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Toyo University Faculty of Literature Part-time Lecturer
2024.4 - 2025.3
Country：Japan
Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering Part-time Lecturer
2023.4 - 2025.3
Country：Japan
National Institutes for the Humanities National Museum of Japanese History Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Liberal Arts Communicator
2022.10 - 2025.3
Country：Japan
J. F. Oberlin University College of Global Communication Part-time Lecturer
2021.9 - 2025.3
Country：Japan
Yokohama National University College of Education Part-time Lecturer
2019.4 - 2019.9
Country：Japan
Niigata University Faculty of Economics Part-time Lecturer
2024.10 - 2025.3
Country：Japan
Tokyo University of Social Welfare School of Education Part-time Lecturer
2021.4 - 2022.9
Country：Japan
Kanagawa Prefectural Sagamihara Yaei High School Part-time Teacher
2020.4 - 2022.9
Country：Japan
Kanagawa Prefectural Hodogaya High School Part-time Teacher
2020.4 - 2021.9
Country：Japan
Hokkaido University Teaching Assistant
2016.10 - 2017.3
Hokkaido University Teaching Assistant
2015.10 - 2016.3
Hokkaido University Teaching Assistant
2015.4 - 2017.3
Hokkaido University Teaching Assistant
2015.4 - 2016.3
Hokkaido University Teaching Assistant
2014.10 - 2015.3
Niigata University Department of Interdisciplinary Economic Studies, Faculty of Economic Sciences Assistant Professor
2025.4
Niigata University Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academic Assembly Assistant Professor
2025.4
Hokkaido University Graduate School of International Media, Communication,and Tourism Studies Media and Communication
2016.4 - 2020.9
Hokkaido University Graduate School of International Media, Communication,and Tourism Studies Media and Communication
2014.4 - 2016.3
Ryukoku University Faculty of Intercultural Communication Department of Intercultural Communication
2012.4 - 2014.3
Ryukoku University Japanese Culture and Language Program
2010.9 - 2012.3
Country： Japan
University of Applied Sciences Kempten Department of Economics Business Economics
2005.10 - 2008.3
University of Central Arkansas
2007.8 - 2007.12
Society for Sociology of Warfare
2018.1
Japan Society for Animation Studies
2017.1
International Association for Japanese Studies
2015.12
日本映像学会
2024.5
スポーツ言語学会
2024.4
一般社団法人 人文知応援フォーラム
2023.4
German-Japanese Society for Social Sciences
2023.3
Association for the Studies of Culture and Representation
2022.4
Japan Council for teh Teaching of Foreign Languages
2022.4
Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik: Verband der Deutschlehrenden in Japan
2021.6
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens
2021.6 - 2022.5
Akademischer Arbeitskreis Japan
2020.5
Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics
2016.6 - 2024.3
Japan Society for Animation Studies Research and Education Committee
2024.8
Committee type：Academic society
Society for Sociology of Warfare "Sociology of Warfare" Editorial Committee
2024.4
Committee type：Academic society
Japan Society for Animation Studies Conference Planning Committee
2021.11 - 2024.8
Committee type：Academic society
Schlüssel- und Wendejahr 1993 – Anime zu Japans Weltkrieg um und ab Heisei Reviewed
Joachim Alt
MINIKOMI: Austrian Journal of Japanese Studies ( 88 ) 42 - 57 2020.12
World War II in Anime – A Portfolio Based Analysis Reviewed
Joachim Alt
The IAJS Journal ( 4 ) 3 - 14 2019.11
The Evolution of War Anime Depicting the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima Reviewed
Joachim Alt
The Japanese Journal of Animation Studies 20 ( 1 ) 31 - 41 2019.3
Political Categorization of WWII Anime with the Matrix Model Reviewed
Joachim Alt
The IAJS Journal ( 3 ) 9 - 20 2018.2
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Feature Length Animation Movies Reviewed
Joachim Alt
The IAJS Journal ( 2 ) 3 - 12 2016.11
Representations of War and Trauma in Anime - A History from 'Astro Boy' to 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' and Beyond
Mori Shigeyuki, Kawaguchi Shigeo, Joachim Alt, Yukimura Mayumi, Sano Akiko, Ue Akiko, 11 others（ Role： Joint author , War Anime and Trauma as an Anti-War Message）
Nippon Hyoron sha 2023.7 （ ISBN:4535564175 ）
Thinking with Animation
Joff P. N. Bradley, Maria Grajdian, Woosung Kang, Thomas Lamarre, Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, Chaoyang Liao, Edward McDougall, Harumi Osaki, Christophe Thouny, Toshiya Ueno, Pei-Ju Wu, Su-Chen Wu, Chen-Wei Yu, Joachim Alt（ Role： Joint author , Chapter 13: No Hope in 1945? - Story Framing and Film Semiotics in Anime on Japan’s War (227-246)）
Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2021.9 （ ISBN:1527571661 ）
- War and Post-War - A Comparison of Hiroshima and Shikotan in Anime Invited
Joachim Alt
ROLES Commentary ( 53 ) 2025.3
Japanese History in Popular Culture Connecting Japan with the World Invited
Joachim Alt
REKIHAKU ( 14 ) 60 - 61 2025.2
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Joachim Alt 【review】, Yoshiko Inui 【book】
Dokushojin ( 3528 ) 3 - 3 2024.2
Is This “Victimhood Mentality”? – Thinking about War Memory from the Perspective of Anime Invited
Joachim Alt
REKIHAKU ( 10 ) 88 - 90 2023.10
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Joachim Alt 【review】, Akihiro Yamamoto 【book】
The Book Review Press ( 29481-7/1 ) 5 - 5 2023.7
｛｝ Invited
Joachim Alt
( 226 ) 4 - 4 2023.4
Grave of the Fireflies 火垂るの墓 Reviewed
Joachim Alt 【review】, Alex Dudok de Wit 【book】
The Japanese Journal of Animation Studies 22 ( 1 ) 65 - 66 2022.3
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Joachim Alt 【review】, Ken'ichi Idehara 【book】
( 28 ) 113 - 117 2022.3
｛Rewriting History in Manga: Stories for the Nation｝ Invited Reviewed
Joachim Alt 【review】, Nissin Otmazgin 【editor book】, Rebecca Suter 【editor book】
( 26 ) 167 - 171 2020.3
- War and Post-War - A Comparison of Hiroshima and Shikotan in Anime Invited
Joachim Alt
QWS Academia Special: Does Animation Actually Reflect War Experiences? 2025.1
Not History, but Memory: The Image that Anime Draw of World War 2 Invited
Joachim Alt
The 450th Rekihaku Public Lecture 2024.2
｛｝ Invited
Joachim Alt
｛｝ 2024.1
｛｝ Invited
Joachim Alt
｛｝ 2024.1
Discussing the (Re-)Presentation of World War 2 in Anime
Joachim Alt
JSAA-ICNTJ2023 2023.9
Reading "Victimhood" in Anime on WW2
Joachim Alt
Mechademia Kyoto Conference 2023 2023.5
50 Jahre mediale Erinnerungskultur – Atombombe, Kriegsende, Anime Invited
Joachim Alt
Keio University Faculty of Letters "Im Apparat" 2022.8
Krieg und Frieden, Schuld und Unschuld: Luftangriffe in japanischen Zeichentrickfilmen (Anime) Invited
Joachim Alt
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens 2021.3
Sports, Gender, Motion: Volleyball Anime Past and Present
Joachim Alt
Mechademia 2025 Kyoto Conference 2025.6
{Acquisition, Analysis and Preservation of 'War Anime'}
Joachim Alt
Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences 51st Conference 2025.6
Uing a Portfolio to Analyze Anime Depicting War Invited
Joachim Alt
Niigata University Faculty of Economic Scienes Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies Program Study Session 2025.5
Bearing the Unbearable: The Early Post-War in Anime Invited
Joachim Alt
NIHU / Uni. of Bonn, joint symposium "Disaster and the Humanities: Preservation, Management, and Heritage" 2024.9
非公式英訳｛Representations of War and Symbols of Victimhood｝ International conference
Joachim Alt
Japanese Society for Animation Studies (26th Conference) 2024.8
The Diversity of "Victimhood Mentality" Invited
Joachim Al
"Representations of War and Trauma in Anime - A History from 'Astro Boy' to 'Puella Magica Madoka' and Beyond" Book Review Session 2024.7
Appearing Characters as an Analytical Angle for War Anime Invited
Joachim Alt
｛｝ 2024.1
The Depiction of War in Anime and the Role that Characters Play
Joachim Alt
｛｝ 2024.1
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Joachim Alt
｛｝ 2023.10
｛｝
Joachim Alt
Japanese Society for Animation Studies (25th Conference) 2023.8
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Joachim Alt
Society for Study of War and Warfare (14th Conference) 2023.4
A National Identity of 'Victims'? World War 2, Anime,Collective Memory, and Imagined Communities Invited
Joachim Al
2023.3
Depiction and Collective Memory of World War 2 in Japanese Animation - The Great Tokyo Air Raid of March 9/10, 1945 -
Joachim Al
Internal Research Presentation at the National Museum of Japanese History 2023.3
Considerations on the "Right to Victim Mentality" and Public Anti-War Sentiments
Joachim Alt
ROIS Crosstalk 2022 2022.12
Amateurism and Professionalism in Sports as Reflected in Japanese Cartoon Animation
Joachim Alt
Association for Studies of Culture and Representation 16th Annual Meeting 2022.11
｛The A-bomb and a Radio Announcement: The End of the War as Depicted in Japanese Animation｝
Joachim Alt
2022.10
Die Universität als elitärer Mikrokosmos
Joachim Alt
Keio University Faculty of Letters "Im Apparat" Workshop 'Utopie Universität' 2021.12
｛｝ Invited
Joachim Alt
2021.1
The Dilemma of Anime in Peace Museums
Joachim Alt
International Network of Museums for Peace (10th International Conference for Museums of Peace) 2020.9
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Joachim Alt
Japan Society for Animation Studies (22nd Conference) 2020.9
Whose Memory? – Of War Images in Anime
Joachim Alt
International Association for Japan Studies (15th Conference) 2019.11
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Joachim Alt
Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics (19th Conference) 2019.6
Media and Identity - (Imagined) Collective Memory as the Basis of National Identity?
Joachim Alt
International Association for Japan Studies: J.A.P.A.N. IN B.I.T.S – Wake Up! 2018.12
The War Through Their Eyes: Social Backgrounds of War Memory Authors and the Collective War Memory in Anime
Joachim Alt
Cultural Typhoon 2018 2018.6
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Joachim Alt
Japan Society for Animation Studies (20th Conference) 2018.6
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Joachim Alt
Society for Study of War and Warfare (9th Conference) 2018.4
From Hadashi no Gen to Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni: The Development of War Time Hiroshima in Anime
Joachim Alt
Hokkaido Univ., Leeds Univ., Sheffield Univ., Helsinki Univ. joint TLLP Helsinki Session 2017.9
Places and Depictions of Victims, Aggressors and the Enemy: The Japanese Collective Memory of the Asia Pacific War in Animation
Joachim Alt
International Association for Japan Studies (12th Conference) 2016.12
｛The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Feature Length Animation Movies｝
Joachim Alt
Japan Society for Studies in Cartoons and Comics (16th Conference) 2016.6
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Feature Length Animation Movies
Joachim Alt
International Association for Japan Studies (11th Conference) 2015.12
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Feature Length Animation Movies
Joachim Alt
Hokkaido Univ., Leeds Univ., Sheffield Univ. joint TLLP Sheffield Session 2015.6
Active and Selective Watching of Anime as a Means of Studying Japanese Culture and Society
Joachim Alt
Hokkaido Univ., Leeds Univ., Sheffield Univ. joint TLLP Sapporo Session 2014.9
【ドイツ語】Zur Funktion des Kriegsendes in Anime über den 2. Weltkrieg Invited
Joachim Alt
2024.11
【ドイツ語】Zur Funktion des Kriegsendes in Anime über den 2. Weltkrieg Invited
Joachim Alt
2024.10
What does “Victimhood” mean in Anime on World War 2? Invited
Joachim Alt
2023 Modern Japanese Studie Program Lecture and Workshop Series 2023.10
1945 als Ende aller Hoffnung? – Wenn in Anime Kinder sterben Invited
Joachim Alt
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens 2023.9
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Joachim Al
Doshisha University (Kyotanabe) "Contemporary Cultural Studies" Guest Lecture 2023.7
No Hope in 1945? – Story Framing and Film Semiotics in Anime on Japan’s War Invited
Joachim Alt
Hong Kong Baptist University 2021.11
Honganji Award
2014.3 Ryukoku University
Introduction to the History of Japanese Studies
Level：Undergraduate (specialized) Country：Japan
Beginner's German II B
Representation of Japanese Culture IB
Beginner's German I B
Representation of Japanese Culture IA
Japanese Culture: Family
Japanese Culture: Gender Representation
Contemporary Japanese Subculture Studies
Film and Society
Liberal Arts Communication
Beginner's German II B
Liberal Arts Communication
Level：Graduate (liberal arts)
Beginner's German I B
Japanese Culture: Family
German I
American Culture and Language I
Introduction to Multicultural Understanding
Japanese Culture: Family
Introduction to Multicultural Understanding
American Culture and Language II
Japanese Culture: Gender Representation
Japanese Culture: Family
Multicultural Communication
German II
German I
American Culture and Language I
German I (3rd year students)
Introduction to Multicultural Understanding
German I (2nd year students)
German I (2nd year students)
German I
Guest Lecture
Role(s)： Appearance, Advisor
Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Suiran High School 2024.2
Stereotypes, Communication, High and Low Context Cultures and Culture Shock
Role(s)： Lecturer
Kanagawa Prefectural Yokohama Senior High School of International Studies 2021 Career Camp 2021.3
