[2010] NAKAO Maika, SUMIDA Tomohisa, ASAKURA Reiko, "Representations of the Brain in Modern Japan- Through Analysis of Medicine Advertisements in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa Periods," The Proceedings of the 4th BESETO Conference of Philosophy, 563-569.

[2009] Maika Nakao, "The Image of the Atomic Bomb in Japan before Hiroshima," Historia Scientiarum, vol. 19-2, 119-131.

[2009] Maika Nakao, "Toward Catastrophe: Images of Atomic Energy in Western and Japanese Literatures," The Proceedings of the 3rd BESETO Conference of Philosophy, UTCP: DALS, 353-360.

Presentations

"Narratives Surrounding the Emergence and Immediate Aftermath of the Atomic Bomb," Symposium on "Science and national identity after 1945," the 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, Barcelona, Nov 18, 2010.

“Robotics in Japanese Popular Culture” International Workshop "Future of Robotics in Germany and Japan: Intercultural Perspectives and Technical Opportunities," Dresden University of Technology, Nov 11, 2010.

"Imagined Superweapons in Juza Unno’s Science Fiction around WWII," 4S Annual Meeting (Society for Social Studies of Science), University of Tokyo, August 26, 2010.

"Representations of the Brain in Modern Japan- Through Analysis of Medicine Advertisements in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa Periods," The 4th BESETO Conference of Philosophy, Seoul National University, Jan 8, 2010.

"Imagining and Representing the Superweapon: Scientific Discourse on Atomic Weapons from Pre-war to Post-war Japan," Benkyokai at Columbia University, Nov 6, 2009.　

NAKAO Maika, SUMIDA Tomohisa, ASAKURA Reiko, "Prevention, Therapy, and Enhancement: Brain Images in Japanese Medicine Advertisements, 1896-1977," 4S Annual Meeting, Dec 31,2009.

“Images of the Atomic Bomb in Japan before Hiroshima” at Beyond Differences: International Symposium on Nuke Histories in Japan and Korea, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mar 7, 2009.

"Toward Catastrophe: Images of Atomic Energy in Western and Japanese Literatures" at The third BESETO Conference of Philosophy, The University of Tokyo, Jan 11, 2009.

"Images of the Atomic Bomb in Wartime Japan" at International Workshop on the History of Nuclear Physics, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), Oct 31, 2008.

"Is Emotion Reduced by Technology? A Consideration on the Trolley Cases" at UTCP Lecture Series: Jesse J. Prinz, The University of Tokyo, July 22, 2008.

"Images of the Atomic Bomb before and during the War in Japan" at 12th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia, Johns Hopkins University, July 14, 2008.