Curriculum Vitae

Education

The University of Trier, Germany

Doctoral Studies, 2012 – 2018

Department of Japanese Studies (Japanologie)

• Advisors: Prof. em. Stanca Scholz-Cionca and Prof. Andreas Regelsberger
• Dissertation Title: The Dynamics of Gender and Power in Zeami’s Reflections on Performance
• Defended on February 13, 2018
• Digitally published by university library on February 20, 2020

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Master’s Studies, 2009 – 2012

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, Culture and Representation Course (総合文化研究科地域文化科学専攻表象文化論)

• Advisor: Prof. em. Matsuoka Shinpei
• Thesis: 「世阿弥能『江口』のドラマトルギー：『理』の意義と『天女舞』の演出をめぐって」[Zeami’s noh “Eguchi” and its dramaturgy: Concerning the significance of the word kotowari and the performance of the dance of the heavenly woman]

Smith College, Massachusetts

Bachelor’s Studies, 2001 – 2005

Major in East Asian Languages and Literature and minor in Philosophy (Linguistics)

• Advisors: Prof. em. Thomas Rohlich and Prof. em. Jill de Villiers

Experience

2021 – present Postdoctoral Fellow

• Nogami Memorial Noh Theatre Research Institute, Hosei Univeristy

2020 – 2021 Adjunct Instructor

• Japanese Studies (Japanologie), University of Trier

2020 Research Assistent (Wissenschaftliche Angestellte)

• Japanese Studies (Japanologie), University of Tübingen

2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher

• Trier Center for Digital Humanities, University of Trier

2015 – 2016 Adjunct Instructor

• Department of Japanese Studies (Japanologie), University of Tübingen

Awards and Fellowships

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-term)

Oct. 2013  –  Oct. 2014

• Visiting Researcher at Waseda University

Japanese Government (文部科学省) Scholarship

Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2012

• Research student at the University of Tokyo for one academic year
• Master’s student at the University of Tokyo for two years

Publications

“Is Creativity Divine or Earthly? Zeami and the Debate over Genius and Talent.” European Journal of Japanese Philosophy 5 (forthcoming).

“Hinter der Nō-Maske: Die weltlichen und himmlischen Kräfte einer leeren Identität” [Behind the noh mask: The profane and heavenly powers of an empty identity]. Edited by Hermann-Josef Röllicke. Hôrin (forthcoming).

“Hana” and “Yūgen.” In Handbook on Performance-Related Concepts in Non-European Languages, edited by Erika Fischer-Lichte. Routledge (submitted).

「能楽研究のデジタル化：海外の視点から見た電子資料の現状」[The digitalization of noh research: The state of digital resources as seen from abroad]. In 『中世に架ける橋』[A bridge to the middle ages], edited by Shinpei Matsuoka, 333–39. Shinwasha, 2020.

(Dissertation) “The Dynamics of Gender and Power in Zeami’s Reflections on Performance.” University of Trier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.25353/ubtr-xxxx-2c84-f1bd.

“Producing Miracles: The Practice of Noh Performance.” In Practicing Japanese Philosophy: Mind and Activity, 76–87. University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy, 2012.