Naoko Shimazu  Naoko Shimazu is a professor in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is a Fernand Braudel fellow at the European University Institute. Her research interests are the "cultural history of international diplomacy, social and cultural history of modern societies at war, and new approaches to the study of empire". Shimazu is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Shimazu has the following degrees: