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MORTON, Robert
 
Organization
Faculty of Commerce Professor
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Degree

  • PhD ( University of Queensland )

Education

  • 2016
     

    University of Queensland   School of Communication and Arts   Creative Writing   doctor course   graduated

  • 1995.8
     

    ヨーク大学大学院   文学研究科   master course   completed

Research History

  • 2009.4 -  

    Chuo University Commerce Faculty Professor

  • 2002.4 - 2007.3

    Chuo University Commerce Faculty Assistant Professor   Faculty of Commerce

  • 2000.4 - 2002.3

    Chuo University Commerce Faculty Associate Professor   Faculty of Commerce

  • 1997.4 - 2000.3

    Keio University Commerce Faculty Visiting Lecturer   Faculty of Business and Commerce

Professional Memberships

  • Japan Association of Language Teachers

  • 日本アジア協会(The Asiatic Society of Japan)

  • The Japan British society

Research Interests

  • Life Writing

  • Western interactions with bakumatsu and Meiji Japan

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Japanese history  / Japanese history

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Europe and America  / ヨーロッパ史・アメリカ史

Papers

  • The Purest of Human Pleasures - A.B. Mitford and his gardens. Part 2: in Britain

    Robert Morton

    Shakkei   29 ( 2 )   25 - 29   2022.9

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  • The Purest of Human Pleasures - A.B. Mitford and his gardens. Part 1: in Japan

    Robert Morton

    Shakkei   29 ( 2 )   22 - 24   2022.9

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  • The Fifteenth Earl of Derby (1826-1893): Foreign Secretary Reviewed

    Robert Morton, Andrew Cobbin

    Britain and Japan: Biographical SecretaryPortraits, Renaissance Books/ Japan Society   10   195 - 207   2016

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  • Sir Henry Keppel (1809-1904) Reviewed

    Robert Morton

    Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits   ( 9 )   513 - 523   2015

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  • A.B. Mitford (1837-1916) Reviewed

    Robert Morton

    Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits   ( 8 )   117 - 129   2013

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  • A Melancholy Sight: Wellington and the Protectionists Reviewed

    Robert Morton

    Wellington Studies   ( 5 )   2012

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  • Greatest Living Englishman? The standing of the Duke of Wellington as seen at Queen Victoria's coronation

    Robert Morton

    Wellington Studies Ⅳ   ( 4 )   323 - 337   2008.7

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  • 東は東、西は西 Reviewed

    Robert Morton, 高遠裕子訳

    国際文化会館会報   17 ( 1 )   29 - 39   2006.7

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  • EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST Reviewed

    Robert Morton

    INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF JAPAN Bullentin   26 ( 1 )   18 - 28   2006.7

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  • Abstracts as Authentic Material for EAP Classes Reviewed

    Robert Morton

    English Language Teaching Journal   53 ( 3 )   177 - 182   1999.7

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  • "Singleness of Purpose": Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister to Japan, Korea and China, 1865-1885

    Robert Morton

    The Japan Society Proceedings   ( 157 )   82 - 95   2024

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  • Review of "British Engagement with Japan, 1854–1922: The Origins and Course of an Unlikely Alliance" by Antony Best

    Robert Morton

    The Japan Society Review   16 ( 1 )   2021.2

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  • Companion on the Way

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 9 )   248 - 252   2018.1

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  • Mr Mitford and the Birth of Robert Morton a New Japan: A Diplomat’s View of the Meiji Restoration

    Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 7 )   61 - 80   2016

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  • Making a Lot out of a Little

    Robert Morton

    Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 6 )   283 - 288   2014

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  • Just the Man: Lord Redesdale and the Garter Mission to Japan of 1906

    Robert Morton

    Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 4 )   2012

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  • Approximating the truth

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 3 )   247 - 255   2011.1

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  • Disraeli, Imagination and India

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 2 )   174 - 181   2010.1

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  • Not altogether as our ways: The first guidebooks to Japan

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   5 ( 1 )   158 - 170   2009.1

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  • Life, Learning and Luck

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan (Supplement)   4 ( 20 )   14 - 17   2006.1

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  • TURNING A MOB INTO A COMMUNITY : Okinawa, 1945-6

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   4 ( 20 )   71 - 84   2006

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  • Fulfilling their heaven appointed missions: Emperor Meiji and Queen Victoria

    Robert Morton

    Journal of the Institute of Cultural Science   ( 52 )   101 - 113   2005.2

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  • DISCLAIMING THE RIGHT AND DESIRE TO IMPOSE : RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE INDIAN MUTINY

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan (Supplement)   4 ( 19 )   53 - 72   2005

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  • If one governs the Land and benefits its People...

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   4 ( 18 )   119 - 125   2004

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  • Foreign Views of Japan in the Meiji Era

    Robert Morton

    Eigo-Eibei-Bungaku   43 ( 43 )   205 - 213   2003.2

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  • A Faithful True Friend : Queen Victoria and her Munshi

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   4 ( 17 )   109 - 113   2002.3

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  • Eagles Do Flock and Chrysanthemums can be found one at a Time:Individualism in the United States and Japan

    Robert Morton

    Eigo-Eibei-Bungaku   42 ( 42 )   291 - 302   2002.2

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  • Creating Intellectual Challenge for University EFL Students:Incorporating Critical Thinking into Intermediate Speaking and Listening Classes.

    Robert Morton

    Eigo-Eibei-Bungaku   ( 41 )   243 - 251   2001.2

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  • Interviews with the Gods

    Robert Morton

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   4 ( 16 )   77 - 80   2001.1

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  • Monolingual or Bilingual? An Analysis of Four Dictionaries with Reference to the Needs of Japanese University Students

    Robert Morton

    The Hiyoshi Review of English Studies   ( 33 )   151 - 170   1998.9

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  • Adding an Authentic Component to the EAP Classroom: An Investigation into Using Abstracts for Teaching Reading Skills

    Robert Morton

    The Hiyoshi Review of English Studies   ( 32 )   93 - 105   1998.3

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  • Four Dictionaries and a Dilemma.A comparative review of Monolingual learners' dictionaries

    Robert Morton

    The Hiyoshi Review of English Studies   ( 32 )   93 - 105   1998

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  • Perceptions about Journal Article Abstracts by native and non-native speakers of English Reviewed

    Robert Morton, R.Vassie, G.Low

    Abstracts and English   95 ( 1 )   1995.4

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Books

  • Sir Rutherford Alcock: First British Minister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870) to China

    ( Role: Sole author)

    Amsterdam University Press  2024.9 

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  • A Life of Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885

    Robert Morton( Role: Sole author)

    Renaissance Books  2021.1  ( ISBN:9781912961160

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  • Private Correspondence between Sir Harry Parkes and Edmund Hammond, 1869-1872

    Robert Morton

    Eureka Press  2019.11 

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    This is an annotated transcription of private correspondence between the British Minister (Ambassador) in Japan, Sir Harry Parkes, and the Permanent Under-Secretary in the Foreign Office, Edmund Hammond between 1869 and 1872.

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  • Private Correspondence between Sir Harry Parkes and Edmund Hammond, 1865-1868

    Robert Morton( Role: Sole author)

    Eureka/Routledge  2018.10 

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    Total pages:220   Language:English   Book type:Scholarly book

    The private correspondence between Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister in Japan and Edmund Hammond, the permanent under-secretary in the Foreign Office between 1865 and 1868, the years of the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji Restoration. The letters have been extensively annotated.

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  • British Foreign Secretaries and Japan 1850-1990: Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy

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    Renaissance Books Ltd  2018.6 

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    Total pages:310   Responsible for pages:30-42; 52-62   Language:English   Book type:General book, introductory book for general audience

    This book looks at British Foreign Secretaries and their relationship to Japan. Robert Morton looked at Lord Clarendon and Lord Derby in this respect.

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  • A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State: Letters Home

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    Renaissance Books  2017.9 

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    Total pages:248   Language:English   Book type:Scholarly book

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  • The diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow 1861-1869

    Ian Ruxton( Role: Joint author)

    Eureka Press  2013 

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    Total pages:390   Language:English   Book type:Scholarly book

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  • The Six Lives of Father Neal Lawrence

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    Yushodo Co. Ltd. / The Asiatic Society of Japan  2007.1 

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    Total pages:139   Language:English   Book type:Scholarly book

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Presentations

  • Book launch: 'Sir Rutherford Alcock: First British MInister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870)' Invited

    Robert Morton

    The Royal Asiatic Society of Japan  2024.9 

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  • Josiah Conder (1852-1920): 'The Father of Modern Japanese Architecture' Invited

    Robert Morton

    Informasia  2024.7 

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  • Josiah Conder's Great Hobby Invited

    Robert Morton

    Japanese Garden Society  2024.3 

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  • 'Abandon all hope, you who enter': Sir Rutherford Alcock and Japan (1859-1865) Invited

    Robert Morton

    Japan Society  2022.9 

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  • Sir Rutherford Alcock, RGS president and geographer of bakumatsu Japan

    Robert Morton

    Royal Geographical Society Conference, Newcastle, UK  2022.9 

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  • Is biography an appropriate vehicle for the serious telling of history?

    Robert Morton

    International Association for Biography and Autobiography (IABA) Conference, Turku, Finland  2022.6 

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  • A Life of Sir Harry Parkes: British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 Invited

    Informasia  2020.12 

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  • Singleness of Purpose: Sir Harry Parkes, British Minister to Japan, Korea and China Invited International conference

    Robert Morton

    The Japan Society, London  2020.11 

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  • ‘What War Ever Won a Better Treaty?’ The Bowring Treaty and Siam’s Interactions with the West Compared to Those of China and Japan.

    Robert Morton

    ICAS 11  ( University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands )   2019.7  ICAS

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  • A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State Invited

    Asiatic Society of Japan  2018.2 

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  • A Partial Witness: A.B. Mitford and the Birth of a New Nation Invited

    Robert Morton

    International Association for Japan Studies, Waseda University, Tokyo  2017.12 

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  • A.B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan as a Modern State Invited

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    Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation  2017.9 

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  • Monster or Trusted Friend? Sir Harry Parkes and the Meiji Restoration in Japan

    ICAS  2017.7 

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  • A Partial Witness: A.B.Mitford and the Meiji Restoration

    IAFOR  2015.5 

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  • A.B. Mitford in China

    International Association of Japan Studies  2014 

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  • The Making of a Diplomat in Japan? Ernest Satow in China, January – August 1862

    NZ/Asia Conference  2013 

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  • Prepare ye the way of the Lords: Wellington, Disraeli and the Protectionists

    The Fifth Wellington Congress  2010.7 

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  • Enough to kill any man: Gladstone and Queen Victoria

    The Gladstone Bicentenary International Conference  2009.7 

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  • Fulfilling their Heaven-Appointed Missions: Emperor Meiji and Queen Victoria

    日英協会第24回秩父宮妃記念レクチャー  2007.3 

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  • Greatest Living Englishman? The standing of the Duke of Wellington as seen at Queen Victoria's coronation

    The Fourth Wellington Congress  2006.7 

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Awards

  • Kokkiken Japan Study Award

    2018.7   Institute of National Fundamentals  

  • International House Essay Prize

    2006.4   International House   EAST IS EAST AND WEST IS WEST

  • International House Essay Prize

    2006  

Research Projects

  • POST-WAR JAPAN

    2005 -  

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    I concentrated on the Occupation and post-war Okinawa.

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  • Late 19th century German History

    2000 - 2004

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  • Late 19th century German History

    2000 - 2004

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  • FOREIGN VIEWS OF MEIJI JAPAN

    2003 -  

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    I am looking at the British diplomats in Japan in the late 1860s, particularly A.B. Mitford

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  • Individualism in the United States and Japan

    2001 - 2002

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  • Individualism in the United States and Japan

    2001 - 2002

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  • VICTORIAN HISTORY

    2001 -  

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    I concentrated on the politics of 1850-1880,
    especially the relationship between Queen Victoria and Benjamin Disraeli

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  • NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY

    2001 -  

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    I looked at the history of the Victorian era in general.

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