Dr Yuriko Nagata

Honorary Senior Fellow

School of Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Overview

Dr Yuriko Nagata’s research interests include: Japanese diaspora in Australia and Pacific, and culture in Japanese language studies.

Her current research projects include:

  • Cultural and social diversity in Japanese language material
  • The Japanese community of Torres Strait
  • The Japanese Diaspora in Australia: Gendered perspective

She was a member of the Conference Organising

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Adelaide
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, Indiana University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Meiji Gakuin University

Publications

  • Nagata, Yuriko (2018). A Nikkei Australian story: legacy of the Pacific war. Migrant nation: Australian culture, society and identity. (pp. 137-150) edited by Paul Longley Arthur. London, United Kingdom: Anthem Press.

  • Nagata, Yuriko and Nagatomo, Jun (2015). Japanese. We are Queenslanders: contemporary ulticultural tapestry of peoples. (pp. 225-227) Brisbane, Queensland: Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland.

  • Matthews, Julie and Nagata, Yuriko (2014). Pedagogies of the Japanese diaspora: racialization and sexualization in Australia. Migration, Diaspora and Identity: Cross-National Experiences. (pp. 141-155) edited by Georgina Tsolidis. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7211-3_9

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Nagata, Yuriko (2018). A Nikkei Australian story: legacy of the Pacific war. Migrant nation: Australian culture, society and identity. (pp. 137-150) edited by Paul Longley Arthur. London, United Kingdom: Anthem Press.

  • Nagata, Yuriko and Nagatomo, Jun (2015). Japanese. We are Queenslanders: contemporary ulticultural tapestry of peoples. (pp. 225-227) Brisbane, Queensland: Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland.

  • Matthews, Julie and Nagata, Yuriko (2014). Pedagogies of the Japanese diaspora: racialization and sexualization in Australia. Migration, Diaspora and Identity: Cross-National Experiences. (pp. 141-155) edited by Georgina Tsolidis. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7211-3_9

  • Nagata, Y. (2008). Naive patriotism: The internment of Moshi Inagaki in Australia during the Second World War. Under Suspicion: Citizenship and Internment in Australia during the Second World War. (pp. 112-124) edited by Beaumont, J., Marinuzzi O'Brien, I. and Trinca, M.. Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press.

  • Nagata, Y (2006). La guerre du Pacifique et les immigrs japonais en Nouvelle-Caldonie. Feu nos Peres: Les emigrants japonais en Nouvelle-Caledonie. (pp. 61-65) edited by M. Tsuda. Kyoto: Feu nos Peres Exhibition Committee.

  • Nagata, Yuriko and Sullivan, Kristen (2005). Hegemonic gender in Japanese as a foreign language education: Australian perspectives. Genders, Transgenders and Sexualities in Japan. (pp. 15-32) Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. doi: 10.4324/9780203346839

  • Nagata, Yuriko and Sullivan, Kristen (2005). Hegemonic gender in Japanese as a foreign language education: Australian perspectives. Genders, Transgenders and Sexualities in Japan. (pp. 15-32) edited by M. McLelland and R. Dasgupta. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

  • Shnukal, A., Ramsay, G. M. and Nagata, Y. (2004). Introduction. Navigating boundaries: The Asian diaspora in the Torres Strait. (pp. 2-11) edited by Anna Shnukal, Guy Ramsay and Yuriko Nagata. Pandanus Books: Canberra, Australia.

  • Nagata, Yuriko (2004). The Japanese in Torres Strait. Navigating Boundaries: The Asian Diaspora in Torres Strait. (pp. 139-159) edited by A. Shnukal, G. Ramsay and Y. Nagata. Canberra: Pandanus Books.

  • Nagata, Y. (2001). Certain types of aliens: The Japanese in Australia, 1941-1952. Relationships: Japan and Australia, 1870s-1950s. (pp. 217-240) edited by Paul Jones and Vera Mackie. Melbourne: History Dept., Univ Melbourne.

  • Nagata, Y. (2001). Japanese. Multicultural Queensland, 2001. (pp. 222-249) edited by Maximilian Brandle. Albert St., Brisbane: Multicultural Affairs Qld., Dept of the Premier and Cabinet.

  • Nagata, Y. (2001). Lost in space: Ethnicity and identity of Japanese-Australians 1945-1960s. Changing Histories: Australia and Japan. (pp. 85-99) edited by Jones, Paul and Oliver, Pam. Monash: Monash University Press.

  • Nagata, Y. (2000). 'A little colony on our own': Australia's camps in World War II. Alien justice : Wartime internment in Australia and North America. (pp. 185-204) edited by Kay Saunders and Roger Daniels. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland Press.

  • Nagata, Y. (1999). 'Send them all back': Repatriation of Japanese internees held in Australia during the Second World War. 1945 War and Peace in the Pacific: Selected Essays. (pp. 155-166) edited by P. Dennis. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australia War Memorial.

  • Nagata, Y. (1999). Once I couldn't even spell 'PhD student', but now I are one: Personal experiences of an NESB student. Supervising postgraduates from non-English speaking backgrounds. (pp. 15-24) edited by Yoni Ryan and Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt. Buckingham, UK & Philadelphia, USA: Open University Press.

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Nagata, Yuriko (2010). Nikkeiimin no shuyojo no seikatsu [The life in the Internment Camp]. Wakayama kara Sekai eno imin: Senjin no rekishi wo manabi, aratana kokusaikouryu e" [Overseas Emigration from Wakayama: Creating a new international exchange through understanding of the history of the emigrants], Wakayama, Japan, 2009.

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Completed Supervision