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.
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
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
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
