James Morrison
- Affiliation: Saint Mary’s University
Dr. Morrison received a Commonwealth scholarship from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and completed his degree there in 1976. He worked as a research historian for Parks Canada until 1979 at which time he came to Saint Mary’s as Executive Director of the International Education Centre–a research/resource centre for International Development and Ethnic Studies. He served as Dean of Arts (1983-1989) and has also served as Chair of the Asian Studies Department and IDS. He was promoted to full Professor in 1990.
Dr. Morrison’s research and teaching interests are in Global history, South East Asia and Oral history. He has held visiting fellowships at Institute of South East Asian Studies (Singapore), Hokkaido University of Education (Japan) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (India). He is past president of the Japan Studies Association of Canada, Canadian Oral History Association, Nova Scotian Federation of Heritage and the Society for the Study of Ethnicity in Nova Scotia. Former Editor of FORUM the Canadian Oral History Association journal, Morrison is now the Book Review Editor for that publication. His book publications include oral history, military history, social history, ethnicity and adult education.
Books by James Morrison
Japan at Century’s End
Changes, Challenges and Choices
Edited by Hugh Millward, James Morrison
A timely compilation of 21 essays on the wide range of issues confronting Japan in the late 1990s. The authors provide a mainly Canadian perspective on domestic and international politics, the economy, business, technology, social issues, the environment, and more. The six major sections are introduced by the editors, and a comprehensive index allows cross-referencing of all topics. (more information)