Field of study: Japan

Research Interests:  Japanese painting and calligraphy, Sino-Japanese artistic exchange, history of Japanese architecture.

Research Interests:  Japanese literature; intellectual history; gender and feminist studies.

Research Interests:  Japanese language and linguistics.

Research Interests: Early modern Japanese history.

Research Interests:  Buddhism and Japanese history, literature and culture.

Research Interests:  Comparative literature, world literature, and the literatures and cultures of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan), as well as the Indian Ocean Rim (South and Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa).

Research Interests: Film and media in Japan; media ecologies in East Asia.