Ted Boyle is an associate professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) in Kyoto, and the editor of Japan Review. He lectures at Kyoto and Kyushu Universities, and is a research associate at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University.

Ted researches borders in relation to maps and representation, territoriality, infrastructures, memory, and heritage. Recent publications include Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan’s Empire (Bloomsbury 2024) and Heritage, Contested Sites, and Borders of Memory in East Asia (Brill 2023).

Ongoing projects include research on borders of memory in Asia, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and a team research project on Island Japan: Fluid Bodies, Senses, Imaginaries. The Japan’s Borders in Globalization program at Nichibunken organizes publication workshops (Hokkaido 2024, Nagasaki 2025) for early career researchers in collaboration with BiG and others. See www.borderthinking.com for more.