Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 2218
E-Mail:	l.black@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Institute for Area Studies, SAS China
Office Address:	Arsenaal Arsenaalstraat 1 2311 CT Leiden Room number 008

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Research

Fields of Interest
My research interests comprise International Relations Theory and East Asian Regionalism, Contemporary Maritime Affairs in East/Southeast Asia, and Japan’s International Relations. I am presently working on a book manuscript that will examine the foreign policy role of the Japan Coast Guard in the post-Cold War era. I am also developing the theoretical framework of my October 2006 dissertation, All at Sea? Japan’s Response to the Contemporary Maritime Security Threats Posed by Infidels, Pirates and Barbarians, to assess security threats posed by actors considered to be outside or hostile to the international society. This academic year, I teach three focus courses: “Security Issues in the International Relations of Japan”, “Security Issues in the International Relations of East Asia”, and “Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia”. I am eager to supervise theses on a wide range of issues relating to the field of International Relations and International Relations Theory.

Dissertation
PhD Sheffield University, UK. Dissertation title: “All at Sea? Japan’s response to the contemporary maritime security threats posed by infidels, pirates and barbarians” , Completed October 2006.

Curriculum Vitae

Education
2002 – 2006
PhD Sheffield University, UK. Dissertation title: “All at Sea? Japan’s response to the contemporary maritime security threats posed by infidels, pirates and barbarians”

2001 – 2002
MA (Distinction) Sheffield University, International Political Economy 1995 – 1999
BA (Hons) Durham University, Combined Honours in Japanese and History

1996 – 1997  
Kumamoto University, exchange program

Appointments
University Lecturer, International Relations of East Asia, Department of Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies, Leiden University, 2007-present

Grants and Fellowships
Monbushō Scholarship, 2003–2005
Monbushō Scholarship, 1996–1997

Awards and Honors
Liam Holden Prize, Department of Politics, Sheffield University, 2002

Publications

Black, Lindsay “Navigating the boundaries of international society: Japan’s response to piracy in Southeast Asia” in Takeda, H. and Hook, G.D. (eds.) Decoding Boundaries in Postwar Japan: The Koizumi Administration and Beyond, London: Routledge, Forthcoming

Black, Lindsay “The Foreign Policy Role of the Japan Coast Guard – balancing pacifist and internationalist norms”, Forthcoming

Black, Lindsay The Canary in the Coal Mine? – The Foreign Policy Role of the Japan Coast Guard, Book manuscript in progress.