The Society of Historical Studies on Chinese Women
About us
The Society of Historical Research on Chinese Women has been working mainly in the Tokyo area, Japan. The society was started by 4 scholars, including Reico Setsugu, Setsuko Yanagida and Kanako Maeyama in September 1977. Today, it’s membership has grown to over 100.
Our activities include a monthly seminar and yearly retreat, both of which promote reading and discussion of the historiography related to the subject.
The Association organ, Chugoku Joseishi Kenkyu(The Journal of Historical Studies on Chinese Women), was first published in 1989, and a volume of research has been issued every year since then.
We have published the following books:
Chugoku Josei Kaiho no Senkushatachi (Pioneers in Chinese Women’s Liberation),Tokyo: Nicchu Shuppan, 1984
(Trans) Zhonghua Quanguo Funü Lianhehui, Chugoku Josei Undoshi 1919-49 (History of the Women’s Movement in China: 1919-49),Tokyo: Ronso sha, 1995.
Ronshu Chugoku Joseishi (Collected Papers on the History of Women in China), Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1999.
Chugoku Josei no 100 nen: Shiryo ni miru ayumi (Chinese Women in the Last 100 years: As Seen through Historical Sources), Tokyo: Aoki shoten, 2004.