Beatrice Bodart-Bailey is a German Australian academic, author and Japanologist. She was named professor of economics at Kobe University, becoming "the first female and first non-Japanese person actually appointed by the Ministry of Education."[1]
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Bodart-Bailey was born in Germany. Her early education was in German and British schools. She earned a BA at the Australian National University (ANU). Her master's and doctorate degrees were awarded at the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) at ANU in Canberra.[1] Her MA thesis investigated "The Political Significance of the Tea Master Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591)". Her 1980 Ph.D. thesis examined "Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu (1658-1714)".[2]
Her marriage to an Australian diplomat caused her to follow him as his career developed, including postings in Bangkok, Thailand and Ottawa, Canada.[1]
In 1982-1986, Bodart-Bailey was a visiting professor at Ottawa University, teaching Japanese history.[2] She returned to ANU for post-graduate studies,[1]
Between 1986 and 1995, she was granted various research fellowships at ANU.[2]
In 1989-1990, she was awarded a Japan Foundation Fellow at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. She has been a professor in the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, and at Kobe University.[2]
In 1991 she became professor of Japanese history at Otsuma Women's University, where she was a founding member of the Department of Comparative Culture.[1]
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Beatrice Bodart Bailey, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30+ works in 30+ publications in 2 languages and 170+ library holdings .[3]