Updated on 2024/04/15
Doctor of Philosophy ( University at Buffalo )
Master of Arts ( University at Buffalo )
University at Buffalo, State University of New York Ph.D. English Department doctor course completed
University at Buffalo, State University of New York Masters of Arts English Department master course completed
University of Oregon 英文科 others graduated
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
2024.4 - Now
American Literature Society of Japan
Performance Studies International
Cute Studies
Cuteness Studies
Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language
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
Cuteness Studies and Japan Invited Reviewed
Joshua Paul Dale
The Routledge Companion to Gender and Japanese Culture 320 - 330 2020.1
The Appeal of the Cute Object: Desire, Domestication, and Agency Invited
Joshua Paul Dale
The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness 35 - 55 2017
Cute Studies: An Emerging Field Invited
DALE Joshua Paul
East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 2 ( 1 ) 2016.4
Introduction: Performance in Asia Invited
DALE Joshua Paul
International Journal of Asian-Pacific Studies 10 ( 2 ) 11 - 19 2014.7
Introduction: Music in Asia Invited
DALE Joshua Paul
International Journal of Asian-Pacific Studies 09 ( 1 ) 4 - 10 2013.1
The Future of Pole Dance Invited Reviewed
DALE Joshua Paul
The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 02 ( 3 ) 381 - 396 2012.9
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
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
Cruising the Love Boat: American Tourism and the Postmodern Sublime Reviewed
DALE Joshua Paul
The Japanese Journal of American Studies 8 165 - 190 1997
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
Teaching Critical Thinking and Cultural Analysis in the Japanese University Classroom Reviewed
DALE, Joshua Paul
The Language Teacher 19 ( 11 ) 61 - 62 1995.11
Cultural Artifacts Reviewed
DALE Joshua Paul
The Journal of the Imagination in Language Teaching 3 92 - 94 1995
Resisting the Exotic: Comparative Culture from All Sides Reviewed
Global Issues in Language Education Newslette ( 17 ) 16 - 18 1994.12
Your Teacher is Starving: A Transition Lesson for the Japanese Classroom Reviewed
The Language Teacher 18 ( 8 ) 62-64 1994.8
Leather Utopia: The Normative Impulse of S/M Communitie Invited Reviewed International coauthorship International journal
( 6 ) 177 - 185 1991
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 ）
Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World
Joshua Paul Dale（ Role： Sole author）
Profile Books Ltd 2023.10 （ ISBN:1788162382 ）
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 ）
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 ）
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
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 ）
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 ）
The modern world Reviewed International journal
Sears, James T. (James Thomas)（ Role： ContributorArticle: Fetishes）
Greenwood Press 2008 （ ISBN:0313336466 ）
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 ）
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 ）
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 ）
Our Share: JALT Materials Writers NSIG International journal
Gleadall, I.G, d Johnson, J.A. (Editor（ Role： ContributorChapter: Critical Thinking and Cultural Analysis）
1996
“Always Exoticize!” Cyborg Identities and the Challenge of the Nonhuman
DALE Joshua Paul
Mechademia 3 268 - 271 2008
"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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"The Dance of Darkness: A Cross-Cultural Journey"
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2024.1 Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ)
Secrets of Kawaii Design Invited International conference
Casa Con ( Online ) 2023.12
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
Kawaii: Revolutionary or Reactionary?
Cultural Typhoon 2022 2022.9
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
The History of Kawaii and Cute: How far back can we go?
Asian Studies Conference Japan 2022 2022.7
Why Kawaii Conquered the World Invited International conference
Matt Alt, Megan Catherine Rose
Casa Con ( Online ) 2021.12
Cuteness and Kawaii Reading Group Invited International conference
AWW-STRUCK Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness ( Online ) 2021.12
Kawaii in Japan Invited
DALE, Joshua Paul
Casa Con (online)
The Poetics of Kawaii
DALE, Joshua Paul
Aww-Struck: Creative and Critical Approaches to Cuteness (online) 2021.5
Kawaii culture and the exploration of alternative gendered identities
DALE, Joshua Paul
East Asian Popular Culture Conference II (online) 2021
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
Kosmorama Goes Kawaii Invited International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
Kosmorama International Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway 2018.3
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
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
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
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
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
The Appeal of the Cute Object Invited International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
Cuteness Symposium, Northern Arizona University 2015.2
Pole Dance: Community Redefining Tradition International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
Performance Studies International Conference, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China 2014.7
Avant Cute: Performing the Liminality of an Affective Register International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
Performance Studies International Conference, Shanghai Theatre Academy, China 2014.7
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
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
Original Cosplay International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand 3rd Annual International Conference 2012.6
The Evolution of Pole Dance International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
East Asian Popular Culture Association Conference, Taipei, Taiwan
The New Pole Dance: Theorizing Practice, Dancing Theory International conference
DALE Joshua Paul
Amsterdam School of Cultural Studies Annual Workshop 2011.3
Bodily Misfires: Extreme Performance Art and its Underground Setting
DALE, Joshua Paul
Performance Studies International conference, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Fetish Performance: Absolute Difference, Radical Sameness and the Interregnum of Identity
DALE, Joshua Paul
Performance Studies International, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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
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
The Richland Bombers, Atomic Ale and the Nuclear Frontier Invited
DALE Joshua Paul
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University 2007.7
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
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
’It’s the Water:’ Hanford, Atomic Ale and the Nuclear Frontier
DALE, Joshua Paul
Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Kyoto University, Kyoto
Eunuchs, Castration and the Other of Performance
DALE, Joshua Paul
Performance Studies International conference, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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
Ethics and the Exo-sexual: The Real M. Butterfly Stands Up
DALE, Joshua Paul
Queer Matters conference, King’s College, London
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
The Other M. Butterfly
Dokkyo International Forum on Performance Studies, Dokkyo University, Tokyo
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
Reeling through the Ginza: Castration and Complicity in Cross-Cultural Relations
DALE, Joshua Paul
Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Tezukayama University, Nara
Someone Else’s Shoes: Steps to Cross-Cultural Understanding
DALE, Joshua Paul
1st Pan Asian Conference on Language Teaching, Bangkok, Thailand
Comparative Culture Using Authentic Materials
DALE, Joshua Paul
Japan Association of Language Teaching conference, Hiroshima International Conference Center, Japan
Trek-Talk: Star Trek’s Utopia of Nostalgia
DALE, Joshua Paul
Japanese Association of American Studies conference, Tokyo University, Japan
The Forms of Orientalism: Authority and Subjectivity in Cross-Cultural Encounters
DALE, Joshua Paul
Far Eastern Studies conference, National Education Center, Tokyo
Multi-Cultural Diversity in the Mono-Cultural Classroom
DALE, Joshua Paul
Thai TESOL convention, Bangkok, Thailand
Teaching Critical Thinking and Cultural Analysis in the Japanese University Classroom
DALE, Joshua Paul
Communication Association of Japan Conference, Tama City, Japan
Cross-Cultural Encounters: Intersection of Self and Other Invited
DALE, Joshua Paul
Ph.D. Kenkyukai Summer Conference, International House of Japan, Tokyo 1994.6
Teaching Cultural Sensitivity Using Authentic Materials
DALE, Joshua Paul
Tokyo Japan Association of Language Teachers May Conference, Tokyo, 1994.5
The Floating City: Tourism, Ethnicity and the Postmodern Sublime
DALE, Joshua Paul
Japanese Association of American Studies Conference, Kyoritsu Joshi University, Tokyo
Leather Utopia: The Normative Impulse of S/M Communities
DALE, Joshua Paul
National Graduate Women’s Studies Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Identity Issues in Nicole Brossard: The Ground Beneath The Aerial Letter
DALE, Joshua Paul
National Graduate Women’s Studies Conference, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia
Why Cuteness Needs to be Studied (video)
Joshua Paul Dale, Yukiko Toda
2023.7 - Now
What does the global power of kawaii say about us? (Article in The Japan Times)
Joshua Paul Dale
2024.3 -
Joshua Paul Dale
2024.1 -
Why do we find cuteness so hard to resist? (Article in The Guardian)
Joshua Paul Dale
2023.10 -
Why do you want to squeeze cute things? (TED-Ed video and lesson)
Joshua Paul Dale, Oksana Kurmaz
2023.1 -
Seminar on Cross-Cultural Education, Japanese Ministry of Education Teacher Training Workshop
2004 -
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
Authorship：Principal investigator
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.
Cute vs. Kawaii
Role(s)： Lecturer
Kokubunji International Association 2018.2 -
Welcome to Kidulthood by Valerie Trapp Newspaper, magazine
The Atlantic Monthly Group The Atlantic 2024.4
The trend from Japan that looks set to take the world by storm/Η τάση από την Ιαπωνία που δείχνει έτοιμη να κατακτήσει τον κόσμο, by Panagiotis Koustas Newspaper, magazine
Kathimerines Ekdoseis S.A. K Magazine Athens, Greece 2024.4
‘Like a tiny kitten waiting to pounce:’ Inside the cult of cute by Zara Khan Newspaper, magazine
CNN CNN Style 2024.2
Small, but mighty: how cuteness has taken over the world, Newspaper, magazine
The Economist 2024.2
The Curiosity of Cuteness (Matt Brady) Newspaper, magazine
ReminderMedia Start Healthy Magazine 2024.2
Why we find cuteness so appealing Internet
BBC Science Focus Instant Genius Podcast 2023.11
Why are washing machines becoming more musical? (Blair Sanderson) TV or radio program
CBC Radio Columnists from CBC Radio 2022.11
The Complexity of Cuteness TV or radio program
Canadian Broadcast Corporation Ideas Canada 2020.11
The Cabbage Patch Kids Riots Internet
Slate Decoder Ring Podcast 2020.11
The Science of Cuteness (A Ciência da Forfura) Internet
Gama Portugal 2020.7
Response to "Why do cute things make me mad?" Internet
Gizmodo 2020.4
Getting Cute: New science reveals its power goes way beyond babies Newspaper, magazine
Discover Magazine 2019.12
This Book is Cute: The Soft and Squishy Science and Culture of Aww Newspaper, magazine
National Geographic Kids 2019.3
“The viral Twitter account celebrating Japan's mascot culture.” Internet
CNN Travel 2018.12
Why do we think tiny things are cute? Newspaper, magazine
Popular Science 2018.8
Toys hung from a noose illustrate suicide in Japan Newspaper, magazine
Swedish Daily (Svenska Dagbladet) 2018.8
A Professor of 'Cute Studies' Explains Why We Love Babies in Glasses Internet
The Cut 2018.5
Harajuku's Dark Turn Internet
Refinery29 2018.2
What is cute in our eyes? Newspaper, magazine
Globes Newspaper 2017.10
Cuteness power: Why watching animal videos is good for your brain Internet
CBC News 2017.4
This is why we find 'ugly' animals cute Newspaper, magazine
National Geographic 2017.3
Food Snaps Japan: Charaben Culture TV or radio program
CNN 2017.3
The Ultimate Act of Love? The Truth Behind Japan's Charaben Culture Internet
CNN 2017.3
Kawaii culture is judged sexist in Japan Newspaper, magazine
Grazia 2017.1
The Triumph of Nuttiness Newspaper, magazine
Ideas #51 (Ideer #51) 2016.12
Cuteness is a Billion Dollar Industry Newspaper, magazine
Technology Review 2016.8
When cuteness comes of age Newspaper, magazine
Mosaic Science 2016.7
The New Science of Cute Newspaper, magazine
The Guardian 2016.7
