Christopher Harding

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Christopher Harding (born July 1978) is a cultural historian of modern India and Japan, lecturer in Asian history at the University of Edinburgh, broadcaster and journalist.{{Cite news |last=Letters |date=2015-11-11 |title=On his UK visit, Narendra Modi must be held accountable for his record on human rights in India |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/11/on-his-uk-visit-narendra-modi-must-be-held-accountable-for-his-record-on-human-rights-in-india |access-date=2024-11-27 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} His series on culture and mental health, The Borders of Sanity, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service in 2016.[http://www.japansociety.org.uk/event/madness-moral-panic-japan/ Madness and Moral Panic in Japan, Meiji to the Present Day – Christopher Harding.] The Japan Society. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

Harding's book, The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives, was included in The Times' best history books of the year 2020.{{Cite news|last=DeGroot|first=Dominic Sandbrook {{!}} Gerard|title=Best history books of the year 2020|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/best-history-books-of-the-year-2020-w5t77tztq|access-date=2021-01-07|issn=0140-0460}}