132

Ichijo, Atsuko (2019) Political modernity in East Asia : religion, nationalism and subversion of imperialism. In: Shani, Georgio and Kibe, Takashi, (eds.) Religion and nationalism in Asia. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 108-123. (Political Theories in East Asian Context) ISBN 9780367183424

Ichijo, Atsuko (2017) Banal nationalism and UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list: cases of washoku and the gastronomic meal of the French. In: Skey, Michael and Antonsich, Marco, (eds.) Everyday nationhood: theorising culture, identity and belonging after banal nationalism. London, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 259-284. ISBN 9781137570970

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Conclusion : food, nationalism and politics. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 164-170. (III) ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Consuming nations: the construction of national identities in the food industry. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, national identity and nationalism: from everyday to global politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 61-81. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Everyday Creation of the Nation. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 21-42. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Food and Diet in ‘Official’ Nationalism. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 85-106. (II) ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) International Organisations, Food and Nationalism. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 146-163. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) National Food in the International Context. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 107-124. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko (2016) Nationalism, Everyday. In: Stone, John , Dennis, Rutledge M. , Rizova, Polly , Smith, Anthony D. and Hou, Xiaoshuo, (eds.) The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism. Wiley Blackwell. (Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences) ISBN 9781118663202

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) Norms, Food and Nationalism. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 127-145. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranta, Ronald (2016) When Groups Participate in Defining the Nation. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Ranter, Ronald, (eds.) Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 43-60. ISBN 9781137483126

Ichijo, Atsuko (2014) Religion in education: the faith school debates in contemporary Britain. In: Topic, Martina and Sremac, Srdjan, (eds.) Europe as a multiple modernity: multiplicity of religious identities and belonging. Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 92-108. ISBN 9781443856331

Ichijo, Atsuko (2012) Cultural diplomacy in the contemporary United Kingdom: the case of the British Council. In: Topic, Martina and Rodin, Sinisa, (eds.) Cultural Diplomacy and Cultural Imperialism: European Perspective(s). Frankfrut au Main, Germany : Peter Lang. pp. 79-93. ISBN 9783631621622

Ichijo, Atsuko (2011) 'Europe' and modernity in the British context. In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (ed.) Europe, nations and modernity. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 208-228. (Identities and Modernities in Europe) ISBN 9780230301436

Ichijo, Atsuko (2011) Introduction: Europe as modernity. In: Ichijo, Atsuko, (ed.) Europe, nations and modernity. Basingstoke, U.K. : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1-12. (Identities and Modernities in Europe) ISBN 9780230301436

Ichijo, Atsuko (2009) Nationalism and religion: the case of Japanese nationalism and state Shinto. In: Hvithamar, Annika , Warburg, Margit and Jacobsen, Brian Arly, (eds.) Holy nations and global identities: civil religion, nationalism, and globalisation. Leiden, Netherlands : Brill. pp. 121-136. ISBN 9789004178281

Ichijo, Atsuko (2005) A balancing act: British state and nation formation and 'Europe'. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Sophn, Willfried, (eds.) Entangled identities: nations and Europe. Aldershot, UK : Ashgate. pp. 19-36. ISBN 0754643727

Uzelac, Gordana and Ichijo, Atsuko (2005) Conclusion: so, when is the nation? In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Uzelac, Gordana, (eds.) When is the nation? towards an understanding of theories of nationalism. London, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 212-218. ISBN 0415361214

Ichijo, Atsuko and Spohn, Willfried (2005) Introduction. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Spohn, Willfried, (eds.) Entangled Identities: Nations and Europe. Aldershot, UK : Ashgate. pp. 1-18. ISBN 0754643727

Ichijo, Atsuko and Uzelac, Gordana (2005) Introduction. In: Ichijo, Atsuko and Uzelac, Gordana, (eds.) When is the nation? towards an understanding of theories of nationalism. London, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 1-6. ISBN 0415361214

Ichijo, Atsuko (2004) Civic or ethnic? The evolution of Britishness and Scottishness. In: Brocklehurst, Helen and Phillips, Robert, (eds.) History, nationhood and the question of Britain. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 112-123. ISBN 1403912963

Conference or Workshop Item

Ichijo, Atsuko (2019) UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list and the entanglement of the national and the international. 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.. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2014) Moments of subversion and resistance: unintended consquences of nationalist/imperialist ideas in the Japanese Empire. In: Beyond nationalism? Peacebuilding and religion in Asia; 20 Dec 2014, Tokyo, Japan. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2008) Operationalising civilisational constellations. In: 1st ISA forum of sociology: Sociological research and public debate; 5-8 December 2008, Barcelona, Spain. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2008) Nationalism east and west: a comparison of nation formation in Britain and Japan. In: 18th annual ASEN conference: Nationalism, east and west: civic and ethnic conceptions of nationhood; 15-17 April 2008, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2007) Can national identity survive the age of reconfigured sovereignty?: national identity in the twenty-first century. In: CRONEM Conference: Nationalism and national identities today: multidisciplinary perspectives; 12-13 June 2007, Guildford, U.K.. (Submitted)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2006) Nationalism and religion. 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. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2005) Nationalism as political religion. In: Religion out of place: Civil Religion, Nationalism, and Globalization in the 21st Century; 29-31 August 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2005) Talking about 'Europe' and 'Britain'. In: National identity and euroscepticism: a comparison between France and the United Kingdom; 13 May 2005, University of Oxford. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2005) Empires and (trans)formation of national self-definition: Britian and Japan. In: 15th annual ASEN conference: Nation and empire; 20-21 April 2005, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2004) National and European identities: compatible or exclusive? National highlights. In: Nation and Europe: media, elites and citizens; 7 June 2004, Centre Albert Borschette, Brussels, Belgium. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2002) A reluctant European and a tactical European: British and Scottish views of Europe. In: Europe transformed? the European Union and collective identity change; 11 Oct 2002, Oslo. (Unpublished)

Ichijo, Atsuko (2002) Civic or ethnic? The evolution of Britishness and Scottishness. In: British islands stories: history, identity and nationhood; 17 - 19 Apr 2002, York, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Monograph

Finn, Peter [Editor], Cinpoes, Radu [Author-contributor], Ichijo, Atsuko [Author-contributor], Ledger, Robert [Author-contributor], Nancheva, Nevena [Author-contributor], Pettitt, Robin [Author-contributor] and Ranta, Ronald [Author-contributor] (2020) Covid-19 and democracy, first cut policy analyses : country case studies. (Project Report) Kingston University. 92 p.

Ichijo, Atsuko (2007) Representations of Europe and of the nation in political discourse: an analysis of nine cases. (Working Paper) Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights and Conflict, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University. 29 p.

Ichijo, Atsuko (2007) The role of 'Europe' in Northern Ireland. (Working Paper) Kingston upon Thames, U.K. : Helen Bamber Centre for the Study of Rights and Conflict, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University. 33 p.

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