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Omata Rappo, Hitomi
The HAKUBI Center for Advanced Research Program-Specific Associate Professor
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Research History
- From Apr. 2025, To PresentNara Prefectural University, Faculty of Regional Promotion, Associate Professor (tenured)
- From Oct. 2021, To Mar. 2025Kyoto University, Hakubi Center/Institute for Research in Humanities, Associate Professor
- From Apr. 2020, To Sep. 2021Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow
- From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020Sophia Univ., Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow
- From Sep. 2018, To Mar. 2019EHESS, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, CéSoR, Centre d'études en sciences sociales du religieux, Adjunct
- From Aug. 2017, To Jul. 2018Harvard University, History Department, Visiting Fellow
- From Sep. 2016, To Jul. 2017Boston College, Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies, Visiting Researcher
- From Sep. 2012, To Jun. 2013Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Resident Researcher
- From Aug. 2001, To Aug. 2002University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Japan Illinois Club Scholarship)
Profile
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The foundation of my research rests upon a fundamental question regarding the composition of historical narratives. Having experienced both life in the USA and Europe, one becomes acutely conscious of the prevailing tendency to craft the global narrative from their own vantage point. In essence, my research endeavors to illustrate that a portion of the historical discourse concerning Japan is, in reality, influenced by Western perspectives. The study of the pre-modern phenomenon of 'martyrdom' serves as a pertinent avenue for unveiling this phenomenon. Presently, I am delving deeper into exploring the broader implications of how history is both written and conceptualized.
I have received two of the most prestigious academic awards in Japan: the Japan Academy Medal and the 21st JSPS (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science) Prize.
I am a tenured professor at Nara Prefectural University, where I teach Global History.
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A new review of my first book in French (monograph, published in 2020) was published in "Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales".
[French] "Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales", Volume 78 , Issue 1 , March 2023, pp. 184 - 187, https://doi.org/10.1017/ahss.2023.60
The book has also been reviewed in French and Japanese as follows.
[French] "ASDIWAL: Revue genevoise d'anthropologie et d'histoire des religions" No. 16 (2021) https://www.asdiwal.ch/revue /pdf/no16/Asdiwal16-ComptesRendus14.pdf
[Japanese] The French-Japanese Society for Oriental Studies "Correspondence" vol. 45 (2022) http://www.classics.jp/sofjeo/tsushin/vol45.pdf
A recent Japanese-language monograph won the 45th Suntory Academic Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for Humanities in Japan. There are also reviews of the book.
Mainichi Shimbun (1 Apr 2023) 'This Week's Bookshelf' (by Ryoji Motomura, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo) https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230401/ddm/015/070/011000c
Shikoku Shimbun (11 Jun 2023) 'Mini book review' https://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/dg/article.aspx?id=K2023061100000000600
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Research
Research Interests
- Transcultural Studies
- Transculturation
- Interdisciplinary Research Methodology
- Science as Culture
- Shroud of Turin
- Relic
- Idolatry
- Miracle
- Digital Humanities
- Text Mining
- Intellectual History of Christianity
- Global History
- Cancel Culture
- History of Saints
- Catholic Church
- 日仏交流史
- 日欧交流史
- Conceptual History
- Cross Cultural Communications
- Christian History
Research Areas
Papers
- Exploring the History and the Commemoration of MartyrdomHitomi Omata Rappo福音と宗教, Mar. 2025, Invited, Lead author
- The Continuity of Veneration of the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki from the Early Modern to the Modern Period, according to Post-Canonization IconographyHitomi Omata RappoVaticano e Giappone, Progetto dei 100 Anni, Rapporto sulle Attività, Mar. 2024, Invited, Lead author
- Experiments on Miracles: The Science Promoting the Shroud of TurinHitomi Omata RappoGendai Shiso, Oct. 2023, Invited, Lead author
- A Journey to the Pagan Lands of an Imaginary Japan: the Ceremony Dedicated to ‘Cami’ and ‘Fotoque’ in ‘Chivanus Bungi rex’Hitomi OMATO RAPPOFrontières et altérité religieuse: La religion dans le récit de voyage XVI " -XX " siècle, 2019
- Le Japon mis en scène; du Collegio Romano au collège Saint-Michel de FribourgHitomi OMATO RAPPODie Wiederherstellung der Gesellschaft Jesu. Vorbereitung, Durchführung, Wahrnehmung, 2019
- From the distant Indies to the scenes of colleges : the reflections of the Japanese Martyrs in Europe (16th - 18th century)Hitomi OMATO RAPPO2016
- Die Asien-Mission auf der Bühne: Der Heilige Franz Xaver und das JesuitentheaterHitomi OMATO RAPPOKolloquium für Fortgeschrittene: Neuere und lateinamerikanische Geschichte, Apr. 2013
- Nicolas Trigault, Les triomphes chrétiens des martyrs du Japon, 1624, Livre cinquième, préface de Jean-Pierre LevetHitomi OMATO RAPPO
- From the Cross to the Pyre: The Representation of the Martyrs of Japan in Jesuit PrintsHitomi Omata RappoJournal of Jesuit Studies, May 2023, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author
- Cancel Culture Targeted Historical ConceptsHitomi OMATA RAPPOGENDAI SHISOU Special Issue: Frontiers of Knowledge - 23 Intellectuals Who Can Interpret the World Today, Jan. 2023, Invited
- Traveling relics between Japan and Europe (17th-18th century)Hitomi Omata RappoMetropolitan Historical Association, The journal of historical studies, Dec. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Invited, Lead author
- Tha Imago Primi Saeculi (1640) and Jesuit Views on Japanese Martyrs: The Symbolism of Carlo SpinolaHitomi Omata RappoBulletin of Association for the Study of Kirishitan Culture, May 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author
- “Silence,” Directed by Martin Scorcese — on the Crossroads of History and FictionHitomi OMATO RAPPOHistoire@Politique. Politique, culture, société (Revue scientifique du Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po), Jan. 2017, Peer-reviewed, Invited
- 【PDF Online】La quête des reliques au Japon (XVIᵉ-XVIIIᵉ siècle)Hitomi Omata RappoArchives de sciences sociales des religions, 2016, Peer-reviewed
- 【PDF Online】Le christianisme chinois en tant qu’hérésie; la capture et l’exécution de missionnaires dominicains dans le Fujian en 1746Hitomi Omata RappoASDIWAL; Revue Genevoise d’Anthropologie et d’Histoire des Religions, 2009, Peer-reviewed
Misc.
- 【PDF Online/Book Review】Martin Nogueira Ramos, La foi des ancêtres. Chrétiens cachés et catholiques dans la société villageoise japonaise, xviie-xixe siècles, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2019, 416 p.Omata Rappo; HitomiAnnales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, Jul. 2023, Invited, Lead author
- Sato Yoshiaki, "Martyrdom in Christianity"Hitomi Omata RappoShigakuzasshi, 2006
Presentations
- Transcending Distance to Demonstrate Sanctity. Comprehensive Account of the Beatification Proceedings for the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan within the Expansive Domain of the Spanish MonarchyHitomi Omata RappoTranscending Distance to Demonstrate Sanctity. Comprehensive Account of the Beatification Proceedings for the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan within the Expansive Domain of the Spanish Monarchy, 13 Dec. 2024, Invited
- History and Classification: Rethinking Disciplinary Boundaries through the Methods of the Digital HumanitiesHitomi Omata RappoWorkshop 「多様性尊重の深化に伴う科学的分類の再検討と再構築」, 22 Jun. 2024, Invited
- 【Long Paper】A Distant Reading of French Martyrologies from the Early Modern Era : Assessing the Impact of Literary Genres and Confessional Boundaries through Topic Modeling and Text-Reuse ExperimentsHitomi Omata RappoJapanese Association for Digital Humanities, Sep. 2024
- 事実のつくりかた──イメージと言説の再生産の紡ぐ歴史──Hitomi Omata Rappoサントリー文化財団フォーラム, 20 Feb. 2024, Invited
- Mining for Gold in the Textual Vein: A Text Mining Analysis of the Intertextuality between the Legenda Aurea and the Martyrologies of the Reformative EraHitomi Omata RappoTranscending the Tangibility and Intangibility: Religion and Media in Premodern East and West Eurasia, 26 Nov. 2023, Invited
- Japan, Korea, and China in Eighteenth-Century French Theater: A Reading of Tragedy, "Les Jammabos" (1779)韓国延世大学・成均館大学・東京大学東洋文化研究所・京都大学人文科学研究所合同シンポジウム「『脱境界』：移住、交渉、共生」, 17 Jan. 2023, Invited
- Considering Martyrdom as a Historical ConceptHitomi OMATA RAPPOTransculturation Research Group, 23 Dec. 2022, Invited
- Loyola, Xavier, Martyrs : The Sanctity of the Early JesuitsHitomi OMATA RAPPOConference of the Society of Christian Culture, 03 Dec. 2022, Invited
- Conditions for Martyrdom: Testimonies from the Trial for the Beatification of the Twenty-six Saints in NagasakiHitomi OMATA RAPPOJoint Research Project "The Formation and Development of Western Views of Japan," at International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 23 Oct. 2022, Invited
- Witness or be excommunicated? Jesuits converts and Dominicans Friars at the Apostolic Trial of NagasakiHitomi Omata RappoThe Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), 02 Jul. 2022
- 長崎２６聖人の列福・列聖とヨーロッパの日本観――200年にわたる殉教の表彰――小俣ラポー日登美バチカンと日本 100年プロジェクト, 10 Apr. 2022, Invited
- 近世から近代の西欧における日本殉教観の変転国際日本文化研究センター共同研究会『西洋における日本観の形成と展開』, 26 Feb. 2022, Invited
- 16-17世紀に日本で起こった殉教ーーその言説の西欧における形成小俣ラポー日登美批判的人種・エスニシティ研究会, 21 Nov. 2021, Invited
- 16−18世紀 西欧における殉教観の形成小俣ラポー日登美国際日本文化研究センター共同研究会『西洋における日本観の形成と展開』, 23 Oct. 2021, Invited
- 殉教をみるということ——近世ヨーロッパにおける日本からの聖遺物小俣ラポー日登美メトロポリタン史学会第１７回大会シンポジウム「前近代世界における宗教運動と文化交流の諸相」, 25 Sep. 2021, Invited
- 「聖なる肌色と身体的他者性の受容：「日本人」は近世ヨーロッパのキリスト教徒にどのように描かれたのか」（『信仰の世界地図——長崎２６聖人信仰の視覚化とその伝播をめぐって』）小俣ラポー日登美日本西洋史学会第71回大会, 12 May 2021
- Conférence pour la publication du livre "Des Indes lointaines aux scènes des collèges : les reflets des martyrs de la mission japonaise en Europe" (Aschendorff, 2020), répondant P.A. FabreHitomi Omata RappoSéminaire d’histoire des missions d’évangélisation (EHESS), 12 Mar. 2021, Invited
- 『殉教』という焦点：１７世紀の列福制度黎明期における日本殉教者の認定をめぐって小俣ラポー日登美日本西洋史学会第70回大会, 20 Dec. 2020
- The Beatification of the Twenty-six martyrs of Nagasaki: a Bridge between the Vatican and JapanHitomi Omata Rappo角川財団・朝日新聞スペシャル バチカンプロジェクト 特別シンポジウム, 07 Nov. 2020, Invited
- クレスパン、ヴェルステガン、トリゴー ——フランス語圏近世の『殉教伝』の系譜小俣ラポー日登美関西フランス史研究会, 20 Apr. 2019, Invited
- Japanese Martyrs in French Jesuit Drama (late 17th–early 18th century): Between Violence and BienséanceHitomi Omata RappoJesuits’ Drama on Martyrs in Japan, 29 Jun. 2018, Invited
- Jesuit Archeologies of the Crucifixion: From Trent to the Shores of JapanHitomi Omata RappoThe 64th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, 22 Mar. 2018
- Comment représenter les martyrs du Japon par l'emblème ? Les héros des terres de mission dans l'Imago primi saeculi (1640)Hitomi Omata Rappo11th International Emblem Conference, 03 Jul. 2017
- Visitors from the “Antipodes”: The Japanese embassy of 1585 as a proof of the triumph of roman CatholicismHitomi Omata RappoTo the Ends of the Earth, 04 Mar. 2017, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Uni. of Pennsylvania
- Un voyage dans les terres païennes du Japon imaginaire : La cérémonie dédiée à « Cami » et à « Fotoqué » dans « Chivanus, Bungi rex rex », une pièce de théâtre jésuite par Carlo Bovio (1614-1705)Hitomi Omata Rappo宗教的他者性の境界 ――16〜20世紀の旅行記研究, 02 Dec. 2016, Susanne Berthier-Foglar (ILCEA4), Gilles Bertrand (LUHCIE / IUF), Frédéric Meyer (LLSETI) et Andreas Nijenhuis-Bescher (CRULH)
- Making, writing, drawing true martyrs in Modern Europe: how to make ‘colored’ Japanese Counter-Reformation saintsHitomi Omata RappoWriting on Religion in the Modern Age (XVIth-XVIIIth c.), 14 Sep. 2016, Sangalli Institute
- La béatification des saints de ‘‘couleur’’. Discours et images des martyrs japonais à l’époque moderneHitomi Omata RappoLes religions face aux théories et aux politiques de la "race" (XVe-XXIe s.), 01 Jun. 2016
- Le Japon mis en scène; du Collegio Romano au collège Saint-Michel de FribourgHitomi Omata RappoDie Wiederherstellung der Gesellschaft Jesu, 03 Oct. 2014, Invited
- Die Asien-Mission auf der Bühne: Der Heilige Franz Xaver und das JesuitentheaterHitomi Omata RappoKolloquium für Fortgeschrittene: Neuere und lateinamerikanische Geschichte, 27 Apr. 2013, Uni. of Bern, Invited
- La quête des reliques dans la mission d'Extrême-Orient (XVIIᵉ-XVIIIᵉ siècles)Hitomi Omata RappoLes objets des antipodes. Collection, exposition, restitution, 04 Oct. 2011, École française de Rome
Books and Other Publications
- Where Facts Intersect: In Search of the Origins of Scientific ConversationHitomi Omata Rappo, Jean-Frédéric Schaub, Shun Satoh, Nobuhiro Minaka, Toru Matsumoto, Fukumu Tsutsumi, Editor, Between Faith and Evidence: Deconstructing the Scientific Experiments on the Shroud of TurinKyoto: Nakanishiya, Mar. 2025
- Europa ed estremo oriente Relazioni, incontri e conflitti nella prima età modernaA cura di; Stefano U. Baldassarri, Joint work, Louis Richeome and the Heretical Mirror of Japan. The Role of Japanese Idols in Early Modern Religious NarrativesFirenze: Le Lettere, Mar. 2025
- Saintetés jésuites Genre et Histoire (XVIe-XIXe siècles)Sarah Barthélemy; Philippe Desmette; Pierre-Antoine Fabre; Philippe Martin, Joint work, Immolées et crucifiées. Les martyres féminines et la recherche de la sainteté magdalénienne dans la mission japonaise (XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles)Presses universitaires de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Sep. 2024, Refereed
- Kirishitan 1622 Martyrdom, Canonization, Propaganda FideShinzo Kawamura, Yuko Shimizu, Joint work, Loyola, Xavier, Martyrs: The Sanctity of the Early JesuitsKyobunkan, Jan. 2024
- Le théâtre de collège au XVIII ème siècleNicolas Brucker, Joint work, Les Jammabos, ou les moines japonais (1779). Une parodie du théâtre jésuiteEditions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Jun. 2023, Refereed
- L'IMAGE PENSIVE Devises et emblèmes du XVIe au XXIe sièclePaulette Choné; Marie Chaufour; Jean-Jacques Chardin, Joint work, Comment représenter les martyrs du Japon par l’emblème ? L’Imago primi saeculi et ses représentations des héros des terres de missionL'Harmattan, Apr. 2023, Refereed
- Profiling Saints: Images of Modern Sanctity in a Global WorldElisa Frei, Joint work, Profiling The Japanese MartyrsVandenhoeck & Ruprecht, May 2023, Refereed
- Iwanami Lectures on World History, Vol. 15: Sovereign States and Revolutions, 15th-18th CenturiesHitomi OMATA RAPPO, Joint work, Information and Images of Japan in 17th- and 18th-Century EuropeIwanami Shoten Co., Mar. 2023
- 【Monograph】Japan as the Land of Martyrs : The Impact of the Japanese Mission in Early Modern EuropeHitomi OMATA RAPPO, Single workNagoya University Press, Feb. 2023
- Japan on the Jesuit Stage: Transmissions, Receptions, and Regional ContextsHaruka Oba; Akihiko Watanabe; Florian Schaffenrath, Joint work, Japanese Martyrs in French Jesuit Drama (Late Seventeenth–Early Eighteenth Century): Between Violence and BienséanceBrill, 2021, Refereed
- 【Monograph on the History of the Martyrdom in Japan】From the Distant Indies to the Scenes of Colleges: the Reflections of the Japanese Martyrs in Europe (16th - 18th century)/Des Indes lointaines aux scènes des collèges: Les reflets des martyrs de la mission japonaise en Europe (XVIe – XVIIIe siècle)Hitomi Omata Rappo, Single work, 単著Aschendorff, Nov. 2020, Refereed
- 【PDF Online】A la luz de Roma: Santos y santidad en el barroco iberoamericano. Volumen III. Tierra de santidadFernando Quiles García; José Jaime; García Bernal; Paolo Broggio; Marcello Fagiolo Dell’Arco, Joint work, Death on the Cross; the Beatification of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Nagasaki (1627) and the Iconography of the CrucifixionRoma Tre Press, Sep. 2020, Refereed
- 【PDF Online】Frontières et altérité religieuse: La religion dans le récit de voyage XVIᵉ-XXᵉ siècleHitomi Omata Rappo, Joint work, Un voyage dans les terres païennes du Japon imaginaire: la cérémonie dédiée à ‘Cami’ et à ‘Fotoqué’ dans ‘Chivanus Bungi rex’, une pièce de théâtre jésuite par Carlo Bovio (1614-1705)Presses universitaires de Rennes, Sep. 2019, Not refereed
- Die Wiederherstellung der Gesellschaft JesuHitomi Omata Rappo, Joint work, Le Japon mis en scène; du Collegio Romano au collège Saint-Michel de FribourgFreiburger Universitätsverlag, 2019, Not refereed
Awards
- 04 Feb. 2025第21回（令和6（2024）年度）日本学術振興会賞
- 04 Feb. 2025第21回（令和6年度）日本学士院学術奨励賞
- 11 Dec. 2023第４５回（２０２３年度）サントリー学芸賞 社会・風俗部門
External funds: Kakenhi
- 近世・近代世界におけるトランスカルチュレーションの比較研究Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-relatedAoyama Gakuin University安村 直己From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2025, Grantedトランスカルチュレーション;帝国;植民地;キリスト教布教;近世・近代転換期;キリスト教の布教;異文化理解;植民地主義;ナショナリズム
- Reexamination and restructuring of scientific classification in the context of deepening respect for diversityGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fieldsHitotsubashi University寺尾 智史From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2027, Granted多様性尊重の深化;多様性評価と分類;分類観の相互点検と学際研究の精度向上;学際研究の信頼性あるクロス・パラメ―ターの提案;多様性理解の社会還元
- 近世・近代世界におけるトランスカルチュレーションの比較研究Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)Basic Section 03010:Historical studies in general-relatedAoyama Gakuin University安村 直己From 01 Apr. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2025, Grantedトランスカルチュレーション;帝国;植民地;キリスト教布教;近世・近代転換期;キリスト教の布教;異文化理解;植民地主義;ナショナリズム
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Education
Teaching subject(s)
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Basic course of Modern Culture & History (Seminars)8656, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Basic course of Modern Culture & History (Seminars)8656, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Sociology (Seminars)7354, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025Sociology (Seminars)7354, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6956, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025European History (Seminars)6956, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Basic course of Modern Culture & History (Seminars)8656, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Basic course of Modern Culture & History (Seminars)8656, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Sociology (Seminars)7354, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024Sociology (Seminars)7354, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6956, Spring, Faculty of Letters, 2
- From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024European History (Seminars)6956, Fall, Faculty of Letters, 2
