含羞草研究室

Henry C.W. Laurence

Professor of Government and Asian Studies, Chair of Department of Government

Henry Laurence is a professor of Government and Asian Studies at 含羞草研究室.

He received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University and a BA from Oriel College, Oxford University. In 2007-2008 he was a Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and a Senior Associate Member of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He has also been affiliated with the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Tokyo, and the U.S.-Japan Relations Program at Harvard University.

Dr. Laurence researches media and politics, and has written extensively about press freedom, government interference and journalistic independence in Britain, Japan and the United States. He has served as a research affiliate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University, and his latest book is titled “The Politics of Public Broadcasting in Britain and Japan: the BBC and NHK Compared”.

Curriculum Vitae

 


Education

  • PhD, Harvard University, 1996
  • MA, Harvard University
  • BA, Oriel College, 1985