Born April, 1958, professor and dean, Graduate School of International Development, GSID, Nagoya University, Japan.
Academic Background
1994 Ph.D. Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles.

Areas of Specialization
- International Politics
- Middle Eastern Area Studies
- Gender and Development

Research Orientation
- Political, and Economic Development, and Democratization in the Middle East.
- Women and Development Issues in Islamic societies.

Some recent publications
2004
"Democratization in the Middle East," in Post-Westphalia Regime, edited by Kikkawa Gen & Kato Toshiaki. Nakanishiya Publishers (in print)
"International Soceity and Gender-A case study from the Reconstruction of Afghanistan," in Sciencing Gender, edited by Matsumoto Isako and Kanai Atsuko. Nakanishiya Publishers.
"Realities of modern Iranian Women," in The World of Islam, edited by Katakura Motoko, Umemura HIroshi, and Shimizu Yoshimi. Iwanami Shoten.
2003
"September 11th Attack and Peace in the Middle East," in Public Philosophy for Global Peace, edited by Public Philosophy Network. Tokyo University Press.
2002
Islam and Modernity. Fubaisya.
2001
"Decentralization and Local Autonomy in Indonesia" International Development Study Journal No. 20. pp.1113-130.
1999
"Politics and Women in Modern Iran &emdash; Socio-political Status of Women and the Change in Women's Issues in Post-Khomeini-era," Modern Middle East 26, pp.13-29.
1998
"Power, Ideology, and Women's Consciousness in Postrevolutionary Iran," in Women in Muslim Societies, edited by Herbert Bodman and Nayareh Tohibi, Boulder & London : Lynn Reinner Publishers, pp.83-100.
Professor Hisae Nakanishi joined TFF as Associate in 2004.