Dr Olivier Ansart
BA, PhD, University of Paris
Lecturer
549 Brennan Building
+61 2 9351 4306
Dr Ansart carries out research on Japanese and East Asian intellectual history, focusing particularly on the political theories of Japanese Confucian thinkers of 18th century. He lectures on early modern Japanese history, the Tokugawa period, as well as social and political issues of contemporary Japan.
Current Projects
Dr Ansart is engaged in a study of some rationalist thinkers of the Tokugawa period, especially Kaiho Seiryō and Yamagata Bantō.
- Théorie de la justification politique [A Theory of Political Justification] (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2005).
- L’empire du rite – la pensée politique d’Ogyū Sorai [The Realm of Rites – the Political Thought of Ogyū Sorai] (Geneva: Droz, 1998).
Courses Taught
- ASNS 2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan
- ASNS 2636 The Enigma of Japanese Power
- ASNS 3690 / ASNS 5902 Approaches to Research in Asian Studies
- JPNS 3621 Japanese 7 – Readings
- JPNS 3672 Japanese Media Issues
Research Supervision
Japanese history; contemporary social and political issues in Japan; Japanese thought
