2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Chained Islands: Cross-Cultural Interactions Between Britain and Japan, 1660 - 1853
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15K16696
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
ウィリアムズ ローレンス 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 講師 (50750486)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | English literature / eighteenth century / Romanticism / Japan-West relations / Orientalism |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Publications: I published an article on Jonathan Swift's views of Japan in "Notes and Queries" (Spring 2016), and a review in the journal of the Japan Association of English Romanticism. I have written two additional articles (one for a volume on "Eastern Resonances in Early Modern England", and one for a special issue of "Studies in Travel Writing"). I am currently also co-editing a book on "British Romanticism in Asia" with Alex Watson (Japan Women's University). The manuscript of my monograph is now in draft, and I am continuing to polish it in the light of my ongoing research.
Presentations: I spoke at conferences at Seikei University (May 2015), University of Tokyo (June 2015), the Liberlit conference at Tokyo Woman's Christian University (February 2016) and the University of Tokyo English Literature Society (March 2016). I am also helping to co-organize two events for this autumn: a conference on Romantic Legacies at a university in Taiwan (National Chengchi University), and a one-day symposium in September 2016 at the University of Tokyo, Ito International Research Center, titled "The Challenge of Japan".
Other activities: I joined the editorial board of a Taiwanese journal, "The Wenshan Review of Literature and Culture". I invited three speakers to present at the University of Tokyo, Department of English: Professor Ros Ballaster (University of Oxford); Dr Sarah Jowett (University of York); Professor Ben Highmore (University of Sussex).
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The projects are on schedule to be completed within the term of the kakenhi award.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I plan to make foreign research trips to locations such as Taiwan and the UK. I plan to present my research at one or two international conferences over the next year. I will continue to polish the monograph proposal and manuscript before submitting it to a publisher. I will also complete the journal special issue and edited collection (both of which I am currently co-editing with academics in Japan). I will also invite visiting speakers to present at the University of Tokyo from time to time on topics connected with my research.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Books published in early 2016 could not be delivered until after the end of the fiscal year.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
To purchase recently-published academic books on topics connected to my research.
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