Dr Yuriko Nagata

Honorary Senior Fellow

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

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