Etienne Marq

Presentation

Doctoral student in religious history. EPHE-PSL (2022-) & University of Tokyo (2023-2025).

My research focuses on the history of Japanese Catholicism in the first half of the 20th century. Through a study of the religious press, I examine the integration into public debate of Catholic authors and intellectuals, both Japanese and missionary, their relationship with the imperial state and their vision of patriotism. Beyond this, I examine the place of religious ideas in Taishō democracy, as well as in the construction of the nation-state in Japan.

Research thematics

• Christianity and empire in Japan (19th-20th centuries)
• Japanese Catholic media history
• Religions in Taishō democracy

CRCAO research programmes

• Essays “Following the Brush” (zuihitsu) : Collections of Thoughts and Observations concerning the Past and Present of Pre-modern Japan
• Modernity and Dependency in the Asian Sphere: the Fictions and Realities of Colonial Japan on the continent (1901-1945)