Benjamin Jeremias Schmidt
シュミット・ベンヤミン エレミアス
Doctoral Researcher / PhD Candidate
Social History, Cultural History, Regional History, Documents and Archiving Practices
German, Japanese, English
Hamburg , Germany
Generally interested in the social and cultural history of medieval and early modern Japan, as well as documentary culture and archiving practices in premodern societies. Currently a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures in Hamburg, where I work on a PhD project on the 'Production, Use and Transmission of Administrative Documents on the Village Level in Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan'.
BA, History and Japanese Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, 2021
MA, Asian Studies, University of Bonn, Bonn, 2024
Die Rolle der Infrajustiz in der Konfliktregulierung des frühneuzeitlichen Japan: Eine exemplarische Untersuchung anhand von Quellen des Dorfes Ōsone, ORIENTIERUNG: Zeitschrift für Kultur Asiens, 36 (2025): 55-95 .