Kenji ITO

Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
235 Science Center, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138, USA
Tel. 617-495-8759

E-mail: kenjiito@fas.harvard.edu


Education

Harvard University

Ph. D,, History of Science, (expected date of the completion of dissertation) June 2002

General Examination Fields: History of Physical Sciences (Peter L. Galison), History of Science in the 17th Century (Mario Biagioli), History of Modern Japan (Andrew Gordon)

General Examination Date: June 1998

Dissertation Title: Making Sense of Ryôshiron (Quantum Theory): The Introduction of Quantum Physics into Japan

University of Tokyo

Sci. M., History of Science, March 1992

Master Thesis Title: Establishment of the Standard Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (in Japanese)

University of Tokyo

B. A., History of Science, March 1990

B. A. Thesis Title: Bohr-Einstein Debate (in Japanese)

 

Fellowships and Awards

Harvard University, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, June to August 2000

Harvard University Center of European Studies. July to August 1998.

Fulbright Commission. September 1996 to August 1998

Nihon Ikueikai. April 1991 to March 1993.

 

Teaching Experience

Guest Lecturer

Harvard University, History of Science Department. April 9, 2001
Course title: History of Science 97b
Lecture title: Relativity theory and quantum mechanics

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University, History of Science Department. Spring 2001
Course title: History of Science 120/Physics 121

Teaching Fellow (Sophomore Tutorial)

Harvard University, History of Science Department. Spring 2001
Course title: History of Science 97b

Teaching Fellow (Sophomore Tutorial)

Harvard University, History of Science Department. Fall 2000
Course title: History of Science 97a

Teaching Fellow (Junior Tutorial Seminar)

Harvard University, History of Science Department. Spring 2000
Course title: History of Science 98r Junior Seminar "Interpreting Theories: Toward a Semantic Approach of the History of Science" by Kenji Ito

Head Teaching Fellow

Harvard University, Office of Core Education. Fall 1999
Course title: Science A-41 "The Einstein Revolution" by Professor Peter Galison
Supervisor: Prof. Peter Galison

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University, Office of Core Education. Spring 1999
Course title: Historical Studies A-18 "Science and Society in the 20th Century" by Professor Everett Mendelsohn
Supervisor: Professor Everett Mendelsohn

Graduate Writing Fellow

Harvard University, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Spring 1999
Program for teaching fellows to enhance the use of writing in teaching

Junior Tutor

Harvard University, History of Science Department. Fall, 1998
Supervised a student's writing a research paper

Teaching Fellow

Harvard University, Office of Core Education. Fall, 1998
Course title: Science A-41 "The Einstein Revolution" by Professor Peter Galison
Supervisor: Professor Peter Galison

Conference Papers (Including Future Talks)

Conferences and Sessions Organized

  • "You Youth Are Terrible People . . .": Student Culture and the Moral Economies of Modern Physics" History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Denver, November 2001.
  • "Redefining Physics: Science, Culture, and Politics in the 20th Century East Asia" History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, November 2000.

Publications

  • Yoshiyuki Kikuchi, Kenji Ito, and Yasu Furukawa, "Rudolf Clausius' Copy of Sadi Carnot's Reflexions: A New Look at Clausius' Access to Carnot's Work," Historia Scientiarum, 1996, 6: 31-36.
  • Kenji Ito, "Quantum Mechanics as a Philosophical Thought," in Chikara Sasaki et al., Thoughts on Exact Sciences, Iwanami Lectures of Modern Thoughts, vol. 11 (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1995), pp. 185-210 (in Japanese).
  • Togo Tsukahara, Mariko Shinoda, Kenji Ito, Noriaki Matsumura, Hironori Ayabe, Yasushi Kakihara, Eio Honma, Yosio Sugiyama, "A Review of the Scientific Activities of Philipp Franz von Siebold with Reference to the History of Science: A Study Concerning the Relationship between Siebold's Scientific Activities and the Fields of Colnial, Baconian and Humboldtian Science," Narutaki Kiyo, no. 6, 1996 (in Japanese).
  • Yoshiyuki Kikuchi, Kenji Ito, and Yasu Furuawa, "Rudolf Clausius' Copies of Sadi Carnot and J. R. Mayer's Books: Findings from the Charles Clarke Collection at Tokyo Denki University," Kagakusi Kenkyu, 1994, 33 : 221-225, (in Japanese).
  • Yasu Furukawa, Yoshiyuki Kikuchi, and Kenji Ito, "Rudolf Clausius' Copies of Sadi Carnot and J. R. Mayer's Books: Findings in the Charles L. Clarke Collection at Tokyo Denki University," Research Reports of the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, 1994, no. 14 : 65-75, (in Japanese).
  • Kenji Ito, Review of Ryoshi Rikigaku no Keisei to Ronri by Mitsuo Taketani and Masayuki Nagasaki, Historia Scientiarum, 1994, 3: 235-243 (in English).

Language

  • Japanese Native
  • German ZDaF score 110/120 (1998)