Ferran de Vargas

I am a political scientist and 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 East Asia, with a special focus on post-fascist Japan. 

I completed a master's degree in Chinese and Japanese Studies at Open University of Catalonia (Special Award), and a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies at Autonomous University of Barcelona (Special Prize) as an FI grant holder (Generalitat de Catalunya). Then I became a Juan de la Cierva-Formación postdoctoral grant holder (Spanish Government) at Open University of Catalonia (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.