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Kweku Ampiah

Kweku Ampiah
Name Kweku Ampiah
Affiliation Visiting Professor, African Studies Center - TUFS / Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds
E-mail k.ampiahtufs.ac.jp
HP https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/staff/548/kweku-ampiah
Key Words the political economy of Japan, Japanese diplomacy in the 1950s, Japan’s international relations
Academic Career October 1989 - April 1994 Doctor of Philosophy in political science at University of Oxford
September 1983 - July 1985 Master of Arts at University of Windsor
September 1978 - June 1982 Bachelor of Arts at International Christian University
Degree Doctor of Philosophy in political science at University of Oxford (2007)
Professional Career August 2010 - Present Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds
April 2015 - March 2018 Research Fellow, JICA Research Institute, Tokyo
August 2007 - July 2010 Lecturer, Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds
August 2005 - July 2007 Lecturer, School of Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh
Augusut 1994 - July 2005 Lecturer, Scottish Centre for Japanese Studies, University of Stirling
Major Works

【Books】

【Refereed Journal Articles】

【Book Contributions】

  • Ampiah, Kweku 2018. "Themes and thoughts in Africanists' discourse about China and Africa". In Chris Alden and Daniel Large (eds.), New Directions in Africa-China Studies. London: Routledge, pp. 73-87.
  • Ampiah, Kweku 2017. "The discourse of Datsu-A ron: Africa and Japan in the network of modern history and contemporary international politics". In Pedro Amakasu Raposo, David Arase, and Scarlett Cornelissen (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Africa-Asia Relations. London: Routledge, pp. 112-125.
  • Ampiah, Kweku 2008. "Japan at the Bandung Conference: An attempt to assert and independent foreign policy". In Makoto Iokibe, Caroline Rose, Junko Tomaru, and John Weste (eds.), Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s: From isolation to integration. London: Routledge, pp. 79-97.
  • Ampiah, Kweku and Sanusha Naidu 2008. "Introduction: Africa and China in the post-Cold War era". In Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Africa and China. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 3-19.
  • Ampiah, Kweku 2008. "The Ideological, political and economic imperatives in China and Japan's relations with Africa". In Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Africa and China. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 294-313.
  • Ampiah, Kweku and Sanusha Naidu 2008. "The Sino-African Relationship: Towards an Evolving Partnership?". In Kweku Ampiah and Sanusha Naidu (eds.), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?: Africa and China. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, pp. 329-339.
  • Ampiah, Kweku 2006. "Nigeria's fledgling friendship with Japan: The beginning of a 'special partnership'?". In Seifudein Adem (ed.), Japan, A Model and a Partner: Views and Issues in African Development. Leiden: Brill.
  • Ampiah, Kweku 2003. "Japanese investments in South Africa, 1992-1996: The state, private enterprise and strategic miinerals". In Chris Alden and Katsumi Hirano (eds.), Japan and South Africa in a Globalising World: A Distant Mirror. London: Ashgate.