2016 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, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 講師 (50750486)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | C18th literature / Japan / travel writing |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
1) Editing "British Romanticism in Asia" volume (to go to publisher this year) and monograph on "Chained Islands" 2) Edited special issue of "Studies in Travel Writing" journal (Spring 2017) on travel writing and Japan 3) Presented at Romantic Legacies conference in Taiwan (November 18-19, 2016, National Chengchi University) and Liberlit Conference (February 20th, 2017, Tokyo Woman's Christian University), and undertook research trip to Oxford University 4) Organised (with Professor Masahiko Abe) an international conference on "The Wall of Japan" 5) Began planning for "Pacific Gateways", an international conference at University of Tokyo (24-25 November 2017) 6) Set up "Tokyo Humanities Project" (tokyohumanities.org), an online project to promote literature & humanities events in Tokyo.
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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
Projects are running smoothly: deadline should be met for the "British Romanticism in Asia" volume. A research trip to Oxford in March 2017 yielded important information for the monograph on "Chained Islands", which I am still writing. We have issued a "Call for Papers" for the Pacific Gateways conference: the deadline for proposals is in early May. I have been accepted to give a paper at the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference in Toronto this October.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I will complete the "British Romanticism in Asia" collection of essays and finish writing the "Chained Islands" monograph. I will organize an international conference at University of Tokyo titled "Pacific Gateways", which will be held in November 2017. I will use kaken funds for topics including purchasing essential supplies such as books and computer equipment, etc., inviting visiting speakers to campus, and attending international conferences.
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| Causes of Carryover |
The money was scheduled to be spent on books which did not appear last year, due to publishing schedules.
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
The money will be used on books and other essential office supplies.
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