Chizuko Ueno

Public intellectual, social scientist, and women’s rights activist, Chizuko Ueno is Japan’s most prominent feminist, whose scholarly erudition and social engagement have made her a national and international figure in the struggle for gender equality. A sociologist by training, Ueno is the author of numerous, highly respected studies of Japanese society, gender, and sexuality, including, in English, The Modern Family in Japan: Its Rise and Fall and Nationalism and Gender (2009).  Ueno has inspired generations of students and the wider public by her dedication to intellectual probity and social change.