Beatrice Bodart-Bailey
Beatrice Bodart-Bailey is a German Australian academic, author and Japanologist. She was named professor of economics at Kobe University, becoming "the first female and first non-Japanese person actually appointed by the Ministry of Education."[1]
Early life
Bodart-Bailey was born in Germany. Her early education was in German and British schools. She earned a BA at the Australian National University (ANU). Her master's and doctorate degrees were awarded at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at ANU in Canberra.[1] Her MA thesis investigated "The Political Significance of the Tea Master Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591)". Her 1980 Ph.D. thesis examined "Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu (1658-1714)".[2]
Her marriage to an Australian diplomat caused her to follow him as his career developed, including postings in Bangkok, Thailand and Ottawa, Canada.[1]
Career
In 1982-1986, Bodart-Bailey was a visiting professor at Ottawa University, teaching Japanese history.[2] She returned to ANU for post-graduate studies.[1]
Between 1986 and 1995, she was granted various research fellowships at ANU.[2]
In 1989-1990, she was awarded a Japan Foundation Fellow at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. She has been a professor in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, and at Kobe University.[2]
In 1991 she became professor of Japanese history at Otsuma Women's University, where she was a founding member of the Department of Comparative Culture.[1]
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Beatrice Bodart Bailey, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30+ works in 30+ publications in 2 languages and 170+ library holdings.[3]
- Tea and Counsel, the Political Role of Sen Rikyū (1977)
- Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu: a Reappraisal (1980)
- Kaempfer Restored (1988)
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646-1709): a Weberian analysis (1989)
- A case of political and economic expropriation : the monetary reform of the fifth Tokugawa shogun (1989)
- Engelbart Kämpfer (1990)
- 遙かなる目的地: ケンペルと德川日本の出会い (1999)
- The Most Magnificent Monastery and Other Famous Sights: the Japanese Paintings of Engelbert Kaempfer (1992)
- The Persecution of Confucianism in Early Tokugawa Japan (1993)
- ケンペルと德川綱吉: ドイツ人医師と将軍との交流 (1994)
- The Furthest Goal: Engelbert Kaempfer's Encounter with Tokugawa Japan (1995)
- Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed (1999)
- The Dog Shogun: the Personality and Policies of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (2006)
- ケンペル: 礼節の国に来たりて (2009)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e "Personality Profile: Beatrice M. Bodart-Bailey," Japan Times (Tokyo). June 24, 2006; retrieved 2011-05-14
- ^ a b c d Asiatic Society of Japan, Beatrice Bodart-Bailey; retrieved 2011-05-14
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M.