School of Finance and Management
Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan)
Japan Research Centre
Academic Staff
Food Studies Centre
Member, SOAS Food Studies Centre
Helen joined SOAS in 2002 and lectures on economic, business, labour and HRM issues in contemporary Japan (and within a broader East Asian context). Her research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues, employment and sport in Japan.
The Development and Popularity of Volleyball in Japan: The Impact of the "Witches of the Orient"
Macnaughtan, Helen and Merklejn, Iwona (2024). In: Macnaughtan, Helen, (eds.) and Postlethwaite, Verity, (eds.), Handbook of Sport and Japan. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Documents, MHM Limited, pp 65-77
A Survey of Rugby in Japan: From Early Play in 1864 to Hosting the World Cup in 2019
Macnaughtan, Helen and Galbraith, Mike (2024). In: Macnaughtan, Helen, (eds.) and Postlethwaite, Verity, (eds.), Handbook of Sport and Japan. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Documents, MHM Limited, pp 16-30
Barrass Chapman, Emily and Macnaughtan, Helen (2023). In: Avenell, Simon, (ed.), Reconsidering Postwar Japanese History: A Handbook. Tokyo, Japan: Japan Documents, pp 127-145
Macnaughtan, Helen (2019). In: Coates, Jennifer, (eds.), Fraser, Lucy, (eds.) and Pendleton, Mark, (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture. London: Routledge
Jōki no Chikara, Shōhisha no Chikara - Josei, Suihanki, Katei Yōhin no Shōhi
Macnaughtan, Helen (2016). In: Francks, Penelope, (eds.) and Hunter, Janet, (eds.), Rekishi no Naka no Shōhisha: Nihon ni okeru shōhi to kurashi 1850-2000. Tokyo: Hōsei Daigaku Shuppan-kyoku, pp 85-113
Building up Steam as Consumers: Women, Rice Cookers and the Consumption of Everyday Household Goods in Japan
Macnaughtan, Helen (2012). In: Francks, Penelope, (eds.) and Hunter, Janet, (eds.), The Historical Consumer: Consumption and Everyday Life in Japan, 1850-2000. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 79-104
Hunter, Janet and Macnaughtan, Helen (2010). In: van Voss, Lex Heerma, (eds.), Hiemstra-Kuperus, Els, (eds.) and van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise, (eds.), The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650-2000. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Hunter, Janet and Macnaughtan, Helen (2010). In: van Voss, Lex Heerma, (eds.), Hiemstra-Kuperus, Els, (eds.) and van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise, (eds.), The Ashgate Companion to the History of Textile Workers, 1650-2000. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
From ‘Post-war’ to ‘Post-Bubble’: Contemporary Issues for Japanese Working Women
Macnaughtan, Helen (2006). In: Matanle, Peter, (eds.) and Lunsing, Wim, (eds.), Perspectives on Work, Employment and Society in Japan. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Managing Female Textile Workers: an industry in transition, 1945-1975
Macnaughtan, Helen (2005). In: Hunter, Janet, (eds.) and Storz, Cornelia, (eds.), Institutional and Technological Change in Japan's Economy: past and present. New York, NY: Routledge
