Dr Shogo Suzuki

• Lecturer at University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
• Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge, 2005-7
• Research Associate, Royal United Services Institute, London, UK, 2007-
• Visiting fellowships held at Peking University, China (2002, 2007), and Tokyo University, Japan (2002-3)
• Fieldwork experience in China and Japan
• Member of British International Studies Association and International Studies Association

International relations theory with reference to East Asia, Sino-Japanese relations, Chinese foreign policy, Japanese foreign policy

'Before the Expansion of International Society', joint research project with Professor Yongjin Zhang, University of Auckland and Dr Joel Quirk, University of Hull

'China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia', with the University of Leeds and University of Sheffield

'The New Protectorates: International Administration and the Dilemmas of Governance', Co-Organized by the Centre for International Studies, Cambridge University and the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin. (My own individual work for this project was partially funded by Universities China Committee)

'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? China and Africa: Engaging the World's Next Superpower', Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town

I am also developing individual research interests in Sino-Japanese reconciliation and Great Power identity in International Society, which draws on the insights of the English School theory of International Relations.

• POLI71022 China in the International System
• POLI20612 Chinese Politics Today
• POLI10200 Government 1 Introduction to Comparative Politics
• POLI70022 Elite Interviews

I have supervised a number of Masters theses at the University of Cambridge, and am currently supervising a PhD dissertation on Memory and East Asia, as well as a number of undergraduate dissertations on the international politics of Asia.

Publications Database

'The Importance of “Othering” in China's National Identity:  Sino-Japanese Relations as a Stage of Identity Conflicts', The Pacific Review, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 23-47

'Japan's Socialisation into Janus-Faced European International Society', European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 137-16

'China's perceptions of International Society in the nineteenth century: learning more about power politics?', Asian Perspective, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 115-144.

'The Social Expansion of the Modern State', published electronically in the Oceanic IR Conference website

Civilisation and Empire: China and Japan's Encounter with the European International Society. (Routledge, forthcoming)

Phd Students

Mr. Yin Wei (with Professor Maja Zehfuss)