令和４年度 日本大学文理学部付置研究所

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題 The Humanities in Cross-Cultural, Multilingual Contexts

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告研 究のの結 果This is a long-term research project investigating how the humanities are defined, valued, and taught in
non-Western countries. One objective is to analyze how Japanese higher education can create ahumanities education that is not simply a copy of Western ideas. Another goal is to understand how thehumanities are defined in different cultures and education systems. A final objective of this project is tointerrogate how English language and literary discourses of the humanities contribute to theuniversalization of humanities discourses produced in the West.
My research has led several publications, including “Affect, Privilege, and Emotional Bridges inNon-Anglophone English Literature Pedagogy” for the book The Affects of Pedagogy in LiteraryStudies; the other being “Universalist Pedagogy and the Future of Cultural Studies” for the book World
Englishes, Global Classrooms: The Future of English Literary and Linguistic Studies. As part of mycontinuing research with the Global Humanities Research Group project, I submitted “Pax Japonicas
and the Paradoxes of Japanese Peace,” a chapter of a book entitled Peace, Global Blues, and National
Songs, edited by J. Han, and forthcoming in 2023. I also delivered papers at three international
conferences, as well as presentations at institutions in the Tokyo area.

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With regard to the many problems facing the humanities both in Japan and globally, to whom should
we be addressing our arguments? Administrators, politicians, policymakers would seem to be the mostpressing audience, since they control the flow of money and resources. But before them I would put ourfirst-year undergraduates: they are the future. It is in them that we must work to instill a sense of theworth of the humanities. And it is in our teaching that we instill that worth. Thus, I argue that theimmediate future for those of us presently teaching the humanities is how well we teach the humanities,
and speak frankly about why the humanities are worthwhile, even to the point of discussing the ‘realworld’ of jobs and salaries.
“Affect, History, and Emotional Bridges in Non-Anglophone English Literature Pedagogy.” The Affectsof Pedagogy in Literary Studies. Eds. C. Lloyd and H. Emmett. Routledge, 2023, pp. 187-198.
“Universalist Pedagogy and the Future of Cultural Studies.” World Englishes, Global Classrooms: The
Future of English Literary and Linguistic Studies. Eds. K. Hemmy and C. Balasubramanian. Springer,
2022, pp. 149-164.
“Authenticity and Atwood’s ‘Scientific Turn.’” Humanities, special issue: Exploring Authenticity inContemporary Literatures in English. Vol. 11: 134 (2022).
「「トランスボーダー文学日系文学」の研究基盤構築と世界的展開」, Asian American Literature
Association, The 147th Meeting (online), Discussant. March 11.
“High School Collaborative Learning Project with Dr Chilton: Westernization, Nature, Love andDestiny in Your Name,” a Super Global Class Series Global Seminar at Nihon University High School.
February 22.
“The Degree of English.” Modern Language Association 2023 Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA.
January 6.
“Why Study Literature?” Institute of Transcultural Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
December 7.
“Nation, Genre, and the Poetics of Nowhere: Atwood’s Ustopian Fictions.” International Comparative
Literature Association Congress. Tbilisi, Georgia (online). July 29.
“Sukyung Huh’s Global Blues: Reading Past.” American Comparative Literature Association 2022
conference. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (online). June 16.