Yoichi Isahaya

Yoichi Isahaya is Associate Professor at the Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University. He earned his PhD in Area Studies from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, in September 2015. His research examines the Mongol empire (1206–1368) within an Afro-Eurasian framework, emphasizing cross-cultural interactions and environmental history. His Japanese monograph, The Mongol Empire in the History of Eurasia (Tokyo 2025), situates the Mongol empire within the broader dynamics of Eurasian history.