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DALE, Joshua Paul
 
Organization
Faculty of Letters Professor
Other responsible organization
English Studies Course of Graduate School of Letters, Master's Program
English Studies Course of Graduate School of Letters, Doctoral Program
Contact information
The inquiry by e-mail is 《here》
Homepage
https://www.cutestudies.org
External link

Degree

  • Doctor of Philosophy ( University at Buffalo )

  • Master of Arts ( University at Buffalo )

Education

  • 2002.6
     

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York   Ph.D.   English Department   doctor course   completed

  • 1992.8
     

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York   Masters of Arts   English Department   master course   completed

  • 1986.2
     

    University of Oregon   英文科   others   graduated

Research History

  • 2022.9 - Now

    Chuo University   Faculty of Letters   Professor

  • 1995.4 - 2022.8

    Tokyo Gakugei University   Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

  • 2016.4 - 2018.3

    Sophia University   English Department   Adjunct Professor

  • 2006.4 - 2008.3

    University of Tokyo   English Department   Adjunct Professor

  • 1985.4 - 2000.3

    Rikkyo University   English Department   Adjunct Professor

  • 1993.4 - 1995.3

    Tokyo Gakugei University   English Department   Adjunct Professor

  • 1992.9 - 1995.3

    Tokyo Noko University   Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering   Assistant Professor

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Professional Memberships

  • 2024.4 - Now

    American Literature Society of Japan

  • Performance Studies International

Research Interests

  • Cute Studies

  • Cuteness Studies

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language

Papers

  • Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Cute and Related Concepts in Japan, the United States, and Israel

    Hiroshi Nittono, Shiri Lieber-Milo, Joshua P. Dale

    SAGE Open   11 ( 1 )   215824402098873 - 215824402098873   2021.1

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    An online survey was conducted to clarify the connotative meanings of the cute and the attitudes toward cuteness in three countries: Japan ( n = 1,000), the United States ( n = 718), and Israel ( n = 437). The results show a remarkable resemblance in respondents’ conceptions of the cute ( kawaii in Japanese and hamud in Hebrew) across countries. Except for slight cultural differences, the following common tendencies were found: (a) Cuteness is highly appreciated and believed to induce positive affective responses, (b) women tend to find things cute more frequently and strongly than men do, (c) animal babies are thought to be cuter than human babies, and (d) infants are found to be cuter when people get older, while older people generally show less positive attitudes toward cuteness. This study provides some evidence that the concept of cuteness and the feelings connected to its perception are universal.

    DOI： 10.1177/2158244020988730

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  • Cuteness Studies and Japan Invited Reviewed

    Joshua Paul Dale

    The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture   320 - 330   2020.1

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  • The Appeal of the Cute Object: Desire, Domestication, and Agency Invited

    Joshua Paul Dale

    The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness   35 - 55   2017

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  • Cute Studies: An Emerging Field Invited

    DALE Joshua Paul

    East Asian Journal of Popular Culture   2 ( 1 )   2016.4

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    Introduction to the special journal issue I edited.

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  • Introduction: Performance in Asia Invited

    DALE Joshua Paul

    International Journal of Asian-Pacific Studies   10 ( 2 )   11 - 19   2014.7

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  • Introduction: Music in Asia Invited

    DALE Joshua Paul

    International Journal of Asian-Pacific Studies   09 ( 1 )   4 - 10   2013.1

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  • The Future of Pole Dance Invited Reviewed

    DALE Joshua Paul

    The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture,   02 ( 3 )   381 - 396   2012.9

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  • Intact or Cut? Castration and the Phallus in the New Gender Politics Reviewed

    DALE Joshua Paul

    he Japanese Journal of American Studies   17   223 - 244   2006

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  • Proud of the Cloud? The Battle over the Mushroom Cloud on the Atomic Frontier Reviewed

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Review of Asian and Pacific Studies   28   5 - 26   2005.2

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  • Cruising the Love Boat: American Tourism and the Postmodern Sublime Reviewed

    DALE Joshua Paul

    The Japanese Journal of American Studies   8   165 - 190   1997

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  • The Lure of the Orient: Contemporary Western Representations of Japan Reviewed

    DALE Joshua Paul

    The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan   2   77 - 92   1996

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  • Teaching Critical Thinking and Cultural Analysis in the Japanese University Classroom Reviewed

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    The Language Teacher   19 ( 11 )   61 - 62   1995.11

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  • Cultural Artifacts Reviewed

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    The Journal of the Imagination in Language Teaching   3   92 - 94   1995

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  • Resisting the Exotic: Comparative Culture from All Sides Reviewed

    Global Issues in Language Education Newslette   ( 17 )   16 - 18   1994.12

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  • Your Teacher is Starving: A Transition Lesson for the Japanese Classroom Reviewed

    The Language Teacher   18 ( 8 )   62-64   1994.8

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  • Leather Utopia: The Normative Impulse of S/M Communitie Invited Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

    ( 6 )   177 - 185   1991

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Books

  • Cute Cat-alogue (Somerset House CUTE Exhibition Catalogue)

    （ Role： ContributorArticle: "The Irresistible Rise of Cuteness" (pp. 8-19)）

    Somerset House Trust  2024.1  （ ISBN:9781739495114 ）

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    Total pages：100   Responsible for pages：8-19   Language：English  

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  • Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World

    Joshua Paul Dale（ Role： Sole author）

    Profile Books Ltd  2023.10  （ ISBN:1788162382 ）

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    Total pages：288   Language：English   Book type：General book, introductory book for general audience

    A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters? Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological instincts we have - the ones that elicit our care and protection - but there is a deeper story behind the broad appeal of Japanese cats and saccharine greetings cards. Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of cuteness studies, explains how the cute aesthetic spread around the globe, from pop brands to Lolita fashion, kids' cartoons and the unstoppable rise of Hello Kitty. Irresistible delves into the surprisingly ancient origins of Japan's kawaii culture, and uncovers the cross-cultural pollination of the globalised world. Understanding the psychology of cuteness can help answer some of the biggest questions in evolutionary history and the mysterious origins of animal domestication. This is the fascinating cultural history of cuteness, and a revealing look at how our most powerful psychological impulses have remade global style and culture.

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  • The Routledge companion to gender and Japanese culture Reviewed International journal

    Coates, Jennifer (Japanese cultural studies), Fraser, Lucy, Pendleton, Mark（ Role： ContributorChapter: “Cuteness Studies and Japan.” (pp.320-330)）

    Routledge  2020  （ ISBN:9781138895201 ）

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    Total pages：xx, 424 p.   Responsible for pages：320-330   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • Rachel Maclean International journal

    Maclean, Rachel, Hüsch, Anette, Kunsthalle zu Kiel（ Role： ContributorArticle: "Cuteness is a Trojan Horse" (pp.38-47)）

    Hatje Cantz,Kunsthalle zu Kiel  2020  （ ISBN:9783775747165 ）

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    Total pages：184 p.   Responsible for pages：38-47  

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  • The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness: Eds. Dale, Joshua Paul; Goggin, Joyce; Leyda, Julia; McIntyre, Anthony P.; Negra, Diane Reviewed International journal

    DALE Joshua Paul（ Role： Joint authorChapter: “The Appeal of the Cute Object: Desire, Domestication, and Agency” (pp. 35-55)）

    Routledge  2017 

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    Total pages：299   Responsible for pages：35-55   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • The aesthetics and affects of cuteness Reviewed International journal

    Dale, Joshua Paul, Goggin, Joyce, Leyda, Julia, McIntyre, Anthony P., Negra, Diane（ Role： Joint editorCo-edited the book and co-wrote the introduction）

    Routledge  2017  （ ISBN:1138998761 ）

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    Total pages：310   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • Cute Studies (Themed issue of the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture) Reviewed

    （ Role： EditEditor; Author）

    Intellect Journals  2016 

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    Total pages：160   Responsible for pages：140   Language：English  

    The first themed journal issue in Cute Studies.

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  • Cute Studies: An Emerging Field

    （ Role： Sole author）

    Intellect Journals  2016 

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    Special Issue Editorial on Cute Studies for the East Asian Journal of Popular Culture

    DOI： 10.1386/eapc.2.1.5_2

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  • Inside Knowledge: (Un)doing Ways of Knowing in the Humanities Reviewed International journal

    Birdsall, CarolynCarolyn Birdsall (Author, Editor, Maria Boletsi (Editor, Itay Sapir, Edito, Pieter Verstraete (Edit（ Role： ContributorChapter: “Fetish Parties and the Complicity of Suspending Knowledge”）

    Cambridge Scholars Pub  2009.6  （ ISBN:1443805777 ）

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    Total pages：315   Responsible for pages：175-193   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • Limits of the human Reviewed International journal

    Lunning, Frenchy（ Role： ContributorBook review: "'Always Exoticize!' Cyborg Identities and the Challenge of the Nonhuman in Full Metal Apache”）

    University of Minnesota Press  2008  （ ISBN:9780816654826 ）

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    Total pages：xvi, 287 p.   Responsible for pages：268-271   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • The modern world Reviewed International journal

    Sears, James T. (James Thomas)（ Role： ContributorArticle: Fetishes）

    Greenwood Press  2008  （ ISBN:0313336466 ）

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    Total pages：xxvi, 315 p.   Responsible for pages：87-90   Language：English   Book type：Dictionary, encyclopedia

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  • After Orientalism : critical entanglements, productive looks International journal

    Boer, Inge E.（ Role： ContributorChapter: “Cross-Cultural Encounters through a Lateral Gaze”）

    Rodopi  2004.8  （ ISBN:9042009497 ）

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    Total pages：245   Responsible for pages：63-79   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • Lesbian and gay studies : a critical introduction International journal

    Medhurst, Andy, Munt, Sally（ Role： Joint authorChapter: "Sadomasochism," co-authored with Lynda Hart）

    Cassell  1997.8  （ ISBN:0304338818 ）

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    Total pages：388   Responsible for pages：341-355   Language：English   Book type：Scholarly book

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  • Our Share: JALT Materials Writers NSIG International journal

    Gleadall, I.G, d Johnson, J.A. (Editor（ Role： ContributorChapter: Critical Thinking and Cultural Analysis）

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MISC

  • “Always Exoticize!” Cyborg Identities and the Challenge of the Nonhuman

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Mechademia   3   268 - 271   2008

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  • "The Dance of Darkness: A Cross-Cultural Journey"

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  • “Ethics and the Exo-sexual: The Real M. Butterfly Stands Up”

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  • “’Sex is Worth Dying For:’ Annabel Chong, the Interrogation of Identity and the Ethics of Sacrifice”

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Presentations

  • Cute Adjacent International conference

    Cute Ecologies: Critical-Creative Symposium  ( online )   2024.6 

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    Joshua Paul Dale: ‘Cute Adjacent’
    I propose the category of cute adjacency as a useful way of outlining issues of concern in cute studies as a whole and cute ecologies in particular. We must define cuteness before we can talk about proximity to it. There’s a line from Daniel Harris’s essay on cuteness that is often quoted in academic articles: “Cuteness is not something we find in our children, but something we do to them.” This only partially fits the evidence, which suggests that cuteness is both inborn and created: an affective response and an aesthetic. We find cuteness in children because it is a biological phenomenon. And when we make something cute, we’re building from this biological response. This means that cute affect—what we find (or rather, feel) to be cute—is a key factor in aesthetics, which include the actions we take to “do” or create the cute. Feeling that something is cute is a rather straightforward response. But this response is also influenced by individual and cultural factors, which means that people often disagree about what is cute. Cute adjacency is useful within this interpersonal conflict because it describes the proximity of something that could be cute but just misses the mark, and/or instances when something gestures towards the cute without triggering cute affect. To more fully define cute adjacent, I’ll consider propinquity, meaning closeness, nearness or
    even kinship. In psychology, the propinquity effect is the tendency of individuals to form close
    relationships with people they repeatedly encounter. This strikes me as a useful term for use
    within cute ecologies. When considering cute vs. non-cute animals, or whether or not to “cutify” flora or fauna, it’s helpful to consider propinquity because it reflects our tendency to feel cuteness based on relationships that accrue through repeated encounters or iterations rather than mere appearance.

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  • Book Break: Joshua Paul Dale, author of “Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World” Invited

    2024.1  Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)

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    Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters?

    Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological instincts we have - the ones that elicit our care and protection - but there is a deeper story behind the broad appeal of Japanese cats and saccharine greetings cards.

    Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of cuteness studies, explains how the cute aesthetic spread around the globe, from pop brands to Lolita fashion, kids' cartoons and the unstoppable rise of Hello Kitty. His book delves into the surprisingly ancient origins of Japan's kawaii culture, and uncovers the cross-cultural pollination of our globalized world.

    Understanding the psychology of cuteness can help answer some of the biggest questions in evolutionary history and the mysterious origins of animal domestication. This is the first cultural history of cuteness, and offers a revealing look at how our most powerful psychological impulses have remade global style and culture.

    In his talk, Joshua will explore the science behind cuteness using examples ranging from the annual "Pikachu Outbreak" parade of Pokémon characters in Yokohama to the free-roaming foxes of Zao Fox Village in Miyagi Prefecture. Then, he'll speak on how Japan's kawaii culture influenced emoji; fan conventions of "furries" who dress in head-to-toe animal costumes; and the latest in cute robots, the LOVOT.

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  • Secrets of Kawaii Design Invited International conference

    Casa Con  ( Online )   2023.12 

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    What makes something kawaii? How is it different from cute? Joshua Paul Dale will explain the basic principles that inform kawaii design with examples drawn from science and history.

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  • The egg came first: Cuteness in cross-species bonding and domestication Invited International conference

    Joshua Paul Dale, Isabel Galleymore, Caroline Harris

    Aww-Struck and ASLE-UKI  ( online )   2023.11  Aww-Struck: Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness and the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, UK and Ireland

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    AWW-STRUCK has teamed up with the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, UK and Ireland (ASLE-UKI) for an online seminar focusing on intersections and entanglements between Cute Studies, ecocriticism and environmental humanities. Papers by Joshua Paul Dale, Isabel Galleymore and Caroline Harris will be followed with a Q&A led by chair Hannah Boast.

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  • Kawaii: Revolutionary or Reactionary?

    Cultural Typhoon 2022  2022.9 

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  • 1,000 Years of Kawaii Invited

    joshua dale Megan Catherine Rose, Masafumi Monden, Erica Kanesaka

    Japan Foundation New York. Kawaii: The Emergence and Evolution of Cuteness in Japanese Girls’ Culture  2022.7 

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  • The History of Kawaii and Cute: How far back can we go?

    Asian Studies Conference Japan 2022  2022.7 

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  • Why Kawaii Conquered the World Invited International conference

    Matt Alt, Megan Catherine Rose

    Casa Con  ( Online )   2021.12 

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  • Cuteness and Kawaii Reading Group Invited International conference

    AWW-STRUCK Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness  ( Online )   2021.12 

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  • Kawaii in Japan Invited

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Casa Con (online) 

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  • The Poetics of Kawaii

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Aww-Struck: Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness (online)  2021.5 

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  • Kawaii culture and the exploration of alternative gendered identities

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    East Asian Popular Culture Conference II (online)  2021 

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  • How cuteness influenced human evolution and conquered global mass culture Invited

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory, Osaka University  ( Osaka University )   2018.11  Cognitive Psychophysiology Laboratory

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  • Kosmorama Goes Kawaii Invited International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Kosmorama International Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway  2018.3 

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  • Agency and the Appeal of the Cute Object: From ‘Gloomy Bear’ to Tame Siberian Foxes International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Crossroads in Cultural Studies, Sydney, Australia  2016.12 

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  • Disruptive Kyara: The Roles of Communication, Resistance and Subversion Played by Cute Characters in Global Cultural Flows International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Cultural Typhoon Annual Conference, Tokyo, Japan  2016.7 

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  • Cute Studies: An Emerging Field Invited International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Invited lecture, Honors College, Central Washington University  ( Honors College, Central Washington University )   2015.10  Anne Cubilie

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  • Cute vs. Kawaii in the Works of Sputniko! and Rokudenashiko International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Console-ing Passions, International Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media, Feminism, Dublin, Ireland  2015.6 

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  • Domestication, Agency and the Appeal of the Cute Object Invited International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    he Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness symposium, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands  ( University of Amsterdam )   2015.4  Joyce Goggin

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  • The Appeal of the Cute Object Invited International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Cuteness Symposium, Northern Arizona University  2015.2 

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  • Pole Dance: Community Redefining Tradition International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International Conference, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China  2014.7 

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  • Avant Cute: Performing the Liminality of an Affective Register International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International Conference, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China  2014.7 

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  • Pole Dance: Circuits of Resistance and Affect in a New Performance Community International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International Conference, Stanford University, USA  2013.6 

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  • Evil Cute: Racist Imagery in Kitsch Culture, from Dakko-chan to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Cultural Typhoon Annual Conference, Tokyo Keizai University, Japan  2013.6 

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  • Original Cosplay International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand 3rd Annual International Conference  2012.6 

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  • The Evolution of Pole Dance International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    East Asian Popular Culture Association Conference, Taipei, Taiwan 

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    Event date： 2011.9 　 　

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  • The New Pole Dance: Theorizing Practice, Dancing Theory International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Amsterdam School of Cultural Studies Annual Workshop  2011.3 

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  • Bodily Misfires: Extreme Performance Art and its Underground Setting

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International conference, University of Zagreb, Croatia 

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  • Fetish Performance: Absolute Difference, Radical Sameness and the Interregnum of Identity

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

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  • Engaging Sex Objects: Subjectivity, Self-Objectification, and the Performing Body

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis International Workshop, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

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  • The Richland Bombers: Identity Formation in the Shadow of a Mushroom Cloud

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    3rd World Congress of the International American Studies Association, University of Lisbon, Portugal 

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    Event date： 2007.9 　 　

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  • The Richland Bombers, Atomic Ale and the Nuclear Frontier Invited

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University  2007.7 

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  • The Hardest Core:’ Fetish Parties and the Complicity of Suspending Knowledge

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis International Workshop, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

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  • Desire in Emergency Sex: the Human Rights Worker as Traumatized Witness

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Testimony and Witness: from the Local to the Transnational, Australian National University, Canberra 

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  • ’It’s the Water:’ Hanford, Atomic Ale and the Nuclear Frontier

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Kyoto University, Kyoto 

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  • Eunuchs, Castration and the Other of Performance

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International conference, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 

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    Event date： 2005.3 - 2005.4

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  • Sex is Worth Dying For:’ Annabel Chong, the Interrogation of Identity and the Ethics of Sacrifice, International conference

    DALE Joshua Paul

    Performance Studies International conference, Singapore Management University, Singapore 

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    Event date： 2004.6 　 　

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  • Ethics and the Exo-sexual: The Real M. Butterfly Stands Up

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Queer Matters conference, King’s College, London 

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  • Living Under a Cloud: The Mushroom Cloud Logo of an American High School

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Kobe University, Japan 

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    Event date： 2003.5 - 2003.6

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  • The Other M. Butterfly

    Dokkyo International Forum on Performance Studies, Dokkyo University, Tokyo 

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    Event date： 2002.12 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Who is the Real Butterfly: the Stereotype of the ‘Oriental’ Woman on the Internet

    American Literary Studies in Asia: Transnational Teaching and Research, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong 

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    Event date： 2001.1 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Reeling through the Ginza: Castration and Complicity in Cross-Cultural Relations

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Tezukayama University, Nara 

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    Event date： 2000.6 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Someone Else’s Shoes: Steps to Cross-Cultural Understanding

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    1st Pan Asian Conference on Language Teaching, Bangkok, Thailand 

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    Event date： 1997.1 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Comparative Culture Using Authentic Materials

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Japan Association of Language Teaching conference, Hiroshima International Conference Center, Japan 

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    Event date： 1996.11 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • Trek-Talk: Star Trek’s Utopia of Nostalgia

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Tokyo University, Japan 

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    Event date： 1996.6 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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  • The Forms of Orientalism: Authority and Subjectivity in Cross-Cultural Encounters

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Far Eastern Studies conference, National Education Center, Tokyo 

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    Event date： 1995.5 　 　

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  • Multi-Cultural Diversity in the Mono-Cultural Classroom

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Thai TESOL convention, Bangkok, Thailand 

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    Event date： 1995.1 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Poster presentation  

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  • Teaching Critical Thinking and Cultural Analysis in the Japanese University Classroom

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Communication Association of Japan Conference, Tama City, Japan 

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    Event date： 1994.6 　 　

    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (invited, special)  

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  • Cross-Cultural Encounters: Intersection of Self and Other Invited

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Ph.D. Kenkyukai Summer Conference, International House of Japan, Tokyo  1994.6 

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    Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (keynote)  

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  • Teaching Cultural Sensitivity Using Authentic Materials

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Tokyo Japan Association of Language Teachers May Conference, Tokyo,  1994.5 

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  • The Floating City: Tourism, Ethnicity and the Postmodern Sublime

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    Japanese Association of American Studies Conference, Kyoritsu Joshi University, Tokyo 

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    Event date： 1994.4 　 　

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  • Leather Utopia: The Normative Impulse of S/M Communities

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    National Graduate Women’s Studies Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 

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    Event date： 1991.3 　 　

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  • Identity Issues in Nicole Brossard: The Ground Beneath The Aerial Letter

    DALE, Joshua Paul

    National Graduate Women’s Studies Conference, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia 

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    Event date： 1990.2 　 　

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Works

  • Why Cuteness Needs to be Studied (video)

    Joshua Paul Dale, Yukiko Toda

    2023.7 - Now

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    Cuteness is everywhere these days. We tweet strings of emojis and cats rule the Internet. But the feeling of “Aww” is grounded in science and history. Joshua Paul Dale explains the new academic field of Cute Studies.

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  • Daily Cuts - The Labubu frenzy: When a cuteness overload goes into overdrive

    Andrea Heng, Hairianto Diman

    2024.11 - 　

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    It all started with a photograph of Lisa from mega K-pop girl band Blackpink, carrying a bag with an “ugly” doll accessory strapped to her bag. The demand for Labubu exploded to epic proportions thereafter and the craze has led to thousands of dollars spent – and sometimes lost through scams. Labubu isn’t the first (remember Hello Kitty?) and it certainly won’t be the last. So why is it that “cute” sells so well? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak to Dr Joshua Paul Dale, Professor, Department of British and American Literature Culture, Chuo University, to find out more.

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  • Why Hello Kitty is still so popular, 50 years on - CBC Radio, Canada

    Gloria Macarenko

    2024.11 - 　

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    Interview on the CBC Radio show "On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko".
    Joshua Paul Dale, the author of Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World, spoke to the CBC about why the Hello Kitty mascot endures half a century after it first came out in Japan.

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    Other Link： https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-46-on-the-coast/clip/16105805-hello-kitty-marks-50th-birthday

  • Interview about Hello Kitty on "East Asia Tonight," CNA Singapore TV

    Otelli Edwards

    2024.11 - 　

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    I was interviewed on television about Hello Kitty on "East Asian Tonight," CNA Singapore. My interview segment with the intro starts at around 35.30 (there's also an in house news package about Hello Kitty turns 50 before your interview that starts at 33.00).

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  • Cute Conduits: Diving Deep into the Adorable

    2024.6 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：Hyundai Artlab  

    On how the cuteness of digital entities like LUCA, a new Artlab Digital Commission from Ed Fornieles, can act as a catalyst for the evolution of human-digital relationships.

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  • Podcast Interview: Can Cuteness Make You a Better Person? This Expert in Japan Says 'Yes!'

    Michael Motamedi, Vanessa Salas

    2024.5 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：No Fixed Address Podcast, Matador Network  

    Can Cuteness Make You a Better Person? This Expert in Japan says ‘Yes!’

    We're in Harajuku, Japan's capital of cuteness, to meet Joshua Paul Dale, a professor in Cuteness Studies and a leading authority on everything cute. Everywhere we turn, something adorable catches our eye. We can't resist smiling at the bunny-shaped cotton candy, and when we pass a mini pig café, Vanessa exclaims, "I just want to squish them!" Joshua assures us this reaction is completely normal. He breaks down what happens in our brains when we see something cute, how it charms us, and its influence on our everyday lives.

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  • Hello Kitty turns 50. What will the next cat's meow be? (Article in The Japan Times)

    Joshua Paul Dale

    2024.4 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：Op-ed in The Japan Times  

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  • What does the global power of kawaii say about us? (Article in The Japan Times)

    Joshua Paul Dale

    2024.3 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：The Japan Times op-ed  

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  • Guest appearance on WGN Morning News Chicago

    Joshua Paul Dale

    2024.3 - 　

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    Guest appearance on WGN Morning News Chicago speaking on "How our brains are wired to gravitate toward cuteness."
    Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters? New book from Joshua Dale, the founder of the new field of Cute Studies called Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World

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    Other Link： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbHlXMZm9UA

  • Interview with Joshua Paul Dale - New Books Network podcast

    Joshua Paul Dale, Miranda Melcher

    2024.2 - 　

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    Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Hello Kitty to Disney characters?
    Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological instincts we have - the ones that elicit our care and protection - but there is a deeper story behind the broad appeal of Japanese cats and saccharine greetings cards.
    In Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World (Profile Books, 2023) Dr. Joshua Paul Dale, a pioneer in the burgeoning field of cuteness studies, explains how the cute aesthetic spread around the globe, from pop brands to Lolita fashion, kids' cartoons and the unstoppable rise of Hello Kitty. Irresistible delves into the surprisingly ancient origins of Japan's kawaii culture, and uncovers the cross-cultural pollination of the globalised world. Understanding the psychology of cuteness can help answer some of the biggest questions in evolutionary history and the mysterious origins of animal domestication.
    This is the fascinating cultural history of cuteness, and a revealing look at how our most powerful psychological impulses have remade global style and culture.

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  • Book takes: Why does cuteness have such a power over us - and could it prove dangerous in the AI future? (Article in the NZ Listener)

    Joshua Paul Dale

    2024.1 - 　

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  • Why we find cute things so irresistible - Interview on ABC Radio

    Joshua Paul Dale, Andy Park

    2023.12 - 　

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    Maybe you’ve heard the expression “being a bit too cute”? Someone pushing the boundaries, going a bit far, maybe even being a bit pushy or cunning.

    Joshua Paul Dale studies the psychological and biological reactions to cute things like puppies and babies and how the digital world and AI is preying on your very human reaction to these stimuli in his new book Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World'

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  • Why is cuteness so irresistible? - Interview on The Montcrief Show

    Joshua Paul Dale

    2023.11 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：Newstalk  

    Joshua Paul Dale is an expert in why we tend to find cute things irresistable, from the enlarged eyes of Disney characters to puppies, his new book is entitled ‘Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World'.

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  • Why we find cuteness so appealing (BBC Instant Genius podcast)

    Joshua Paul Dale, Jason Goodyer

    2023.11 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：BBC Science Focus Magazine  

    Why do so many of us find babies, kittens and puppies so cute? How did the now-widespread Japanese notion of kawaii end up transcending cultural boundaries? And can cute things help us with our mental health?

    To answer these questions and more, we catch up with Joshua Paul Dale, a professor of American literature and culture based at Chuo University in Tokyo.

    He tells us all about his pioneering work in the field of cute studies and his new book Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World.

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  • Why do we find cuteness so hard to resist? (Article in The Guardian)

    Joshua Paul Dale

    2023.10 - 　

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    Work type：Artistic work   Location：The Guardian  

    The big idea: why do we find cuteness so hard to resist?
    Is there an evolutionary explanation for the likes of Barbie and Hello Kitty?

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  • Why do you want to squeeze cute things? (TED-Ed video and lesson)

    Joshua Paul Dale, Oksana Kurmaz

    2023.1 - 　

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    TED-ED lesson on cuteness that features an animated video.

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  • Seminar on Cross-Cultural Education, Japanese Ministry of Education Teacher Training Workshop

    2004 - 　

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Research Projects

  • The Everyday Aesthetics of American Cute and Japanese Kawaii: Historical Development and Contemporary Expressions

    Grant number：20K00145  2020.4 - 2024.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Chuo University

    Joshua Paul Dale

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    Grant amount： \3770000 （ Direct Cost: \2900000 、 Indirect Cost： \870000 ）

    Everyday aesthetics are a growing subfield within the study of aesthetics. Two of these
    aesthetics, American cute and Japanese kawaii, are significant because they speak to powerful needs and shape contemporary sensibilities. However, historical studies of the cute and kawaii aesthetics are extremely limited, as are direct comparisons between them. In addition, the former aesthetic contains a fundamental ambivalence that is lacking in the latter. As a result, the interplay between the two on the world stage is poorly understood, even though kawaii is one of Japan’s most significant cultural exports. This project will address these shortcomings. This is the first project to examine the emergence, development and interrelationship of both the cute and kawaii aesthetics. Research outcomes will benefit scholars from a variety of fields who are studying these two aesthetics.

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Allotted class

  • 2024   Special Studies in American Literature 1   Department

  • 2024   Graduation Research   Department

  • 2024   Graduation Thesis   Department

  • 2024   Contemporary American Novel 1   Department

  • 2024   Contemporary American Novel 2   Department

  • 2024   Short-term Study-abroad Program Ⅲ   Department

  • 2024   Basic Seminar (Introduction to Major Course Subjects) 1A   Department

  • 2024   Basic Seminar (Introduction to Major Course Subjects) 1A   Department

  • 2024   Basic Seminar (Introduction to Major Course Subjects) 1A   Department

  • 2024   Basic Seminar (Introduction to Major Course Subjects) 1A   Department

  • 2024   Basic Seminar (Introduction to Major Course Subjects) 1B   Department

  • 2024   Basic Seminar (Introduction to Major Course Subjects) 1B   Department

  • 2024   Advanced Seminar 1   Department

  • 2024   Advanced Seminar 2   Department

  • 2024   American Literature ⅢA   Graduate school

  • 2024   American Literature ⅢB   Graduate school

  • 2024   American Literature (Twentieth and Twenty-First Century) ⅡA   Graduate school

  • 2024   American Literature (Twentieth and Twenty-First Century) ⅡB   Graduate school

  • 2024   English Scholarly Writing Ⅱ   Graduate school

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Social Activities

  • Cute vs. Kawaii

    Role(s)： Lecturer

    Kokubunji International Association  2018.2 - 　

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