YOSHIAKI TOKUNAGA

Last Updated :2026/05/16

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
Web Site
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7140-4518
E-mail
ytokunaga1368gmail.com

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2026/04, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Education, Assistant Professor
  • 2024/04, 2026/03, Nihon University, The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Researcher
  • 2024/04, 2026/03, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Researcher
  • 2024/09, 2025/07, The University of Texas, Austin, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Visiting Scholar
  • 2024/04, 2024/06, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Visiting Research Fellow
  • 2020/04, 2022/09, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Researcher (DC2)

Educational Backgrounds

  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Area Studies, 2017/04, 2024/03
  • The University of Tehran, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Department of History (Visiting Student), 2018/04, 2020/02

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., The University of Tokyo

Research Keywords

  • Area Studies (Middle East)/ Iranian History/ Parliamentary History/ Legal History

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Middle East Studies Association, 2025/01
  • The Japanese Political and Legal Studies Association, JPLAS, 2024/05
  • Association for Iranian Studies
  • The Historical Science Society of Japan
  • Association for Islamic Studies in Japan
  • The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan
  • Japan Association for Middle Eastern Studies

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, World History
  2. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Regional Geography of the World
  3. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, History of Islamicate World
  4. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Seminar on World History Sources
  5. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Practical Seminar for the Teaching Profession
  6. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Special Study in Social Studies Education (Social Studies, Geography and History) A
  7. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Special Study in Social Studies Education (Social Studies, Geography and History) A
  8. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 2Term, Basic Course in Teaching Material Design for Community and History (Social Studies, Geography and History)
  9. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 4Term, Advanced Course in Teaching Material Design for Community and History (Social Studies, Geography and History)

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. The 1906–7 Iranian Constitution and its Parliamentarism during the Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911) [イラン国憲法典と議会主義：立憲革命期（一九〇五–一九一一）を中心として], Political and Legal Studies of Japan [日本政治法律研究], 181-208, 202507
  2. ★, Upholding "Parliamentary Supremacy": Mohammad Mosaddeq's Fiscal Reform Bills (1921) in Iran, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, 5(1), 93-115, 202505
  3. Re-“enacting” the Constitutional Revolution: First Amendment to the Iranian Constitution (1925) and Establishment of the Pahlavi Dynasty [立憲革命を「再演」する：イランにおける第1次憲法改正（1925）とパフラヴィー朝の成立], Ajia Keizai [アジア経済]: Monthly Journal of the Institute of Asian Economic Affairs, 66(1), 2-28, 20250315
  4. In Search of “Eliminating Unlawful Influence”: The Establishment of the Electoral Amendment 1304 (1925) on the Eve of Pahlavi Iran [「不法な影響力の排除」を目指して：パフラヴィー朝成立期のイランにおける1304年選挙法改正(1925)], Journal of Historical Studies [歴史学研究], 37-53, 202401
  5. ★, Between Parliamentary Control and Fiscal Discipline: The General Budget Act for 1303/ 1924-25 (1925) on the Eve of Pahlavi Rule, Middle Eastern Studies, 59(6), 995-1007, 202311
  6. The Discussions on Suffrage in Iran during the Early Reign of Rez̤ā Shāh: The Establishment of Article 1 of the Act of 22 Tir 1306 (1927) [パフラヴィー朝成立期のイランにおける選挙権をめぐる議論：1306年ティール月22日法第1条の制定過程], The World of Islam [イスラム世界], 94, 1-27, 202012
  7. The Fictive Kinship of the Safavids and the Mughals in Diplomatic Relations since the Seventeenth Century : Diplomatic Correspondence on the Qandahar Dispute [17世紀以降のサファヴィー朝・ムガル朝関係における両君主の擬制的な親族関係 : カンダハールの係争をめぐる外交書簡の分析を通じて], Toyo Gakuho [東洋学報]: The Journal of the Research Department of the Toyo Bunko, 100(4), 494-469, 201903

Publications such as books

  1. 2025/11, Principles and realities of the Iranian parliamentary system: parliamentary politics and Reza Shah's rule in the 1920s [イラン議会制の理念と現実 : 1920年代の議会政治とレザー・シャー支配体制], Principles and realities of the Iranian parliamentary system: parliamentary politics and Reza Shah's rule in the 1920s [イラン議会制の理念と現実 : 1920年代の議会政治とレザー・シャー支配体制], The University of Tokyo Press [東京大学出版会], jpn, Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 9784130261838, xi, 288p

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Current Trends in the Study of Modern Legal History [ｽｷﾏｻﾝｷﾞｮｳﾄｼﾃﾉｲﾗﾝｷﾝﾀﾞｲﾎｳｾｲﾄﾞｹﾝｷｭｳ], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2025/11/29, With Invitation, Japanese
  2. Election Fraud in the "Free Elections": Sixth National Assembly Election in Qom, Iran (1926), Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, The Middle East Studies Association's 59th Annual Meeting, 2025/11/23, Without Invitation, English
  3. Revival of Parliamentary Politics and Cabinet-led Reform: The Fiscal Reform of the first Ahmad Qavam Administration (1921–1922) in Iran, Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 14th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference, 2024/08/15, La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  4. Parliamentarism and Dictatorship: Potentials and Challenges of Parliamentary Studies in 1920s Iran [議会主義と独裁体制：1920年代イランに関する議会制史研究の可能性と課題], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, Workshop of ILCAA Joint Research Project, TUFS, 2024/07/22
  5. Prospects for the Study of Middle Eastern Constitutional Law: The Iranian Constitution and Its Parliamentary System [ﾁｭｳﾄｳｼｮｺｸﾉｹﾝﾎﾟｳｦｹﾝｷｭｳｽﾙｺﾄﾉｶﾉｳｾｲ: ｲﾗﾝｹﾝﾎﾟｳﾄｷﾞｶｲｾｲﾆﾁｬｸﾓｸｼﾃ], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2024/05/26, Without Invitation, Japanese
  6. In Search of "Free" Elections: The Establishment of the Electoral Amendment 1925 in Iran, Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, British Society for Middle Eastern Studies Annual Conference 2021, 2021/07/08, Without Invitation, English
  7. Revival of Parliamentary Politics: The Fiscal Reform Bills of Minister of Finance Mohammad Mosaddeq (1921–1922) in Iran [イランにおける議会政治の再始動：モサッデグ財相（1921–1922）の財政改革関連法案], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, The 37th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 2021/05/16
  8. Formation of the Pahlavi Dynasty and the Debate over Constitutional Amendment: The First Constitutional Amendment in Iran (1925) [ﾊﾟﾌﾗｳﾞｨｰﾁｮｳﾉｾｲﾘﾂﾄｹﾝﾎﾟｳｶｲｾｲﾛﾝ: ｲﾗﾝﾆｵｹﾙﾀﾞｲｲﾁｼﾞｹﾝﾎﾟｳｾｲﾃｲｷﾞｶｲﾉｶｲｻｲｵﾖﾋﾞｿﾉｴｲｷｮｳ], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2020/12/13, Without Invitation, Japanese
  9. Electoral Amendments and Nationalism on the Eve of the Formation of Reza Shah's Rule: The 1304 Electoral Amendment (1925) [ﾚｻﾞｰｼｬｰｾｲﾘﾂｷﾉｲﾗﾝﾆｵｹﾙｾﾝｷｮｾｲﾄﾞｶｲｶｸﾄﾅｼｮﾅﾘｽﾞﾑ: 1304ﾈﾝｾﾝｷｮﾎｳｶｲｾｲ(1925)], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2020/12/06, Without Invitation, Japanese
  10. The Discussions on Suffrage in Iran during the Qajar-Pahlavi Transition Period: The Establishment of the Article 1 of Act of Tir 22, 1306 (1927), Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, Structural Changes in the Modern Middle East: Revolution, Constitution, Parliament (The Eighth International Symposium of Inter-Asia Research Networks), 2019/12/14, With Invitation, English
  11. Relations between the American Financial Mission and the parliament in the Reza Khan administration: The General Budget Act for 1303/1924-25, Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Japan: The State of the Art (No.13), 2019/11/29, Without Invitation, English
  12. The Separation of Governmental Organizations and Parliament in the Reza Shah Period: The Establishment of Act of Tir 22, 1306 and Its Background, Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, Symposia Iranica's 4th Biennial Iranian Studies Conference, 2019/04/13, Without Invitation, English
  13. The Formation of the Parliamentary Budget System in Iran during the Early Twentieth Century [20ｾｲｷｾﾞﾝﾊﾝﾉｲﾗﾝﾆｵｹﾙﾖｻﾝｷﾞｹﾂｾｲﾄﾞﾉｶｸﾘﾂ], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2017/10/29, Without Invitation, Japanese
  14. Shifting Diplomatic Relations between the Safavid and Mughal States in the Late Seventeenth Century: Disputes over Qandahar [ｼﾞｭｳﾅﾅｾｲｷｺｳﾊﾝﾆｵｹﾙｻﾌｧｳﾞｨｰﾁｮｳ･ﾑｶﾞﾙﾁｮｳｶﾝｹｲﾉﾃﾝｶﾝ: ｶﾝﾀﾞﾊｰﾙｦﾒｸﾞﾙﾘｮｳﾁｮｳﾉｹｲｿｳﾆﾁｬｸﾓｸｼﾃ], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2017/05/14, Without Invitation, Japanese
  15. Safavid Rule in Sistan [ｻﾌｧｳﾞｨｰﾁｮｳﾉｽｨｰｽﾀｰﾝﾁﾎｳﾆｵｹﾙｼﾊｲﾉﾃﾝｶｲ], Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA, 2015/03/29, Without Invitation, Japanese

Awards

  1. 2025/05, 10th Research Encouragement Award, Japan Association for Middle East Studies
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  2. 2025/02, M. Matsushita Academic Award, K. Matsushita Foundation
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External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, The Implementation of Modern Legal Systems in the Middle East: The Dawn of Public Law Studies in Iran, 2026/04, 2029/03
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  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Law and Society in Modern Iran: Implementation of the modern legal system in the 1920s, 2024/04, 2027/03
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  3. Joint Research Projects, Election Fraud in the "Free Election": the 6th National Assembly Election in Qom, Iran (1926), 2024/04, 2024/06
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  4. Atsumi Scholarship, Parliamentarism and Dictatorship: Development of the Parliamentary System in 1920s Iran, 2023/04, 2024/03
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  5. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, 独裁体制の成立と議会：1920年代のイランにおける議会制の確立, 2020/04, 2022/09
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  6. K.Matsushita International Scholarship, 20世紀前半のイランにおける議会制の定着：立憲革命（1905年－1911年）, 2018/04, 2020/02
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Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. The Organizing Committee of The 40th Annual Meeting, Japan Association for Middle East Studies, 2023/09, 2024/05

Other Social Contributions

  1. UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassador Programme, Historical Experiences of the "Axis of Resistance", United Nations Institution for Training and Research, 2026/05/16, 2026/05/16, Lecturer, Seminar or workshop, General