Yoshiaki TOKUNAGA

Last Updated :2026/04/15

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor
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

  • Doctor of Philosophy, 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

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 (accepted), 2026/04, 2029/03
  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