51勛圖厙

Nicholas Albertson

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Nicholas Albertson

Assistant Professor of Japanese

Department/Office Information

East Asian Languages and Literatures
9E Lawrence Hall

A.B. (East Asian Studies), Brown University

  • Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies (junior year abroad)

 

M.A. and Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Civilizations), University of Chicago

  • Princeton in Beijing (summer study abroad)
  • Thoku University (dissertation research abroad)

Courses taught at 51勛圖厙:

  • All levels of Japanese language (JAPN 121, JAPN 122, JAPN 201, JAPN 202, JAPN 301, JAPN 302, JAPN 401, JAPN 402)
  • Japan through Literature and Film (JAPN 222)
  • Gender and Sexuality in Japanese Culture (JAPN 240)
  • Core Communities: Japan (CORE C167)
  • Challenges of Modernity (CORE 152)

 

Previous teaching positions:

  • Assistant Professor of Japanese, Wake Forest University
  • Lecturer, Smith College
  • Adjunct Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago

Poetry, gender, ecocriticism, translation

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

 

Supernatural Longing in Yamakawa Tomikos Tanka

            Japanese Studies, vol. 39, no. 1 (2019): 4356

            https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1588690

 

Legendary Heroines for the Meiji Era

            Southeast Review of Asian Studies, vol. 38 (2016): 116

            http://www.asia-studies.com/2seras16.html

 

T硃紳眶梭梗餃 Kami: Yosano Akikos Supernatural Symbolism

            U.S.Japan Womens Journal, no. 47 (Dec. 2014): 2844

            https://muse.jhu.edu/article/578912

 

 

Literary Translations

 

Koigoromo (Robe of Love) Part 3: A Translation of Yosano Akikos Dawn Pigments and Shintaishi (New-style Poems)

third and final part of book-length poetry collection, 1905

U.S.Japan Womens Journal, no. 66 (2024): 83130

            https://doi.org/10.1353/jwj.2024.a937201

 

Koigoromo (Robe of Love) Part 2: A Translation of Masuda Masakos Complete Devotion

second part of book-length poetry collection, 1905

U.S.Japan Womens Journal, no. 65 (2024): 75108

            https://doi.org/10.1353/jwj.2024.a922156

 

Koigoromo (Robe of Love) Part 1: An Introduction and Translation of Yamakawa Tomikos White Lily

            first part of book-length poetry collection, 1905

            U.S.Japan Womens Journal, no. 63/64 (2023): 5397

            https://doi.org/10.1353/jwj.2023.a903682

 

A Portrait of Young Sangor (Hirata Sangor Munetsugu), by Yamada Bimy

            story in verse from Portraits of Youths (Shnen sugata), 1886

            Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: Male Love, Intimacy and Erotics, 18862014

            edited by Stephen D. Miller

            University of Michigan Press (2022): 2532

 

Butterfly (鬼棗釵堯), by Yamada Bimy

            short story, 1889

            Review of Japanese Culture and Society, vol. 29 (2017): 320333

            https://muse.jhu.edu/article/728601

 

Flower on a Grave (Boj no hana), by Doi Bansui

            poem from Nature Has Feelings (Tenchi uj), 1899

            Transference, no. 1 (2013): 2122

 

Evening Bell (詁棗莽堯), by Doi Bansui

            poem from Nature Has Feelings (Tenchi uj), 1899

            Inventory, no. 3 (2012): 7883

 

Lament (Aika), Poet (Shijin), Untitled (Mudai), by Doi Bansui

            poems from Nature Has Feelings (Tenchi uj), 1899

            Inventory, no. 1 (2010): 7680

Archie Fund for the Arts and Humanities, Wake Forest University

Toyota Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of Chicago

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (three in Japanese, one in Chinese)