Kōzō Uno

Chronology

1897

• November 12 — Born in Kurashiki Town, Okayama Prefecture [岡山県倉敷町]

1915

• March — Graduates from Okayama Prefectural Takahashi Middle School [岡山県立高梁中学校]
• July — Enrolls at the Sixth Higher School [第六高等学校]

1918

• June — Graduates from the Sixth Higher School
• July — Enrolls in the German Law section at the Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University [東京帝国大学法科大学独法科] but soon transfers to the Economics section

1921

• April — Graduates from Economics section at the Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Imperial University [東京帝国大学経済学部経済学科]
• May — Becomes a non-regular employee [嘱託] at the Ōhara Institute for Social Research [大原社会問題研究所]

1922

• July 2 — Marries Takano Maria [高野マリア]
• September — Leaves for Europe to research economics, residing mainly in Berlin

1922-24

• Resigns from the Ōhara Institute for Social Research
• Enrolls at the University of Berlin and attends a few lectures by Werner Sombart, Hermann Schumacher, Ernst Wagemann, Heinrich Cunow and Gustav Mayer, but does not study under anyone and mainly studies by himself
• Attends a SPD conference (where Hilferding was present) with Sakisaka Itsurō, goes to socialist and communist meetings, reads Vorwärts and Die Rote Fahne
• Focusses on studying Marx's Capital along with the recently published German edition of Lenin's Imperialism, but finds Lukács's History and Class Consciousness and Korsch's Marxism and Philosophy "too ideological"

1924

• September — Returns to Japan; brings back Hilferding's Finance Capital and studies it
• October — Appointed as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Literature, Tohoku Imperial University [東北帝国大学法文学部]

1925

• September — Becomes responsible for the Economics III module (Theory of Economy Policy) [経済学第三講座 (経済政策論)] at Tohoku Imperial University

1930

• June — Debut article 'The Necessity of Money: Hilferding's Monetary Theory Reconsidered' [貨幣の必然性——ヒルファディングの貨幣理論再考察] published in the journal Shakai Kagaku [社会科学]

1938

• February — Arrested in Sendai in connection with the so-called Rōnōha Professors Incident [労農派教授グループ事件] and remains in custody until May
• December — Indicted under the National Security Law [治安維持法] and ordered to take a leave of absence

1939

• October — Ruled not guilty in the first hearing at the Sendai District Court

1940

• December — Ruled not guilty in the second hearing at the Miyagi Court of Appeal

1941

• January — Reinstatement is approved by the Committee of Professors [教授会] of the Faculty of Law and Literature, Tohoku Imperial University, but declines and resigns
• March — Employed at the Institute for Japanese Trade at the Japan Trade Promotion Association [財団法人日本貿易振興協会日本貿易研究所]

1944

• June — Resigns from the Institute for Japanese Trade at the Japan Trade Promotion Association
• July — Employed at the Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute [財団法人三菱経済研究所]

1946

• March — Becomes a lecturer at Tohoku Imperial University

1947

• January — Resigns from the Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute and becomes a non-regular employee [嘱託] at the Institute of Social Science, Tokyo Imperial University [東京帝国大学社会科学研究所]
• June — Appointed as a Professor at Tokyo Imperial University and employed at their Institute of Social Science

1949

• June — Appointed as the Director [所長] of the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

1952

• February — Resigns as Director from the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo

1953

• January — Becomes a Secretary [理事] of the Institute of Statistical Research [財団法人統計研究会]
• May — Given a role at the Social Science section at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo [東京大学大学院社会科学研究科] and becomes responsible for their theoretical economics and history of economics courses [理論経済学・経済史学専門課程]

1954

• December — Receives a doctorate in economics

1958

• March — Resigns from the University of Tokyo after reaching their mandatory retirement age
• April — Appointed as a Professor at the Department of Sociology, Hosei University

1968

• March — Resigns as Professor from Hosei University
• April — Becomes a lecturer for the Social Science section of the Graduate School of Hosei University [法政大学大学院社会科学研究科]
• Junes — Becomes a non-regular employee [嘱託] at the Institute for Economic Research, Rissho University [立正大学経済研究所]

1969

• March — Resigns as lecturer from the Graduate School of Hosei University

1972

• March — Resigns as non-regular employee from the Institute for Economic Research, Rissho University
• May 21 — Suffers a stroke and is bedridden thereafter

1977

• February 22 — Dies at home in Kugenuma, Fujisawa City [藤沢市鵠沼]