Current status Research assistant at the Chair of Japanese

Yola Gloaguen
Architect DPLG
[email protected]
Ph.D. in History of architecture
webpage:
(Modern architecture / Japanese studies)
http://www.crcao.fr/spip.php?article843&lang=en
Current status
Research assistant at the Chair of Japanese Civilisation Philology of Collège de
France (professor: Jean-Noël Robert)
Postdoctoral fellow at the East Asian Civilisations Research Center (CRCAO) (UMR
8155 - CNRS / EPHE / Collège de France / Université Paris Diderot), Paris, France
Fields of research
• History of modern architecture / construction
• History of modern Japan
• Circulation of knowledge
• Specific topics: artistic and technological exchanges between Japan and the Western
world / Vernacular architecture / Acculturation / The architectural design process / The
architectural profession
Education
2016
Ph. D. in History, École pratique des hautes études (Paris, France), with
summa cum laude.
Dissertation title: The villas Designed by Antonin Raymond in 1920s and
1930s Japan – A Synthesis Between Western Modernism and Japanese
Vernacular Houses.
Supervisor: Nicolas Fiévé.
2008
Ph. D. in History and Theory of Architecture, Kyoto University (Japan).
Thesis title: Towards a Definition of Antonin Raymond’s Architectural
Identity – A Definition Based on the Architect’s way of Thinking and Way of
Design.
Supervisor: Takamatsu Shin.
2000
Architecte DPLG - École d’Architecture de Paris la Villette, Paris.
1993
Baccalauréat A1 (literature and mathematics).
Research grants
2014
CRCAO and Research Center for Non Written Cultural Material (Himoji
shiryô kenkyû sentâ), Kanagawa University (3 weeks)
2011-2012
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Waseda University,
Tokyo (1 year)
2009
CRCAO and CNRS, Kyoto (2 weeks)
2007
Corporative Society of Construction (Shadan-hôjin kenchiku-gyô kyôkai) (1
year)
2001-2004
Japanese Ministry of Education (Monbushô) (5 years)
Teaching experience
2015
Japanese level 2 – Polytech Paris-UPMC / Paris Sorbonne University.
Japanese civilisation (history of Japanese art) – Paris Diderot University.
History of Japanese Art (19th-early 20th century) – Center for the Study of
History of Arts.
Research related events
2015
Co-organiser of the 4th edition of the Japanese Studies Doctoral Workshop
(ADEJ), Friday 11 December, EHESS (CRJ – SFEJ), Paris.
Research carried out for professionals
2016
Director’s assistant on the historical documentary adapted from the film
“Tokyo Phoenix” by Shinji Iwata; Direction: Olivier Julien; Coproduction:
CC&C (France) and NHK (Japan). (Ongoing project).
Task: bibliographical and iconographical research.
2013
Production assistant on the documentary Tokyo Phoenix: 100 Years of
Destruction and Rebirth in Colour. Direction: Iwata Shinji for NHK (Japan);
Footage restoration and colourisation: CC&C (France).
Task: making of the colourisation book.
Skills
Languages: French, English, Japanese
I.T.: Word, Excel, Power Point, Acrobat, File Maker Pro / Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign,
Autocad, WordPress
Networks
Member of Japarchi (scientific and thematic network of francophone researchers on Japan’s
city and architecture)
Member of SFEJ (French Society of Japanese Studies)