Associate Professor Morris Low
Associate Professor

Morris Low

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Background

Dr Morris Low’s research interests include the history of Japanese science and technology, history of Australia-Japan relations, Japanese visual culture, and issues relating to identity.

His current research projects include: the history of nuclear power in Japan; and the history of Japan’s participation in international expositions and Olympic Games.

He is Editor of the East Asia Series of research monographs published by Routledge for the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).

Availability

Associate Professor Morris Low is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Historical studies History and philosophy of specific fields

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Griffith University
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Griffith University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Search Professor Morris Low’s works on UQ eSpace

162 works between 1988 and 2024
All (162) Journal Article (96) Book Chapter (39) Conference Publication (4) Book (10) Other Outputs (7) Edited Outputs (6)

1 - 20 of 162 works

2024

Journal Article

Book review: Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology. By Annika A. Culver

Low, Morris (2024). Book review: Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology. By Annika A. Culver. Japan Review, 39, 252-254.

Book review: Japan's Empire of Birds: Aristocrats, Anglo-Americans, and Transwar Ornithology. By Annika A. Culver

2023

Journal Article

Review of Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train By Jessamyn R. Abel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2022. Pp. ix + 289

Low, Morris (2023). Review of Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train By Jessamyn R. Abel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2022. Pp. ix + 289. Technology and Culture, 64 (1), 269-271.

Review of Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train By Jessamyn R. Abel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2022. Pp. ix + 289

2023

Journal Article

Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train

Low, Morris (2023). Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train. Technology and Culture, 64 (1), 269-+. doi: 10.1353/tech.2023.0008

Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World's First Bullet Train

2020

Journal Article

Book review: Behind the Exhibit: Displaying Science and Technology at World's Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century. Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, vol. 12. Edited by Elena Canadelli, Marco Beretta, and Laura Ronzon. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2019. Pp. 263.

Low, Morris (2020). Book review: Behind the Exhibit: Displaying Science and Technology at World's Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century. Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, vol. 12. Edited by Elena Canadelli, Marco Beretta, and Laura Ronzon. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2019. Pp. 263.. Technology and Culture, 61 (4), 1269-1270. doi: 10.1353/tech.2020.0153

Book review: Behind the Exhibit: Displaying Science and Technology at World's Fairs and Museums in the Twentieth Century. Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, vol. 12. Edited by Elena Canadelli, Marco Beretta, and Laura Ronzon. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2019. Pp. 263.

2020

Book Chapter

Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

Low, Morris (2020). Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Japan in Australia: culture, context and connections. (pp. 81-95) edited by David Chapman and Carol Hayes. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429196485-6

Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics

2020

Book

Visualizing nuclear power in Japan: a trip to the reactor

Low, Morris (2020). Visualizing nuclear power in Japan: a trip to the reactor. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-47198-9

Visualizing nuclear power in Japan: a trip to the reactor

2020

Book Chapter

East and Southeast Asia: a commentary

Low, Morris F. (2020). East and Southeast Asia: a commentary. Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context. (pp. 626-638) edited by Hugh Richard Slotten, Ronald L. Numbers and David N. Livingstone. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781139044301.034

East and Southeast Asia: a commentary

2019

Journal Article

[Book Review] Electrified Voices: How the telephone, phonograph, and radio shaped modern Japan, 1868-1945

Low, Morris (2019). [Book Review] Electrified Voices: How the telephone, phonograph, and radio shaped modern Japan, 1868-1945. American Historical Review, 124 (5), 1867-1868. doi: 10.1093/ahr/rhz857

[Book Review] Electrified Voices: How the telephone, phonograph, and radio shaped modern Japan, 1868-1945

2019

Journal Article

Godart, G. Clinton. Darwin, dharma, and the divine: evolutionary theory and religion in modern Japan. x, 301 pp., illus., bibliogr. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai‘i Press, 2017. £68.00 (cloth)

Low, Morris (2019). Godart, G. Clinton. Darwin, dharma, and the divine: evolutionary theory and religion in modern Japan. x, 301 pp., illus., bibliogr. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai‘i Press, 2017. £68.00 (cloth). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 25 (3), 639-640. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.13114

Godart, G. Clinton. Darwin, dharma, and the divine: evolutionary theory and religion in modern Japan. x, 301 pp., illus., bibliogr. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawai‘i Press, 2017. £68.00 (cloth)

2019

Book Chapter

Atoms for peace in Brussels and Osaka: World’s Fairs and the shaping of Japanese attitudes to nuclear power

Low, Morris (2019). Atoms for peace in Brussels and Osaka: World’s Fairs and the shaping of Japanese attitudes to nuclear power. World's Fairs in the Cold War: science, technology, and the culture of progress. (pp. 46-54) edited by Arthur P. Molella and Scott Gabriel Knowles. Pittsburgh, PA, United States: University of Pittsburgh Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvpbnqjx.7

Atoms for peace in Brussels and Osaka: World’s Fairs and the shaping of Japanese attitudes to nuclear power

2017

Journal Article

Review of Kerry Ross, Photography for Everyone: The Cultural Lives of Cameras and Consumers in Early Twentieth-Century Japan. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2015. Pp. xv, 234

Low, Morris (2017). Review of Kerry Ross, Photography for Everyone: The Cultural Lives of Cameras and Consumers in Early Twentieth-Century Japan. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2015. Pp. xv, 234. American Historical Review, 122 (5), 1596-1597. doi: 10.1093/ahr/122.5.1596

Review of Kerry Ross, Photography for Everyone: The Cultural Lives of Cameras and Consumers in Early Twentieth-Century Japan. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2015. Pp. xv, 234

2017

Journal Article

Contemporary Sino-Japanese relations on screen: a history, 1989-2005

Low, Morris (2017). Contemporary Sino-Japanese relations on screen: a history, 1989-2005. Journal of Japanese Studies, 43 (2), 458-462. doi: 10.1353/jjs.2017.0057

Contemporary Sino-Japanese relations on screen: a history, 1989-2005

2015

Journal Article

American photography during the allied occupation of Japan: the work of John W. Bennett

Low, Morris (2015). American photography during the allied occupation of Japan: the work of John W. Bennett. History of Photography, 39 (3), 263-278. doi: 10.1080/03087298.2015.1064613

American photography during the allied occupation of Japan: the work of John W. Bennett

2015

Journal Article

Review of 'Questioning Science in East Asian Contexts: Essays on Science, Confucianism, and the Comparative History of Science' by Yung Sik Kim

Low, Morris (2015). Review of 'Questioning Science in East Asian Contexts: Essays on Science, Confucianism, and the Comparative History of Science' by Yung Sik Kim. Isis, 106 (2), 415-416. doi: 10.1086/682755

Review of 'Questioning Science in East Asian Contexts: Essays on Science, Confucianism, and the Comparative History of Science' by Yung Sik Kim

2015

Book

World's fairs on the eve of war: science, technology and modernity, 1937-1942

Kargon, Robert H., Fiss, Karen, Low, Morris and Molella, Arthur P. (2015). World's fairs on the eve of war: science, technology and modernity, 1937-1942. Pittsburgh, PA, United States: University of Pittsburgh Press.

World's fairs on the eve of war: science, technology and modernity, 1937-1942

2014

Journal Article

Maximum Embodiment: Yōga, the Western Painting of Japan, 1912–1955 by Bert Winther-Tamaki

Low, Morris (2014). Maximum Embodiment: Yōga, the Western Painting of Japan, 1912–1955 by Bert Winther-Tamaki. Asian Studies Review, 38 (4), 700-701. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2014.963916

Maximum Embodiment: Yōga, the Western Painting of Japan, 1912–1955 by Bert Winther-Tamaki

2014

Journal Article

Review of 'The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo.' by Ian Jared Miller

Low, Morris (2014). Review of 'The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo.' by Ian Jared Miller. Isis, 105 (3), 656-657. doi: 10.1086/679160

Review of 'The Nature of the Beasts: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo.' by Ian Jared Miller

2014

Journal Article

In memoriam: Shigeru Nakayama (1928-2014)

Low, Morris (2014). In memoriam: Shigeru Nakayama (1928-2014). Historia Scientiarum, 24 (1), 25-28.

In memoriam: Shigeru Nakayama (1928-2014)

2014

Journal Article

Hanga: modern Japanese prints

Low, Morris (2014). Hanga: modern Japanese prints. Artlines, 2014 (2), 8-9.

Hanga: modern Japanese prints

2013

Journal Article

Maki Fukuoka. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Low, Morris (2013). Maki Fukuoka. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan. American Historical Review, 118 (4), 1162-1163. doi: 10.1093/ahr/118.4.1162

Maki Fukuoka. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Past funding

  • 2016
    Japan at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2015
    Japanese nuclear culture
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Configurations of conventional and non-conventional 'family' arrangements in Japan
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Japan's future on display: the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2000
    A History of Masculinity in Modern Japan.
    ARC Australian Research Council (Small grants)
    Open grant
  • 1999
    A history of Japanese visual culture
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Morris Low is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The South Sumatra-Singapore Cross-Border Trade and Political Networks, 1945-1950

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Patrick Jory

Completed supervision

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