Chikako Takeishi Associate Member, IASS Associate Professor of Commerce, Chuo University, Tokyo B.A., Waseda University, Tokyo M.A., Harvard University Ph.D., Harvard University

As a scholar of the sociology of knowledge and nationalism, Chikako Takeishi has authored numerous works, including: "Communication Distances and Domination: Translation from Language to Language" (The Journal of Social Science, November 1992), "Main Currents in Theories of Nationalism" (Shizen, Ningen, Shakai, January 1993), and "Japanese National Identity in Transition: Who Wants to Send the Military Abroad?" (International Sociology, June 1996). As Assistant Professor of Commerce at Chuo University in Tokyo, she teaches courses in sociological theory, statistics for sociological analysis, the Social Research Seminar for upperclassmen, and the Seminar on Sociology of Knowledge. She is also a participant in the Tokyo Collaboration Program, teaching the Seminar for Tokyo Metropolitan High School Students. In her research she is currently pursuing the concepts of nationalism and science.