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)

21 - 40 of 162 works

2013

Journal Article

Eco-cities in Japan: past and future

Low, Morris (2013). Eco-cities in Japan: past and future. Journal of Urban Technology, 20 (1), 7-22. doi: 10.1080/10630732.2012.735107

Eco-cities in Japan: past and future

2013

Book Chapter

Gender and representation of the war in Tokyo museums

Low, Morris (2013). Gender and representation of the war in Tokyo museums. East Asia beyond the history wars: confronting the ghosts of violence. (pp. 107-124) edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Morris Low, Leonid Petrov and Timothy Y. Tsu. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.

Gender and representation of the war in Tokyo museums

2013

Book Chapter

Bridging the technology gap in Japan: technology, culture and identity from the late 19th to the 21st century

Low, Morris (2013). Bridging the technology gap in Japan: technology, culture and identity from the late 19th to the 21st century. Bridging the Technology Gap: Historical Perspectives on Modern Asia. (pp. 1-32) edited by Bae, Youngsoo and Soon Park, Buhm. Seoul, Republic of Korea: Seoul National University Press.

Bridging the technology gap in Japan: technology, culture and identity from the late 19th to the 21st century

2013

Book

East Asia beyond the History Wars: confronting the ghosts of violence

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa, Low, Morris, Petrov, Leonid and Tsu, Timothy Y. (2013). East Asia beyond the History Wars: confronting the ghosts of violence. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203084533

East Asia beyond the History Wars: confronting the ghosts of violence

2013

Book Chapter

Art, photography and remembering Hiroshima

Low, Morris (2013). Art, photography and remembering Hiroshima. East Asia beyond the history wars: confronting the ghosts of violence. (pp. 153-163) edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Morris Low, Leonid Petrov and Timothy Y. Tsu. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203084533

Art, photography and remembering Hiroshima

2013

Journal Article

Alexander R. Bay, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease

Low, Morris (2013). Alexander R. Bay, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease. Health and History, 15 (2), 123-125. doi: 10.5401/healthhist.15.2.0123

Alexander R. Bay, Beriberi in Modern Japan: The Making of a National Disease

2013

Book Chapter

Science, Christianity and Confucianism in the lives of An Jung-geun, Kotoku Shusui, Osugi Sakae and Lu Xun

Low, Morris (2013). Science, Christianity and Confucianism in the lives of An Jung-geun, Kotoku Shusui, Osugi Sakae and Lu Xun. Japan and the high treason incident. (pp. 184-195) edited by Masako Gavin and Ben Middleton. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203495940

Science, Christianity and Confucianism in the lives of An Jung-geun, Kotoku Shusui, Osugi Sakae and Lu Xun

2012

Journal Article

Technology of Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883-1945

Low, Morris (2012). Technology of Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883-1945. Isis, 103 (2), 423-424. doi: 10.1086/667510

Technology of Empire: Telecommunications and Japanese Expansion in Asia, 1883-1945

2012

Journal Article

Imperial Japan at its Zenith: the wartime celebration of the empire's 2,600th anniversary

Low, Morris (2012). Imperial Japan at its Zenith: the wartime celebration of the empire's 2,600th anniversary. Japanese Studies, 32 (1), 137-139. doi: 10.1080/10371397.2012.670095

Imperial Japan at its Zenith: the wartime celebration of the empire's 2,600th anniversary

2012

Journal Article

Physical anthropology in Japan: The Ainu and the search for the origins of the Japanese

Low, Morris (2012). Physical anthropology in Japan: The Ainu and the search for the origins of the Japanese. Current Anthropology, 53 (S5), S57-S68. doi: 10.1086/662334

Physical anthropology in Japan: The Ainu and the search for the origins of the Japanese

2011

Edited Outputs

Historia Scientiarum

Historia Scientiarum. (2011). 21 (1)

Historia Scientiarum

2011

Journal Article

The impact of Western science and technology on Ukiyo-e prints and book illustrations in late eighteenth and nineteenth century Japan

Low, Morris (2011). The impact of Western science and technology on Ukiyo-e prints and book illustrations in late eighteenth and nineteenth century Japan. Historia Scientiarum, 21 (1), 66-87.

The impact of Western science and technology on Ukiyo-e prints and book illustrations in late eighteenth and nineteenth century Japan

2011

Conference Publication

Science and christianity in the lives of Ahn Jung-geun, Kôtoku Shûsui and Ōsugi Sakae

Low, Morris (2011). Science and christianity in the lives of Ahn Jung-geun, Kôtoku Shûsui and Ōsugi Sakae. Centennial Commemoration of the High Treason Incident - Looking Backward from Australia, Gold Coast, Australia, 20-22 August 2010. Gold Coast, Australia: Bond University.

Science and christianity in the lives of Ahn Jung-geun, Kôtoku Shûsui and Ōsugi Sakae

2011

Book

坂田昌一コペンハーゲン日記: ボーアとアンデルセンの国で

坂田昌一 Shōichi Sakata and Morris Low eds. (2011). 坂田昌一コペンハーゲン日記: ボーアとアンデルセンの国で. Tokyo, Japan: ナノオプトニクスエナジー出版局 (Nano Optonics Energy Publications Office).

坂田昌一コペンハーゲン日記: ボーアとアンデルセンの国で

2011

Journal Article

Introduction

Low, Morris and Chung, Hyung-Min (2011). Introduction. Historia Scientiarum, 21 (1), 1-2.

Introduction

2010

Journal Article

Colonial modernity and networks in the Japanese empire: The role of Gotō Shinpei

Low, Morris (2010). Colonial modernity and networks in the Japanese empire: The role of Gotō Shinpei. Historia Scientiarum, 19 (3), 195-208.

Colonial modernity and networks in the Japanese empire: The role of Gotō Shinpei

2010

Book

Urban modernity. Cultural innovation in the second industrial revolution

Levin, Miriam R., Forgan, Sophie, Hessler, Martina, Kargon, Robert H. and Low, Morris (2010). Urban modernity. Cultural innovation in the second industrial revolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. doi: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262013987.001.0001

Urban modernity. Cultural innovation in the second industrial revolution

2010

Journal Article

Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan

Low, Morris (2010). Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan. Japanese Studies, 30 (3), 469-471. doi: 10.1080/10371397.2010.518939

Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan

2010

Journal Article

Alan K.L. Chan, Gregory K. Clancey, and Hui-Chieh Loy (eds.), Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine

Low, Morris (2010). Alan K.L. Chan, Gregory K. Clancey, and Hui-Chieh Loy (eds.), Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine. East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine, 32, 136-139.

Alan K.L. Chan, Gregory K. Clancey, and Hui-Chieh Loy (eds.), Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine

2010

Book Chapter

Promoting scientific and technological change in Tokyo, 1870-1930: Museums, industrial exhibitions, and the city

Low, Morris (2010). Promoting scientific and technological change in Tokyo, 1870-1930: Museums, industrial exhibitions, and the city. Urban Modernity. Cultural Innovation in the Second Industrial Revolution. (pp. 205-254) edited by Miriam R. Levin, Sophie Forgan, Martina Hessler, Robert H. Kargon and Morris Low. Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.; London, U.K.: The MIT Press.

Promoting scientific and technological change in Tokyo, 1870-1930: Museums, industrial exhibitions, and the city

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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