Matthew Penney, PhD
- Associate Professor, History
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Biography
Education
B.A. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Ph.D. University of AucklandTeaching activities
Courses
2017-2018
HIST 263/2 Section A
History of Japan
HIST 370/4 Section A
Japanese Popular Culture
HIST 889/3
PhD Seminar
Publications
Journal articles and book chapters
"Making History - Manga Between Kyara and Historiography”, in Manga and the Representation of Japanese History, ed. Roman Rosenbausm, London: Routledge, 2012.“Nuclear Nationalism and Fukushima”, Asia-Pacific Journal, March 2012.
“Exploited and Mobilized: Poverty and Work in Contemporary Manga”, Mechademia, Vol. 6, 2011, pp. 52-66.
“Manga from Right to Left: History and Ideology in Contemporary Manga” in Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World, edited by Timothy Perper and Martha Cornog, Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2011, pp. 151-170.
“Nationalism and Anti-Americanism in Japan: Manga Wars, Aso, Tamogami, and Progressive Alternatives”, Asia-Pacific Journal, April 2009.
“Foundations of Cooperation: Imagining the Future of Sino-Japanese Relations”, Asia-Pacific Journal, April 2008.
“Right Angles: Examining Accounts of Japanese Neo-nationalism” (with Bryce Wakefield), Pacific Affairs, Vol. 81, No. 4, Winter 2008, pp. 537-555. Reprinted in Critical Readings on Contemporary Japanese Politics, Vol. 2 (Leiden: Brill, 2012).
“Far from Oblivion: The Nanking Massacre in Japanese Historical Writing for Children and Young Adults”, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 22:1, 2008, pp. 25-48.
“‘War Fantasy’ and Reality: ‘War as Entertainment’ and Counter-narratives in Japanese Popular Culture”, Japanese Studies, Volume 27, Issue 1, 2007, pp. 35-52.
“The ‘most crucial education’: Saotome Katsumoto, globalization, and Japanese anti-war thought”, in Popular Culture, Globalization, and Japan, edited by Matthew Allen and Rumi Sakamoto, New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 192-201. [Available online here]
“China Comparisons: Images of China in Japanese Popular Non-Fiction”, Graduate Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 4:2 (2006).
“Rising Sun, Iron Cross: Military Germany in Japanese Popular Culture”, Japanstudien, Vol. 17, 2005.