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SATOW, Morihiro （佐藤守弘）

as of April, 2013
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Ph. D. in Art Theory (Doshisha University)
Dean and Professor of Visual Culture Studies in the Faculty of Design, Kyoto Seika University
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Teaching Interests: History and Theory of Art, Photography, and Visual/Material Culture
Research Interest: Topography and Landscape in Modern Japan (Edo Doro-e, Yokohama Photographs, Pictorialist Photographs, etc.), Vernarcular Object-Images (Mourning Photograhy, Railroad Photography, etc.)

Employment

4/2013 to present, Kyoto Seika University, Professor (with-tenure) of Visual Culture Studies in the Faculty of Design. Full time.

4/2012 to present, Kyoto Seika University, Dean of the Faculty of Design.

4/2011 to 3/2012, Kyoto Seika University, Director of Academic Affairs.

4/2008 to 3/2013, Kyoto Seika University, Associate Professor (with-tenure) of Visual Culture Studies in the Faculty of Design. Full time.

4/2006 to 3/2008, Kyoto Seika University, Lecturer (with-tenure) of Visual Culture Studies in the Faculty of Design. Full time.

4/2004 to 3/2006, Kyoto Seika University, Lecturer in Visual Culture Studies in the Faculty of Fine Art. Full time.

Education

7/2005, Doshisha University, Ph.D in Art Theory

Dissertation: "Topografii no Shikaku Bunka-ron: 19 Seiki Kôki kara 20 Seiki Shotô no Nihon ni okeru Keikan Hyôshô no Shosô (Topography and Visual Culture: Landscape Representations in the Late Nineteenth Century to Early Twentieth Century Japan) [In Japanese]." Committee Members: KISHI Fumikazu (adviser), OTA Takahiko, KATSU Kunioki.

4/1997 to 3/2003, Doshisha University, Ph.D. Candidate, Aesthetics and Art Theory.

5/1995 to 5/1996, Columbia University, M. A. in Liberal Studies: East Asian Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Master's Essay: "Edo Doro-e: Gaze on Urban Space in Early Modern Japan [In English]." Adviser: Henry D. Smith II.

5/1992 to 10/1994, Columbia University, B. A. in Art History, School of General Studies

4/1986 to 3/1992, Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics

Awards

2012, 62nd Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (in Criticism)

2001, 7th Koen Shigemori Award for Photography Criticism

Books

2011, Topografi no Nihon Kindai: Edo Doro-e, Yokohama Shashin, Geijutsu Shashin (Topography and Japanese Modernity: Edo Doro-e, Yokohama Photography and Art Photography), Tokyo: Seikyu-sha [In Japanese].

Selected Essays and Articles [In English Only; see Japanese CV for Essays in Japanese]

2009, "Photography, Handwriting and Memory in the Obituary of Natsume Soseki," Impressions: The Journal of Japanese Art Society of America, No. 30 (The Japanese Art Society of America) 73-80.
2005, "Representing 'Old Japan': Yokohama Shashin and the Visual Culture of the Late 19th Century," trans. Lori Hitchcock Morimoto, Iconics: International Studies of the Modern Image, vol. 8 (The Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences) 37-54.
2004, "Tourist Gaze and the Picturesque in Early Yokohama Photographs," Aesthetics, No. 11 (The Japanese Society of Aesthetics) 185-191.
2002, "The City and Its Representation: Edo Doro-e as Visual Culture," Aesthetics, No.10 (The Japanese Society for Aesthetics) 75-86.

Selected Translations [To Japanese]

2010, Geoffrey Batchen, Burning with Desire: The Conception of Photography, Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 1997. [with MAEKAWA Osamu and IWAKI Akihisa]
2001, Gilles Mora, Photo Speak: A Guide to the Ideas, Movements, and Techniques of Photography, 1839 to the Present, New York : Abbeville Press Publishers, 1998. [with MAEKAWA Osamu, AOYAMA Masaru and KOBAYASHI Mika]
2001, John A. Walker and Sarah Chaplin, Visual Culture: An Introduction, Manchester: Manchester U. P., 1997. [with KISHI Fumikazu, INOMO Nobuyuki, MAEKAWA Osamu, AOYAMA Masaru]

Selected Lectures, Symposia, Conferences [In English Only; see Japanese CV for presentations in Japanese]

7/2012, 'Object of Trade, Object of Desire: Yokohama Photography and the Imagined Japan in the Visual and Material Culture in the Late Nineteenth Century," (Session :The Art of Trading Art: Negotiating the Economic Value of European Art in Asia and the Americas, 1600-1900), The XVIth World Economic History Congress: Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
3/2012, Moderator in "Anime, Animation and Contemporary Culture" and Panelist in "Visualizing Imagination," International Convention on Manga, Animation, Game and Media Art (ICOMAG 2012): National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
11/2011, "Vernacular Photographs as Global/Local Objects," Teaching and Research of Art History in a Global World (Panel 2: Local and Global): Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
6/2011, Discussant in "Reproduction and Appropriation in the Japanese Arts," The 15th Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ 2011）: International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
2/2011, Moderator in "What issues are inherrent in Media Geijutsu?," International Convention on Manga, Animation, Game and Media Art (ICOMAG 2011): Tokyo Midtown Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
7/2007, "Yokohama Shashin and Representation of Japan in the Late Nineteenth Century Visual Culture" (Panel 5: Redrawing Other's Space: Landscapes, Geographies, and the Formation of Identities in the Japanese Empire), The Assocciation of Representation and Culture Annual Meeting: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
5/2007, "Death of an Author: Photography, Handwriting and Memory in Natsume Sôseki's Obituary," Obijects and Images: Exploring Visual and Material Culture in Japan --A Symposium Honoring the Work of Henry Smith: Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.

6/2005, "Tourism, Photography and the Picturesque: Yokohama Photographs in Late Nineteenth Century Visual Culture," International Seminer: Le pittoresque aux limites du moderne/ The Picturesque on the limits of Modernity: Ecole d'Architecture Paris La-Villette, Paris, France.

7/2004, "Ways of Mourning: Photography and Memory" XVI International Congress of Aesthetics: Brazil Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

5/2001, "Tourist Gaze and the Picturesque in Yokohama Photographs" XV International Congress of Aesthetics: Kanda University of International Studies, Makuhari, Japan.

3/2000, "Doro-e and Edo Urban Composition"（Session 148: Interiority and Exteriority in Japanese Landscape Painting）, The Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting: Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego, U.S.A.

3/1998, "Doro-e in Edo Visual Culture: Urban-View Images as Media of Communication," The 6th JAWS Conference: Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Teaching

2013 to 2014. Niigata University, Part-time Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities: "Conparative Expression."
2012 to 2013. Ritsumeikan University, Part-time Lecturer
- Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences: "Applied Reading Seminer VIII."
2012 to 2013. University of Tokyo, Part-time Lecturer
- Fuculty of Letters/Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology: "Aesthetics and Art Theory: Visual Culture and Modernity."
2011 to 2012. Osaka City University, Part-time Lecturer
- Graduate School of Literature & Human Sciences: "Asian Culture and Urbanism II."
2009 to 2010. Konan University, Part-time Lecturer

Faculty of Letters: "Image Theory."

2009 to 2010. Niigata University, Part-time Lecturer

Faculty of Humanities: "Media Expressive Practice."

2006 to present, Kyoto Seika University, Associate Professor

Faculty of Art, Design and Manga: "Art Theory 1&2," "Theory of Photography," "Visual Culture1&2."

Faculty of Humanities: "Art Theory."

Graduate School of Design: "Design Theory," "Design Studies Seminer," "Project Planning Seminer."

Graduate School of Fine Art:"Seminer for Doctoral Students."

2006 to 2008, Kyoto Seika University, Lecturer

Faculty of Art, Design and Manga: "Art Theory 1&2," "History of Photography," "Theory of Photography," "Visual Culture1&2," "Art Theory Seminer."

Faculty of Humanities: "Introduction to Art Theory."

Graduate School of Fine Art: "Contemporary Art," "Art History," "Art Theory Seminer," "Seminer for Doctorial Students."

2006, Kobe University, Part-time Lecturer

Graduate School of Letters: "Reception of Art."

2006, Okinawa Prefectural University of Art, Part-time Lecturer

Graduate School of Fine Art: "Aesthetics Seminar"

2004 to 2006, Kyoto Seika University, Lecturer

Faculty of Art: "Intoroduction to Art Theory" "History of Photography," "Theory of Photography," "Japanese Art Histry for Foreign Students," "Art Theory Seminer," "Traditional Art and Craft of Kyoto."