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Katja Schmidtpott is a professor of Japanology at Freie Universität Berlin, specializing in social and cultural history of Japan. She studied Japanology at Philipps-University Marburg, where she earned her Magister Artium in 1997. Schmidtpott was a research assistant at the Ruhr-University Bochum from 1997 to 2006. Her postdoctoral research was on the history and society of Japan, which led her to hold a W2 professorship starting in 2007 at Philipps-University Marburg. Schmidtpott has had various teaching engagements, including temporary lecturer positions at the University of Cambridge and Frankfurt University. Her research interests encompass modern Japanese history, food habits, urbanization, and German-Japanese economic relations. She has published several monographs and articles that address Japan’s historical development in these areas. Currently, she is also involved in various academic societies related to Japanese studies and has received multiple stipends for her research endeavors.
Freie Universität Berlin • Berlin, Germany
Professor for Social and Cultural History of Japan.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, UK
Engaged in teaching courses related to Japanology.
Philipps-Universität Marburg • Marburg, Germany
Led a professorship in 'Society and History of Japan'.
Administered by the Department of Political and Social Sciences.