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Dr. Masayo Kaneko
Assistant Professor of Japanese
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Joined MSU in 2009
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Education
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Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Japanese Studies
M.A. Indiana University, Linguistics
B.A. Hiroshima University, English Literature and English Education
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Areas of Interest
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Modern and contemporary Japanese literature, Gender and religion in medieval Japan
(gender, Buddhism, and representation; Nō Theater and Buddhism), Literary theories (Gender Studies), and Popular Culture
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Recent Works
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Publications
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Sexuality and Spirituality: Subjectivity and Resistance in the Works of Setouchi Jakuchō (monograph in progress).
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"Setouchi Jakuchō: Female Subjectivity in the Exploration of 'Self', Sexuality, and Spirituality," The Outsider Within: Ten Essays on Japanese Women Writers, edited by T. Kuribayashi and M. Terasawa, University Press of America (May, 2002), pp. 63-88.
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Japanese Women & Buddhism Project, Columbia University, New York. Translated and adapted an article, "State Buddhism and Court Buddhism: The Role of Court Women in Buddhist Development from the 17th to 19th Century" by Hongo Masatsugu, for EnGendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan, edited by Barbara Ruch, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan Press (November, 2002), pp. 41-61.
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Professional Activities/Presentations
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"The Tale of Genji and Modern Translation," paper at Asian Studies Development Program (March 2009).
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"Setouchi Jakuchō and The Tale of Genji at the Millennium," paper at Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Association for Asian Studies (October 2008).
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Guest Speaker, "The 'Fragmented' in Short Stories by Kawabata Yasunari and Kurahashi Yumiko," University of Pennsylvania (April, 2007)
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"Setouchi Jakuchō and The Tale of Genji at the Millennium," paper at Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Association for Asian Studies (October 2008).
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Guest Speaker, "Setouchi Jakuchō and The Tale of Genji," University of Pennsylvania (November, 2006)
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Guest Speaker, "Women in Japanese Society," University of Pennsylvania (April, 2006)
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Masayo Kaneko
4A-06 Faculty Hall
Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky 42071
Phone: 270.809.5439
Fax: 270.809.3161
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