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)

121 - 140 of 162 works

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

Physics and society: the development of particle physics in wartime and postwar Japan

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.

Review of Imperfect Conceptions: Medical Knowledge, Birth Defects and Eugenics in China by Fank Dikotter

2000

Journal Article

Review of Modern Asian Art by J. Clark

Low, M. (2000). Review of Modern Asian Art by J. Clark. Artlink, 20 (2), 73.

Review of Modern Asian Art by J. Clark

2000

Journal Article

Hybrid transplants at the Queensland Art Gallery

Low, M. (2000). Hybrid transplants at the Queensland Art Gallery. Artlink, 20 (2), 56-57.

Hybrid transplants at the Queensland Art Gallery

2000

Conference Publication

Chinese Science, Technology and Medicine: View from the Diaspora

Low, M. (2000). Chinese Science, Technology and Medicine: View from the Diaspora. Asian Studies Assoc of Australia Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3-5 July, 2000. Melbourne: Uni. of Melbourne.

Chinese Science, Technology and Medicine: View from the Diaspora

1999

Journal Article

The Japanese nation in evolution: W.E. Griffis, hybridity and the whiteness of the Japanese race

Low, M. (1999). The Japanese nation in evolution: W.E. Griffis, hybridity and the whiteness of the Japanese race. History and Anthropology, 11 (2-3), 203-234.

The Japanese nation in evolution: W.E. Griffis, hybridity and the whiteness of the Japanese race

1999

Edited Outputs

History and Anthropology

History and Anthropology. (1999). 11 (2-3)

History and Anthropology

1999

Journal Article

Review of S. Giffard, Japan Among the Powers, 1890-1990, and K. Moon, Sex Among the Allies: Military Prostitution in US-Korean Relations

Low, M. (1999). Review of S. Giffard, Japan Among the Powers, 1890-1990, and K. Moon, Sex Among the Allies: Military Prostitution in US-Korean Relations. Asian Studies Review, 23 (1), 113-114.

Review of S. Giffard, Japan Among the Powers, 1890-1990, and K. Moon, Sex Among the Allies: Military Prostitution in US-Korean Relations

1999

Journal Article

Review of R. Aldrich & J. Connell, The Last Colonies; R.F. Waters, T.G. McGee & Ginny Sullivan (eds) Asia-Pacific New Geographies of the Pacific Rim; H.A.Khan, Technology, Development and Democracy: Limits of National Innovation Systems in the Pag

Low, M. (1999). Review of R. Aldrich & J. Connell, The Last Colonies; R.F. Waters, T.G. McGee & Ginny Sullivan (eds) Asia-Pacific New Geographies of the Pacific Rim; H.A.Khan, Technology, Development and Democracy: Limits of National Innovation Systems in the Pag. Asian Studies Review, 23 (4), 543-544.

Review of R. Aldrich & J. Connell, The Last Colonies; R.F. Waters, T.G. McGee & Ginny Sullivan (eds) Asia-Pacific New Geographies of the Pacific Rim; H.A.Khan, Technology, Development and Democracy: Limits of National Innovation Systems in the Pag

1999

Journal Article

The changing ways of the warrior: Masculinity and the Japanese soldier during the Second World War

Low, M. (1999). The changing ways of the warrior: Masculinity and the Japanese soldier during the Second World War. Wartime, 6, 22-26.

The changing ways of the warrior: Masculinity and the Japanese soldier during the Second World War

1999

Journal Article

Review of D.P. Martinez (ed.) The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures

Low, M. (1999). Review of D.P. Martinez (ed.) The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Japanese Studies, 19 (3), 320-322.

Review of D.P. Martinez (ed.) The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures

1999

Book Chapter

The architecture of Japanese colonial science: The establishment of the Shanghai Science Institute

Low, M. (1999). The architecture of Japanese colonial science: The establishment of the Shanghai Science Institute. Current Perspectives in the History of Science in East Asia. (pp. 226-237) edited by Y.S.Kim and F.Bray. Seoul: Seoul National Univ. Press.

The architecture of Japanese colonial science: The establishment of the Shanghai Science Institute

1999

Book

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

Low, M., Nakatama, S. and Yoshioka, H. (1999). Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press.

Science, Technology and Society in Contemporary Japan

1999

Journal Article

The politics of knowledge: Science and evolution in Asia and the Pacific

Low, M. and Dureau, C. (1999). The politics of knowledge: Science and evolution in Asia and the Pacific. History and Anthropology, 11 (2-3), 131-156. doi: 10.1080/02757206.1999.9960911

The politics of knowledge: Science and evolution in Asia and the Pacific

1999

Journal Article

Japan, modernity and the Tokyo Olympics

Low, M. (1999). Japan, modernity and the Tokyo Olympics. Humanities Research, 2, 33-52.

Japan, modernity and the Tokyo Olympics

1999

Journal Article

Science and civil society in Japan: Physicists as public men and policymakers

Low, M. (1999). Science and civil society in Japan: Physicists as public men and policymakers. Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences, 30 (1), 191-225. doi: 10.2307/27757824

Science and civil society in Japan: Physicists as public men and policymakers

1998

Journal Article

Sites of desire, economies of pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific

Low, M (1998). Sites of desire, economies of pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific. Journal of Pacific History, 33 (2), 259-260.

Sites of desire, economies of pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific

1998

Journal Article

Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, technology and medicine in East and Southeast Asia

Low, M. (1998). Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, technology and medicine in East and Southeast Asia. Osiris, 13, 1-6.

Beyond Joseph Needham: Science, technology and medicine in East and Southeast Asia

1998

Edited Outputs

Osiris

Osiris. (1998). 13

Osiris

1998

Journal Article

Beyond Joseph Needham - Science, technology, and medicine in East and Southeast Asia

Low, MF (1998). Beyond Joseph Needham - Science, technology, and medicine in East and Southeast Asia. Osiris, 13, 1-8.

Beyond Joseph Needham - Science, technology, and medicine in East and Southeast Asia

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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