Satoko Shimazaki
Satoko Shimazaki’s areas of research include early modern Japanese theater and popular literature; the modern history of kabuki; gender representation on the kabuki stage; sound and visual media; and...
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Huijun Mai is a scholar of pre-modern Chinese literature and culture. As a specialist in Chinese literature of the middle period (broadly 220–1300) with a training in material culture and intellectual...
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I am interested in the literary and public lives of Buddhist women who lived in what is now China between the 4th and 6th centuries. My research engages the question of whether or not Buddhist...
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Michiko Kaneyasu is an associate professor of Japanese language and linguistics in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. At UCLA, she teaches Asian language pedagogy and Japanese linguistics....
View ArticleSarfaraz A. Farooque
Sarfaraz A Farooque is a Lecturer in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA. He teaches language courses at elementary and intermediate levels. The post Sarfaraz A. Farooque appeared...
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View ArticleJordan Smith
Jordan A. Y. Smith (Ph.D., UCLA Comparative Literature) researches and teaches contemporary Japanese literature / culture and comparative literature. He has served as Associate Professor of...
View ArticlePaula R. Curtis
Dr. Paula R. Curtis is a historian of medieval Japan based at UCLA. Her research focuses on metal caster organizations from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and their socioeconomic relationships with...
View ArticleFaye Lu
Faye Qiyu Lu received her Ph.D. in Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA in 2024, specializing in comparative studies of modern Chinese and Sinophone cultures. Her dissertation, “Sinophone Cold War...
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