Prof. Dr. Simon Partner

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOther Areas of History
KeywordsJapanese History, Social History, Rural History, History of Technology, Microhistory

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityDurham
InstitutionDuke University
InstituteDepartment of History

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Harald FuessHeidelberger Centrum für Transkulturelle Studien (HCTS) (Karl Japsers Center), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2015

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Partner is well-known internationally for his three innovative books in modern Japanese history. His pioneering research established new academic fields such as daily life and consumer history, which have by now become the scholarly standard in Japanese studies and influential in the larger fields of social, rural and technological history. In Germany Professor Partner will work on the development of the treaty port of Yokohama during its initial turbulent decade after its opening in 1859.