You are here
Keiko Tamura
Keiko Tamura was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. After graduating in English from Kobe College, she moved to Canberra to carry out her post-graduate studies in anthropology. She was awarded a doctorate from the Australian National University in 2000 with a thesis titled, ‘Border Crossings: Japanese War Brides and Their Selfhood.’ As well as working as a freelance interpreter, she joined the staff of the Australian War Memorial from 1997 to 1998 and held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University from 2000 to 2001. She was a 2002 Harold White Fellow at the National Library of Australia where she carried out research on westerners in Japan based on the Harold Williams Collection. Currently, she is a senior research officer in the Australia–Japan Research Project at the Australian War Memorial and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University. Her academic interests cover a wide area including Aboriginal Australia, Australia–Japan relations, migration and women’s experiences of war.
Dr Tamura’s book Michi’s Memories: A Story of a Japanese War Bride was published in Canberra by Pandanus Books in 2001.
- Albrecht Dümling
- Andrew Hassam
- Angus Trumble
- Ann Moyal
- Aurelia George Mulgan
- Barry York
- Benjamin Penny
- Bernadette Hince
- Bob Reece
- Bridget Griffen-Foley
- Carl Bridge
- Carole Carpenter
- Carolyn Strange
- Christa Knellwolf
- David Branagan
- Frank Moorhouse
- Henry Reynolds
- Ian Britain
- Ian Hancock
- Jane Roberts
- Jemma Purdey
- John Warhurst
- Keiko Tamura
- Margaret Harris
- Margot Harker
- Martin Thomas
- Maryanne Dever
- Michael McClellan
- Pamela Gutman
- Patricia Clarke
- Paul Humphries
- Penny Olsen
- Professor Geoffrey Bolton
- Ross McMullin
- Ryan Dunch
- Sarah Dowse
- Simon Potter
- Thien Do
- Thomas Shapcott
- Veronica Brady
