Affiliation and Position

• 1.Faculty of Liberal Arts,Department of International Studies Professor

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Academic Degrees

• 1.2011 PhD (Human and Environmental Studies) Kyoto University
• 2.2007 Master’s degree (Human and Environmental Studies) Kyoto University
• 3.1999 Master of Arts（American Literature and Culture) University of Leeds

Research Fields

• 1.Literature
• 2.History
• 3.Cultural Studies
• 4.Travel Writing Studies
• 5.Cultural Studies

Research Subjects

• 1.Anglophone travel writing from the Bakumatsu to the Pacific War
• 2.History of tourism
• 3.History of Inbound Tourism in the Japanese Empire
• 4.Postcolonialism
• 5.Reception history and cross-cultural encounters in modern Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Category

Graduate School

• 1.2011 京都大学大学院 Graduate School, Division of Human and Environmental Studies 共生文明学専攻 博士後期課程 Completed
• 2.2007 京都大学大学院 Graduate School, Division of Human and Environmental Studies 共生文明学専攻 修士課程 Completed

University

• 1.1998 University of Leeds B.A. (Honours) English Language and Literature - Graduated

Academic Society Affiliations

• 1.European Association of Japanese Studies Member 2021
• 2.Cultural Typhoon Member 2018-2019
• 3.Asian Studies Conference Japan Member 2008-2010, 2013-2015

Certificates,Qualifications

Society Activities

Academic Awards Received

Posts in college

Research Results (papers)

• 1.Western Tourists, Picture Postcards, and the "Mundanity" of Travel in Japan, 1900-1930s Crossings: A Review of Research in International Studies Vol. 1 95-129 2023/03
• 2.Tourist Gazes and Tourist Bodies: Hotels, Sightseeing, and Foreign Visitors in Kyoto’s Eastern Hills, 1872–1906 DWCLA Japanese Language and Literature Vol.33 3-22 2021/06
• 3."A place for noise": Dissonance, Protest, and Youth in Expo '70 and its Representations DWCLA Bulletin of Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture Vol. 37 2020/07
• 4.“Orient Calls”: Anglophone Travel Writing and Tourism as Propaganda during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937–1941 Japan Review (Special Issue: War, Tourism, and Modern Japan) 33 117-142 2019/03
• 5.War, Tourism, and Modern Japan: An Introduction Japan Review (Special Issue: War, Tourism, and Modern Japan) No. 33 2019/03

Research Results (books/translation)

• 1.Loss, Liberation, and Laughter: Reimagining the Perry Mission in Recent Japanese Popular Culture. In "Crossing Cultural Boundaries in East Asia and Beyond" (Reiko Maekawa, Darwin H. Stapleton, and Roberta Wollons, eds.) Brill 11-44 2021/02
• 2.British Travel Writing and the Japanese Interior, 1854-99. In The British Abroad Since the Eighteenth Century: Travellers and Tourists (Martin Farr and Xavier Guegan, eds.) Palgrave Macmillan Vol. 1 197-216 2013/11
• 3.Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone: Interpretation, Mimicry and "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan." In "Researching Twenty-First Century Japan" (Timothy Iles and Peter Matanle, eds.) Lexington Books 265-278 2012
• 4.Travel: The Beats as Globetrotters. In "Beat Culture : Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact" (William T. Lawlor, ed.) ABC-CLIO 354-356 2005

Research Results (oral/concert/exhibition/etc)

• 1.Anglophone Travelers, Tourism Providers, and Host–Guest Encounters in the Japanese Empire European Association of Japanese Studies Belgium (Ghent) [online] 2021/08
• 2.Welcoming the Foreign: Hospitality and International Tourism in the Japanese Empire, 1912–1941 JRC Seminar Japan Research Centre, SOAS University of London 2021/03
• 3.Welcoming the Foreign: Tourism Hospitality in the Japanese Empire and the Mutual Production of Affective Ties Association of Asian Studies-in-Asia Bangkok, Thailand 2019/07
• 4.Welcoming the Foreign: Tourism Hospitality in the Japanese Empire and the Mutual Production of Affective Ties Association for Asian Studies (AAS-in-Asia) Bangkok 2019/07
• 5."place for noise": Dissonant Harmonies and Expo '70 Cultural Typhoon 2018 Ryukoku University 2018/06

Research Results (lectures)

• 1.War, Tourism, and Modern Japan Nichibunken Evening Seminar on Japanese Studies International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Kyoto) 2019/07
• 2.明治日本の欧米旅行者と近代観光 同志社女子大学今出川講座 同志社女子大学今出川キャンパス純正館S013教室 2013/2
• 3."Searching for Unbeaten Tracks": イギリスの旅行者による、19世紀までの日本観と現在観光産業にたいする影響 京都国際観光活性化協議会(5K会) ANA Hotel (Kyoto) 2007/05

Research Results(other writings)

• 1.Japan Review Special Issue: War, Tourism, and Modern Japan Japan Review (International Research Center for Japanese Studies No. 33 2019/03 Daniel Milne
• 2.Review of "Representing Empire: Japanese Colonial Literature in Taiwan and Manchuria" by Ying Xiong Japan Review (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) No. 32 202-204 2019/02
• 3.Review of "Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan" by Kate McDonald Contemporary Japan (German Institute for Japanese Studies) Vol. 30 No. 2 2018/03

Research Results (other activities)

Research Results (patents)

Research cooperation among industry, academia and government

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Research Performance by Various Research Funding

Mass Media Activities

Course Evaluation

• 1.2018 Spring Seminar in International Studies Ⅲ／国際教養演習Ⅲ
• 2.2018 Spring Japanese & Comparative Literature／日本文学と外国文学
• 3.2018 Spring Seminar in International Studies Ⅰ／国際教養演習Ⅰ
• 4.2018 Spring Senior Seminar Ⅱ／卒業研究Ⅱ
• 5.2018 Spring Introduction to Japanese Studies／日本研究入門

FD Activities

• 1.2023/03/14
• 2.2022/3/10
• 3.学芸学部第5回FD研究会 「志プロジェクト」におけるチャレンジと振り返り　（発表者：村木美紀准教授） 同志社女子大学　学芸学部 2020/3/11
• 4.学芸学部第4回FD研究会 「学芸学部ジョイントプログラム初年度を振り返って－”ジョイント”効果と今後の課題－」（発表者：佐伯林規江教授） 同志社女子大学　学芸学部 2018/3/20
• 5.学芸学部第2回FD研究会 「音楽学科における今年度の演奏活動報告」（発表者：井上敏典教授） 同志社女子大学学芸学部 2016/03/15

FD Activities (papers)

• 1.FDレポート 第7号 「2013年度新任教員入社前オリエンテーションFDガイダンス開催報告」 同志社女子大学教育・研究推進センター 2014/3

FD Activities (open class)

• 1.2014 Autumn lectures on business Global Brands: What? Why? What Effects?
• 2.2014 Spring lectures on business Samurai and Other Stereotypes: Images of Japan in the West
• 3.2013 Spring lectures on business National Stereotypes and Images of Japan in the West

FD Activities (attending lectures)

• 1.第15回アクティブ・ラーニング研究会 「Face to Faceの教育／学びのSide by side」 同志社女子大学教育開発支援センター オンライン開催 2020/8/6
• 2.2020年度FD講習会 「遠隔授業における著作権について」 同志社女子大学教育開発支援センター オンライン開催 2020/7/11
• 3.第14回アクティブ・ラーニング研究会 「Webexとインターネットを利用した遠隔授業の可能性」 同志社女子大学教育開発支援センター オンライン開催 2020/6/27
• 4.第12回アクティブ・ラーニング研究会 「アクティブ・ラーニングの必要性・その種類・可能性」 同志社女子大学教育開発支援センター 同志社女子大学 2020/1/22
• 5.第11回アクティブ・ラーニング研究会 「音楽によるアウトリーチ」初年度の取り組み 同志社女子大学教育開発支援センター 同志社女子大学 2019/2/19

FD Activities (observing other classes)

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