Juha Saunavaara Lecturer, History, Japanese Studies Office: HU356 Office hour: Wed 10-12 Phone: +358 8 553 3327 e-mail: juha.saunavaara (at) oulu.fi

Research and teaching:

• History of Japan, history of the Allied Occupation for Japan, political history of Japan

Research projects:

• The legacy of the occupation period in Hokkaido

Most important publications:

•"Kenellä on oikeus tulkita itää - Japanin vierauden ja ainutkertaisuuden korostaminen amerikkalaisten asiantuntijoiden toimesta 1942-1952", Vieraan Rajalla. Kari Alenius & Olavi K. Fält (toim.), Studia Historica Septentrionalia 64. Pohjois-Suomen historiallinen yhdistys, Rovaniemi 2012. (with English summary: Who does have the right to interpret the East? - The emphasis of the othenrness and uniqueness of Japan by American Japan specialists 1942-1952).

•”Japanin politiikka odottaa uudistajaa”, Ulkopolitiikka 4/2011.

•”Ajatuksia päätöksenteosta arkeologian ja historian tutkimuskohteena”, Faravid 35/2011, published by Pohjois-Suomen Historiallinen Yhdistys. (with English summary: Thoughts on decision making as a subject of study in history and archaeology).

•Triangle of Power - Relations between the Occupation Authorities, Conservative Politicians and Behind-the-Scenes Financiers in Postwar Japan. Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, 31 May 2011. http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/2011/Saunavaara.html

• "Under Pressure - External Influence on domestic Politics in Early Postwar Japan", Nation-building. National Identity and the Wider World. Japan and Finland in Transition, 1945–1990. Edited by Olavi K. Fält and Juha Saunavaara, Studia Historica Septentrionalia 60. Pohjois-Suomen historiallinen yhdistys, Rovaniemi 2010.

• In Search of Suitable Leadership - Japanese conservatives in occupation plans and policies 1945-1947. Doctoral dissertation, Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, B Humaniora 93. http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9789514261756/index.html?lang=en

• “Occupation Authorities, the Hatoyama Purge and the Making of Japan’s Postwar Political Order”, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. ID 3229. http://www.japanfocus.org/-Juha-Saunavaara/3229 (2009)

• “Gone with the Wind – Inukai Takeru (犬養健) and Narahashi Wataru (楢橋渡) in the Whirl of the Early Occupation Policy”, Faravid 33/2009, pp. 201-218, published by Pohjois-Suomen Historiallinen Yhdistys, Rovaniemi 2009.

• ”Ystävät vihollisten riveissä – Joseph C. Grew ja ”hyvien” japanilaisten olemassaolon todistaminen”, Ystävyyden Monet Kasvot, pp. 133-144, published by Pohjois-Suomen Historiallinen Yhdistys, Rovaniemi 2009. (with English summary: Friends among the Enemy Lines. Jospeh C. Grew and proving the existence of the “good” Japanese)

• “Rejected: Japanese Conservative Parties in Occupation Planning”, Faravid 31/2007, pp. 141-155, published by Pohjois-Suomen Historiallinen Yhdistys, Rovaniemi 2007.

• “Japanese history at the University of Oulu” (オウル大学における日本史研究, translated from English to Japanese by the publisher). Newsletter of Senryō - Sengoshi Kenkyūkai, June 1, 2007. Volume 1, 2007.

• Hyljeksittävästä hyväksyttäväksi - Miehitysviranomaisten suhtautuminen japanilaisiin konservatiivisiin puolueisiin 1945-1946 . University of Oulu, the department of history, master's thesis from the field of general history, spring 2005.