Kweku Ampiah BA ICU, Tokyo , MA Windsor, D Phil Academic Fellow in Japanese Studies Tel: 0113 343 4605 Fax: 0113 343 6741 Email: k.ampiah@leeds.ac.uk Current Research Interests Major Publications Undergraduate teaching Postgraduate teaching

Current Research Interests

• Japan 's Relations with Africa
• Post-war Japanese Diplomacy and International Relations
• International Political Economy
• Sino-Africa Relations

Major Publications

• "The Political and Moral Imperatives of the Bandung Conference of 1955: The Reactions of US, UK and Japan", London: Global Oriental, 2007.
• “Nigeria’s Fledgling Friendship with Japan: The Beginning of a ‘Special Partnership’?" African and Asian Studies, 2005, vol.4, no.4.
• "Japan and the Development of Africa: The Tokyo International Conference on African Development”, African Affairs, 2005, January, 2005.
• “L’Afrique du Sud dan la TICAD: un rôle pivot", Afrique Contemporaine, April, 2005, No. 212, April,
• "Japanese Investments in South Africa, 1992-1996: The State, Private Enterprise and Strategic Minerals", in Chris Alden and Katsumi Hirano eds., Japan and South Africa in a Globalising World: A Distant Mirror, London: Ashgate, 2003.
• “Noguchi Shika: the eternal mother of modern Japan”, Japan Forum, 2000, vol. 12, no.1.
• "The Dynamics of Japan’s Relations with Africa: South Africa, Tanzania and Nigeria", London: Routledge, 1997.
• “Japanese Aid to Tanzania: A Study of the Political Marketing of Japan in Africa”, African Affairs, 1996, vol.95, no.378.
  

Undergraduate teaching

• EAST 2224 Japan for Research (convenor)

Postgraduate teaching

• EAST 5021M Japan: Economics, Politics and Contemporary Society (co-teacher )