Ferran de Vargas

I am a political scientist and UKRI Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh. My main research interest is the study of political ideologies, democratic processes, and aesthetic movements in modern Japan. 

I completed a master's degree in Chinese and Japanese Studies at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Special Award), and a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Special Prize) as an FI grant holder (Generalitat de Catalunya - European Social Fund). Then I was a Juan de la Cierva-Formación postdoctoral grant holder (Spanish Government) at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (ALTER research team). Additionally, I have conducted research stays at Kobe University, Japan (JASSO grant holder, Japanese Government) and the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute, Kansai (Japan Foundation Program for Specialists in Cultural and Academic Fields).

I am the author of the book Izquierda y revolución. Una historia política del Japón de posguerra (Edicions Bellaterra, 2020), and I have published articles in academic journals such as positions: asia critique, The Sixties, Arts, L'Atalante, Estudios de Asia y África, Japan Forum, Film-Philosophy and Modern Asian Studies.