Research Experience
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2025.04-Now
Transcultural Studies, School of Culture, Media and Society, Waseda University Research Associate
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2022.04-2024.03
Research Fellow (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
WATANABE, Fumika
Affiliation
Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, School of Culture, Media and Society
Job title
Research Associate
Degree
M. A. in Literature ( 2020.03 Waseda University )
Education Background
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2020.04-2026.03
Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences Doctoral Student in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Research Areas
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History of Asia and Africa
Papers
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Silencing the "Voice of the Arabs": French Countermeasures to Egyptian International Radio Broadcasting in Protectorate Morocco, 1953–1956
Fumika Watanabe
Transcultural Studies 15 131 - 166 2026 [Refereed]
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The Nationalistic Thoughts of ‘Allāl al-Fāsī during His Exile in the Mashriq (1947–1956): The Relationship between the Arab World, the Maghrib, and Morocco
Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies 37 ( 1 ) 1 - 32 2021 [Refereed]
Presentations
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Tuning In to Cairo: Transnational Radio Broadcasting and Moroccan Independence Movement
Fumika Watanabe
Histoire Contemporaine du Maroc (XIX – XXI): Historiographies, Sources & Méthodes. L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris, France)
Presentation date： 2025.03
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Nationalism on Air: Moroccan Independence Movement, Ṣawt al-‘Arab, and the Role of International Radio Broadcasting
Fumika Watanabe
Middle East Studies Association 58th Annual Meeting, I-07: Advancing the Nation: Manifestations of Nationalism in Modern Southwest Asia and North Africa. Online
Presentation date： 2024.11
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Heroic Icons in Moroccan Nationalist Historiographies: Heritage and Legacy
Fumika Watanabe
International Workshop: Studies on the Middle Eastern Heritage Science II. Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (Borg el-Arab, Egypt)
Presentation date： 2024.11
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Talking on/as the Voice of the Arabs: Moroccan Independence Movement through Radio Cairo, 1953‒1955
WATANABE Fumika
The 40th Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Middle East Studies
Presentation date： 2024.05
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How to Mark “the First” in Moroccan History: Nationalist Narratives in Arabic Periodicals in the 1930s
Fumika Watanabe
International Conference “Memory and Identity in North Africa” at Faculty of Languages, Arts and Human Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir
Presentation date： 2022.12
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モロッコ・ナショナリズム運動における対外的言論活動とナショナルな語りの形成
渡邊文佳
第2回早稲田大学ナショナリズム・エスニシティ研究所 若手研究者研究発表会
Presentation date： 2022.03
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Appealing to the Mashriqi audience: Moroccan nationalist narrative in ‘Allal al-Fasi’s lectures
Japan Association for Middle East Studies Annual Meeting 2021
Presentation date： 2021.05
Research Projects
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保護領統治期モロッコにおけるラジオと越境するナショナリズムの関係史
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業
Project Year :
2025.07-2027.03渡邊 文佳
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Tuning In to Cairo: Transnational Radio, Diplomacy, and the Moroccan Struggle for Independence
FY 2024-2025 Waseda University Qatar Chair Faculty Grants for Special Research Projects Related to Islamic Area Studies
Project Year :
2024.10-2025.03 -
モロッコ・ナショナリズム運動再考：アラブ地域の思想と秩序をめぐる政治運動への視座
日本学術振興会 科学研究費助成事業 特別研究員奨励費
Project Year :
2022.04-2024.03渡邊 文佳