Areas of research: translation studies, nationalism, 19th- and 20th-century comparative thought, visual and aural/oral signifying practices, ideographic characters
and phoneticism, literary theory, cultural theory.
Publications:
Volume Seven of Kindai Nihon no Bunkashi (Cultural History of Modern Japan), Tokyo, Iwanami Shoten, September 2002.
Gulobalizeishon Sutadhieze (Globalization Studies) volume 1 From Total War System to Globalization. Co-edited with Yasushi Yamanouchi, (Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2003)
“’Kako no koe’ ni tsuite (On Voices of the Past)” in Dokushojin, July 28, 2002.
“Teikokushugi-teki kokiuminshugi to fashizumu (Imperial Nationalism and Fascism)” in Gendai Shiso, vol. 30-8, 2002 :182-190.
“Amerika kara no hôkoku (Report from America)” in Dokushojin, April 11, 2003.
“Asia: Co-figurative Identification” in Asia in Transition: representation and identity, Tokyo, The Japan Foundation, 2003 :20 -30; 222-231.
Courses:
Asian 388/688 Race and Gender in Asian History and Literature
JpLit 617 Modern Japanese Philosophy
