Curriculum Vitaes
Profile Information
- Affiliation
- (Professor Emeritus), Department of English Literature, Faculty of Humanities , Sophia University
- Degree
- Ph.D.(May, 1996, Boston University Graduate School, American and New England Studies )M.A.(May, 1984, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)M.A. in Church History(May, 1982, Wheaton College Graduate School)Bachelor of Arts (English Literature)(Mar, 1978, Doshisha University)
- J-GLOBAL ID
- 200901060152698268
- researchmap Member ID
- 1000182740
1998-present Sophia University Institute of American and Canadian Studies, Fellow
2004-2005 Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University, Visiting scholar
2011-2012 History of American Civilization, Harvard University, Visiting scholar
2013-Present Jonathan Edwards Center Japan, International Christian University, Board member
2018-2019 Department of History, Harvard University, Visiting scholar
Early American Literature and Intellectual History (17th - 19th century) are my major study fields. I teach 19th century American Literature (Hawthorne, Thoreau, Emerson, Sedgwick and Henry James) in undergraduate classes and read primary texts from the Early American Intellectual and Religious History in graduate-school courses.
(Subject of research)
Study of Nathaniel Hawthorne and American Popular Religion
Occupied Japan
New England Puritanism and Higher Education
American Society and the Public Sphere
The Development of the Transatlantic Calvinist Diaspora and Its Relations to the Puritan Culture
Culture of Publishing in Early America
19th century Evangelical Movements and American Civil Society
Research Interests
13Research Areas
4Research History
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Apr, 2001 - Jul, 2025
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Sep, 2015 - Mar, 2016
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Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2011
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Apr, 1999 - Mar, 2011
Education
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Sep, 1982 - May, 1984
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Apr, 1974 - Mar, 1978
Committee Memberships
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Dec, 2020 - Nov, 2021
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Apr, 2015 - Oct, 2017
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Apr, 2012 - Oct, 2014
Papers
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The Annals of the Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism, Vol. 16(2022) 86-95, Mar 30, 2022 Invited
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(54) 21-43, Apr, 2020 Peer-reviewedInvited
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The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, (37) 31-64, Mar 31, 2020 Peer-reviewed
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The Journal of American and Canadian Studies, (35) 3-23, Mar 31, 2018 Peer-reviewed
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Global History in the Pacific World: The Formation of Multi-directional Migrations and Networks in Asia, North America, and Islands, 5-9, Mar 1, 2018 Lead author
Misc.
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(208) 12, Apr, 2022 Invited
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(58) 38-42, Mar 31, 2022 Peer-reviewedInvited
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Japanese Association of Early Americanists Newsletter, (87) 1-4, Jan 31, 2021 InvitedLast author
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The Annals of the Japanese Association for the Study of Puritanism, (10) 67-68, Mar 24, 2016 Invited
Books and Other Publications
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Sophia University Press, Dec 25, 2019
Presentations
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Japanese Association of Early Americanists 83rd Meeting, Dec 26, 2020 Invited
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The 9th Triennial Conference of the International John Bunyan Society, Aug 15, 2019, International John Bunyan SocietyPaper presentation on Olaudah Equiano's "Interesting Narrative" and its relationship with the transatlantic evangelical publication network
Major Professional Memberships
7Research Projects
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Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2024
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上智大学, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015
Social Activities
3Other
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Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2013「米文学史」の授業ではNorton Anthology of American Literatureをテクストに用いて、１９世紀半ばまでのアメリカ文学史を担当している。できるだけ英文の第一次資料に学生が接するように指導する。
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Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2013「アメリカ文学講義」では文学に関するより深いテーマの掘り下げをおこなう。近年は１９世紀ロマン主義、センチメンタリズムを取り上げている。キャノンの問題に触れながら、ジェンダーや人種と文学テクストとの関係について講義する。できるだけヴィジュアルな資料も合わせて提供できるようにハンドアウトに工夫をしている。
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Apr, 1998 - Mar, 2013大学院セミナーでは１７世紀〜１８世紀のPuritanismに関する文献を中心に講読指導している。資料背景については、１６世紀大陸宗教改革以降の歴史を講義し、この分野についての入門的な知識もあわせて得ることができるように工夫、宗教思想史上の専門用語や概念が理解できるように指導している。