Curriculum Vitae HAMANAKA Shingo Department of Law RYUKOKU University 67, Tsukamoto-cho, Fukakusa Fushimi-ku, Kyoto city, Japan. 612-8577 Office: Room #410 4th floor Shiei-kan (Building #6). E-mail:
[email protected] EMPLOYMENT RYUKOKU University, Department of Law, Kyoto city, Japan. 2016-Present Professor of Middle East Politics. YAMAGATA University, Department of Systems Science and Computer Studies, Yamagata city, Japan. 2005-2016 Associate Professor of Political Science. YAMAGATA University, Faculty of Education. 2002-2005 Assistant Professor of Political Science. Ritsumeikan University, College of Law & College of Social Sciences, Kyoto, Japan 2000-2002 Visiting Lecturer. EDUCATION KOBE University, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe city, Japan. Ph.D. 2000 Political Science Thesis: Quantitative Research for Palestinian Political Attitudes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (in Japanese) M.A. 1995 Political Science Thesis: A Political Role of Histadrut (General Federation of Labor) during the era of Israeli State Building. (in Japanese) 1 WAKAYAMA University, Wakayama city, Japan B.A., cum laude 1993 Liberal Arts Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Graduate Student Program, Jerusalem, Israel 1995-96 Academic Year: (Major: Israeli Politics and Middle East Studies) Research Thesis: An Analysis of IDF’s Defense Policies in the Occupied Territories: Statistical Approach. RESEARCH INTERESTS Comparative politics and international relations theory. Political behavior and voting among Israelis and Palestinians, focusing