Overview
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
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, Griffith University
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), Griffith University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Works
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2002
Journal Article
Introduction
Low, Morris (2002). Introduction. Asian Studies Review, 26 (2), 145-146. doi: 10.1080/10357820208713337
2002
Other Outputs
Railways
Low, M. (2002). Railways.
2002
Book Chapter
The reformatting of Japan for the people. Science, Technology and the New Economy
Low, Morris (2002). The reformatting of Japan for the people. Science, Technology and the New Economy. Japan - Change and Continuity. (pp. 179-191) edited by J. Maswood, J. Graham and H. Miyajima. London: Routledge Curzon. doi: 10.4324/9780203220474
2002
Other Outputs
Information Society
Low, M. and Buckley, S. (2002). Information Society.
2002
Other Outputs
Just-In-Time Delivery
Low, M. (2002). Just-In-Time Delivery.
2002
Book Chapter
Science Policy in Post-1945 West Germany and Japan: Between Ideology and Economics
Beyler , R. H. and Low, M. F. (2002). Science Policy in Post-1945 West Germany and Japan: Between Ideology and Economics. Science and Ideology: A Comparative History. (pp. 97-123) edited by Mark Walker. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315015002-11
2002
Book Chapter
Kagaku gijutsu to jendaa
Low, M. (2002). Kagaku gijutsu to jendaa. Kagaku kakumei no genzai shi. (pp. 180-197) edited by Shigeru Nakayama and Hitoshi Yoshioka. Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
2002
Other Outputs
Technology
Low, M. (2002). Technology.
2002
Journal Article
Book review: War, occupation and creativity: Japan and East Asia, 1920-1960
Low, M. (2002). Book review: War, occupation and creativity: Japan and East Asia, 1920-1960. Japanese Studies, 22 (3), 333-335.
2002
Book Chapter
Science, Technology and Gender
Low, M. (2002). Science, Technology and Gender. Science Revolutions. (pp. 180-197) edited by S. Nakayama and H. Yoshioka. Tokyo: Gakuyo Shobo.
2001
Journal Article
Assembled in Japan: Electrical goods and the making of the Japanese consumer
Low, M (2001). Assembled in Japan: Electrical goods and the making of the Japanese consumer. Journal of Japanese Studies, 27 (1), 168-172. doi: 10.2307/3591944
2001
Other Outputs
Domestic Technologies
Low, M. (2001). Domestic Technologies.
2001
Journal Article
Review of Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer by Simon Partner
Low, M. (2001). Review of Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer by Simon Partner. The Journal of Japanese Studies, 27 (1), 169-172.
2001
Book Chapter
Introduction
Low, M. (2001). Introduction. Science, Technology and Research and Development in Japan. (pp. 1-5) edited by Low, M.. London: Routledge.
2001
Journal Article
From Einstein to Shirakawa: The Nobel Prize in Japan
Low, M (2001). From Einstein to Shirakawa: The Nobel Prize in Japan. Minerva, 39 (4), 445-460. doi: 10.1023/A:1012740020275
2001
Journal Article
Review of Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects and Eugenics in China by Fank Dikotter
Low, M. (2001). Review of Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects and Eugenics in China by Fank Dikotter. The China Journal (45), 209-210.
2001
Conference Publication
Physics and society: the development of particle physics in wartime and postwar Japan
Low, Morris (2001). Physics and society: the development of particle physics in wartime and postwar Japan. International Workshop on Frontiers of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, China, 2 – 5 November 1999. WORLD SCIENTIFIC. doi: 10.1142/9789812810380_0006
2001
Book Chapter
Physics and society: The development of particle physics in wartime and postwar Japan
Low, M. (2001). Physics and society: The development of particle physics in wartime and postwar Japan. Frontiers of Theoretical Physics. (pp. 53-58) edited by F.Sakata, K. Wu and E-G Zhao. Singapore: World Scientific.
2001
Journal Article
From Einstein to Shirakawa: The Nobel Prize in Japan
Low, M. (2001). From Einstein to Shirakawa: The Nobel Prize in Japan. Minerva (39), 446-460.
2001
Book Chapter
The butterfly and the frigate
Low, M. (2001). The butterfly and the frigate. Science, Technology and Research and Development in Japan, Vol 1. (pp. 19-45) edited by M.Low. London: Routledge.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Under the Master's Eye: Agricultural Improvement on the Virginia Plantation, 1750-1820
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
'Chinese Inscriptions': Australian-Born Chinese Lives
Principal Advisor
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
THE BRISBANE OVERSEAS CHINESE COMMUNITY 1860S TO 1970S: ENIGMA OR CONFORMITY
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yuriko Nagata
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Doctor Philosophy
DEPTH IN THE FLOATING WORLD: WESTERN REALISM AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF TRADITIONAL SPACE IN LATE UKIYO-E LANDSCAPE PRINTS
Principal Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Japanese co-workers' view of their communication with EPA foreign nurse trainees
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kayoko Hashimoto
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Girls Reading/Writing/Re-Writing Male Homoeroticism in Japan: Intertextual Transformations in Shojo and Boys' Love (BL) Manga
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Reconsidering Professionalism: Women, Space and Art in England, 1880-1914
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Geoff Ginn
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Conducting English Classes in English in Japan: The Roles of Japanese Teachers and Native English-speaking Teachers in the New National Curriculum in Upper Secondary Schools
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kayoko Hashimoto
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