Masaki KOMORI, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University
Researcher, Institute for American Studies, Rikkyo University
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://masakikomori.com/
Museum studies; American cultural studies; public history; museum ethics; decolonization; history and politics of display; cultural politics; art, anthropology, and contemporary curatorial practice.
2019 Ph.D., Area Studies / American Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Dissertation: “Conflicts of Science in Museums: Case Studies of Medical Museums and Creation Science Museums in Contemporary America.”
2008 M.A., Area Studies / American Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo. Thesis: “The Emergence and Transformation of ‘Art’ in Japan.”
2004 B.A., History and Anthropology, College of Arts, Rikkyo University. Thesis: “A Theoretical Study in Anthropology Concerning Issues in the Representation of Culture.”
2025/4–present Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University.
2022/4–2025/3 Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University.
2019/4–2022/3 Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, Musashi University.
2022/4–present Researcher, Institute for American Studies, Rikkyo University.
2017/4–2019/3 Junior Fellow, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
2014/1–2017/1 Visiting Research Scholar, Department of History, Temple University.
2002/4–2009/3 Project Researcher, Toshima Historical Museum.