Dr Chris Deacon

Academic Publications
My research across the international politics of memory and identity, focusing in particular on Japan-South Korea relations, has been published in a range of top International Relations journal outlets, and my first book will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2027. You can find these publications, and links to them, listed below.
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Book
Relational Pasts: The Conflictual International Politics of Memory and the Japan-South Korea History Problem. Cambridge University Press, expected publication Spring 2027.
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Journal articles
Remembering otherwise: Japanese and South Korean counter-memories of colonial history and the transformation of the history problem. Australian Journal of International Affairs (OnlineFirst)
Enabling international history wars: everyday mnemonic foreign policy in South Korean and Japanese popular culture. International Political Sociology 19(3), olaf018, 2025.
Mnemonic encounters: the construction and persistence of international ‘history wars’ and the case of Japan-South Korea relations. International Studies Quarterly 68(3), sqae114, 2024.
Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan. European Journal of International Relations 29(4), 1041-1065, 2023.
(Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute. The Pacific Review 35(5), 789-820, 2022.
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Works-in-progress
Globalising bilateral mnemonic conflict: litigating the ‘comfort women’ issue on the world stage. (Article under review)
The temporal politics of territorial disputes. (Article in preparation)
(In)significant Others: relational imbalance in international politics. (Article in preparation)
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You can also find my publication and citation information on Google Scholar, Web of Science and ORCID.