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I have been Assistant Professor in the History of Modern Japan at Trinity since 2026. I have previously held teaching positions at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Oxford, and the University of Cambridge, and was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University from 2019 to 2020. I received my DPhil in History from the University of Oxford.

Research Tags

History of Science History of Technology Intellectual History Japanese History Transnational History

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Publications

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Lewis Bremner, The History of Science and the Global Turn of the Screw, British Journal for the History of Science, 58, (1), 2025, Review Article, PUBLISHED DOI URL

Lewis Bremner, Manimporok Dotulong, Sho Konishi (eds.), Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Modern Japan and the Wider World, Brill, 2024, Book, PUBLISHED DOI URL

Introduction in, editor(s)Lewis Bremner, Manimporok Dotulong, Sho Konishi , Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Modern Japan and the Wider World, Brill, 2024, [Lewis Bremner, Manimporok Dotulong], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED DOI

The Transformation of Magic Lantern Technology in Japan in, editor(s)Lewis Bremner, Manimporok Dotulong, Sho Konishi , Reopening the Opening of Japan: Transnational Approaches to Modern Japan and the Wider World, Brill, 2024, [Lewis Bremner], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED DOI

Lewis Bremner, The Magic Lantern as a Lens for Observing the Eye in Tokugawa Japan: Technology, Translation, and the Rangaku Movement, Modern Asian Studies, 54, (3), 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED DOI URL

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Dr. Lewis Bremner

Dr. Lewis Bremner

Assistant Professor (History) (History)

bremnerl@tcd.ie