Simone Decker, M.A.
Office address:
Oettingenstraße 67
Room D103
80538 Munich
Research interests
- Social movements and feminism in Japan today
- Self-publishing, independent bookstores, and zine communities
- Healthcare and medical history in Japan
Curriculum Vitae
- Year
- Academic appointments and education
- Since 01/2026
- Research fellow (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at Japan Zentrum, LMU
- Since 12/2024
- Doctoral student in Japanese Studies (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriele Vogt)
- 11/2023 - 12/2025
- Pharmacist in Augsburg
- 04/2023 - 07/2023
- Tutor, University of Osaka, Multilingual Café
- 10/2022 - 09/2023
- Exchange Student, University of Osaka, Scholarship DAAD, International Study and Training Partnerships (ISAP)
- 04/2022 - 07/2024
- M.A. Japanese Studies, Minor Philosophy, University of Heidelberg
- 04/2022 - 10/2023
- Stand-in Pharmacist
- 03/2021 - 09/2023
- Student assistant Chair of Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Krämer, University Heidelberg
- 10/2020 - 09/2021
- Online Exchange Student, University of Mie, Scholarship DAAD
- 10/2018 - 03/2022
- B.A. East Asia Studies (Japanese Studies), Minor Philosophy, University of Heidelberg
- 01/2018 - 12/2018
- Special Training Geriatric Pharmaceutical Sciences, Landesapothekerkammer Baden-Württemberg
- 10/2015 - 09/2022
- Pharmacist in Heidelberg
- 05/2014 - 04/2015
- Pharmacist in Training (Augsburg, Würzburg)
- 08/2012
- Exchange Student, Hospital Pharmacy at University of Kaunas (Lithuania), International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF Student Exchange Programme)
- 11/2009 - 10/2010
- Tutor, Munich Student Union
- 10/2008 - 04/2014
- Pharmacy (State Examination), LMU Munich
Publications
Decker, Simone (2025): „Zines und Feminismus der vierten Welle Japans: Fokus und Mobilisierung zwischen Queerness, Politik und Archivpraxis“. In: Chiavacci, David und Wieczorek, Iris (Hrsg.): Japan 2025. Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. München: Iudicum Verlag.
Further information
(2024)
Feminismus im heutigen Japan. Qualitative Analyse feministischer Zines (2019–2023). Universität Heidelberg, Absolvent:innenfeier 2024/11/22, Centrum für Asienwissenschaften und Transkulturelle Studien, Heidelberg
(2018)
Interaktionen und Nebenwirkungen. Bethanien Krankenhaus Heidelberg, Agaplesion Akademie 2018/09/18, Heidelberg.
- European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
- German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)
- Bavarian State Chamber of Pharmacists (BLAK)