Rate My Professor Takashi Shogimen

A specialist in the history of political thought, Shogimen's research focuses on medieval European political thought (particularly William of Ockham), modern Japanese intellectual history (including Yanaihara Tadao), patriotism and nationalism, comparative political thought between medieval Europe and Tokugawa Japan, and linguistic theories of metaphors in intellectual history. Key publications include Ockham and Political Discourse in the Late Middle Ages (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Hangyakuzai: Kindai kokka seiritu no rimenshi [Treason: An unknown history of the making of the modern state] (Iwanami Shoten, 2024), Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Political Thought: Historiographical Problems, Fresh Interpretations, New Debates (co-edited with C. Jones, Routledge, 2023), "Rethinking Heresy as a Category of Analysis" (Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 2020), and "On the Elusiveness of Context" (History & Theory, 2016). His awards encompass the 35th Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities (History and Civilization Section, 2013), Marsden Grants from the Royal Society of New Zealand (2006–2007; 2008–2010), and the University of Otago Early Career Award for Distinction in Research (2006). Shogimen serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Religious History and the editorial advisory board of Nihon Kenkyu, and supervises research in political thought in Europe 1150–1650, medieval European history, modern Japanese intellectual history, and patriotism.