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Isami Sawai is a PhD candidate at the Department of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science. He received a LL.B. (2013) and M.Phil. in Political Science (2015) from University of Tokyo. In 2015-16, he worked as a research associate at the University of Tokyo. His research interests lie in modern East Asian international history, particularly in China and Japan’s transformation of foreign relations in the late 19th century. Sawai was a visiting research student at Peking University (Beijing) and at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei), in 2017-18.

Thesis provisional title

Between ‘Foreign Relations’ and ‘Diplomacy’: The Transformation of China and Japan’s Cultures of Foreign Policy-Making 1858-1881

Expertise

East Asian History, Foreign Relations, International History, World History, History of International Law, Japanese Diplomatic History