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Database of Japan-related Researchers

In order to facilitate collaborative research on Japan, the Japanese Studies Centre has compiled a database of people based in Victoria, Australia, who are involved in Japan-related research. The database is a guide to potential and actual research colleagues in the region, with up-to-date contact details. It aims to assist in the exchange of information and resources for Japanese studies research, and for Japanese language teaching. The database includes both practising academics and PhD students.

If you wish to update your details, or to have your entry added to the database, please send an email to Teresa.Anile@arts.monash.edu.au


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ASAOKA, Dr Takako , b 1944. China. Level B Lecturer, School of Asian Studies.
INSTITUTION : La Trobe University.
DISCIPLINE : Language/linguistics.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Humanities (Japan Women's University. 1967); MA , Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1986); PhD, Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1996).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Teaching Assistant, Victorian Education Department, 1980-82, Level A Lecturer, Monash University, 1985-89; Level B Lecturer, La Trobe University, 1989-.
SUBJECTS : First, second, third-year Beginners' stream Japanese; First, second, third-year post- VCE stream Japanese; honours course Japanese.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Native and non-native Japanese language teachers in secondary schools in Victoria; Development of Japanese Language Teaching Materials for distance education schoolteachers.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese background speakers in Victorian secondary schools; Japanese language learning by distance education.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : "OPAL: Japanese - distance education Japanese language learning course for school teachers" Japanese Teaching Around the Globe, forthcoming, " Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in Australia" in Symbiotic Multicultural Societies: A Perspective, R. Jo et al. (eds) 2000;(with J. Yano) 'Japanese language speech contests in Australia', Japanese Language Teaching Around the Globe, 1996.
ADDRESS : Dept of Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC , 3083.
TEL : (03) 9479 2564
FAX : (03) 9479 1880
EMAIL : T.Asaoka@latrobe.edu.au

ASKEW, Mr David J. , b. 1965 Australia. Associate Professor (Law)
INSTITUTION : Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
DISCIPLINE : Japanese Law, Intellectual History, Sino-Japanese Relations, Australia-Japan Relations OTHER REGIONS : United States, China.
HISTORICAL PERIOD OF SPECIALISATION : Taisho (1911-26).
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BLaw (Kyoto University, 1989); MLaw (Kyoto University, 1991). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer, Doshisha University, April 1996-June 1996; Research Associate, Kyoto University, April 1995-June 1996; Lecturer, Monash University, July 1996-. SUBJECTS : (at Monash): Japanese Language; Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Studies; Japanese Economy. (at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University): Globalisation and Law; Law and Society
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : The Nanking Incident
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
: Libertarianism: Law, Order and the Free Market describes anarcho-capitalism-that is law, and order without the state-and discusses the provision of public goods using a market mechanism (towards PhD).
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS
: Currently writing a book on the Nanking Incident with B. T. Wakabayashi, Joshua Fogel and others; editing a second book on the History of Japanese Language Education in Australia.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
: 'Chian/shiho no shojoka: museifushihonshugi ni tsuite', in Nihon Hotetsugakkai (eds), Shijo no Hotetsugaku Yuhikaku, Tokyo, 1995; 'Chian iji no shojoka no kanosei', Jokyo 8/9, 1996; 'Osugi Sakae: shakaiteki kojinshugi', in Otsuka Takehiro (ed.), Kindai Nihon Seijishisoshi Nyumon , Mineruba, Tokyo, 1999; "Rinriteki ribatarianizumu", in Matsui Satoshi et al eds., Posuto Riberarizumu, Kyoto, 2000; "Australia in a Japanese Lens", in Paul Jones and Pam Oliver eds., Changing Histories: Australia and Japan , Melbourne: Monash University Press, 2001.
ADDRESS : Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University.
EMAIL : askew@apu.ac.jp

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BURGESS, Chris
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MA (Study of Contemporary Japan) Essex, UK
EDUCATIONAL INSTUTUTION : PhD Candidate at Monash
NAME OF SUPERVISOR : Ross Mouer/Robyn Spence-Brown

PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS:
2002 ìThe Relevance of the Bridging of Discourse and Feminist Theory for Japanî Intersections: Gender, History, and Culture in the Asian Context (http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections) 7 (March)

2001 ìThe Impact of the 'New' Theoretical Approaches on Japanese Studies in Australia in the Last Twenty Yearsî Japanese Studies: The Bulletin of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia 21:1 (May)

TITLE OF THESIS: (Re)Constructing Identity: Discourse and the Subject Construction of Immigrants in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

BRIEF ABSTRACT:
The thesis uses the Foucauldian concept of Discourse, supported by feminist notions of subjectivity and empowerment, as a tool to help understand how subjects are constructed in contemporary Japan. Although Discourse and the associated forms of daily human practice apply to all subjects in Japan, it is argued that the Discursive processes are easier to identify and understand by taking as the object of study migrants who are making a long-term investment or commitment to the society. Marriage most closely fits these criteria, and since the tradition in Japan ñ and particularly in Yamagata prefecture where my study is based ñ is for the bride to move into the husbandís home, the focus is on brides. While the experiences of Japanese brides who have come from outside the prefecture or local area show many parallels, brides who were born and brought up outside Japan are the focus of this research, offering as they do arguably the starkest insights into the process of subject construction in Japanese society. Adopting a narrativist approach, in-depth interviews with (10) of these women, together with officials, Japanese teachers, and other long-term (non-married) foreign residents, produced narratives that (1) identified some of the conditions of possibility for subjects in Japan and (2) revealed how these conditions of possibility are exploited and how new conditions of possibility are created. The women were recruited during a six-month period of fieldwork in Japan (September 2001 ñ March 2002) during which I worked as a volunteer at a non-governmental and a public foreign resident support organisation in Yamagata, a city in Northeast Japan. Yamagata was not only the first place in Japan to receive the so-called ëAsian bridesí ñ and therefore has a substantial number of women who have settled and invested their future in Japan ñ but is second only to Nagano prefecture in terms of the number of Chinese ëwar orphansí who have returned to live in Japan. With unprecedented numbers of people coming to work and settle in an increasingly ëmulticulturalí and ëglobalí Japan, it is hoped that the findings will help both new and established residents better understand the processes underlying life in Japanese society. Ultimately, against the background of global ëtime-space compressioní, the aim is to provoke discussion on the prospects for the emergence of new principles of identity that are no longer based on nation-state inspired notions of difference and exclusion.

BURROW, Michael F ., b 1958, Senior Lecturer, School of Dental Science
INSTITUTION : The University of Melbourne
DISCIPLINE : Dental Science.
SPECIALISATION : Dental Materials, Operative Dentistry, Fixed Prosthodontics
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BDS (Adelaide University, 1981), MDS (Adelaide University, 1987), PhD (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1994)
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Durability of bonds to dentine
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Clinical evaluation of various resin-based bonding systems, physico-chemical structure of dentine substrates used for bonding, development of bond testing methodologies
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Long term durability of the bond to dentine, evaluation of resin cements.
Formerly a Monbusho Kokuhi Ryugakusei (1989-1994)
ADDRESS : School of Dental Science, 711 Elizabeth Street. Melbourne, Vic 300
TEL : 03-9341-0384
FAX : 03-9341-0437
EMAIL : mfburrow@unimelb.edu.au


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CHEN, Ms Lee Shiu (Lisa) , b. 1948 Taiwan. R.O.C. Lecturer, Discipline of Languages and Marketing, School of Business.
INSTITUTION : Swinburne University.
DISCIPLINE : Linguistics, Education, Cross-Cultural Management.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , (Akita Keidai) Grad Dip in Japanese (Swinburne University 1993) MA in Japanese etc. (Swinburne University 1997) PhD candidate (Swinburne University)
SUBJECTS : Japanese Language (First to Third levels), Chinese Language
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : 'An investigation into 'groupware' in Australian companies to ascertain their perception of the switching costs associated with adopting an alternative product designed to reduce costly maintenance'
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/ PAPERS : Learning difficulties - Chinese and Australian Beginner Learners of Japanese, are they the same?
Teaching Language for Intercultural Communication
Influence of Native Cultures on Acquisition of Japanese Communication Rules etc.
ADDRESS : School of Business, Discipline of Marketing and Languages, Mail No. 23, John Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 Australia. PO Box 218 Hawthorn, 3122
TEL : (03) 9214-8872
FAX : (03) 9818-5475
EMAIL : lchen@swin.edu.au

COALDRAKE, Prof. William H ., b. 1952 Japan. Foundation Chair of Japanese, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies (MIALS).
INSTITUTION : University of Melbourne.
DISCIPLINE : Architectural and Art History;
HISTORICAL PERIOD OF SPECIALISATION : Tokugawa (1600-1868); Meiji (1868-1911).
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA (Asian Studies), Asian Studies (Australian National University, 1976); AM, Fine Arts (Harvard University, 1978); PhD, Fine Arts (Harvard University, 1983). Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (FAHA); Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer in Fine Arts, Harvard University, 1983-86; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Tokyo, l986-88; Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow, Australian National University, 1988-92; Foundation Chair of Japanese, University of Melbourne, 1992-
SUBJECTS : The Dynamics of Japanese Architecture; Japanese Art: Zen Painting to Edo Prints; Research on Japan.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Architecture and Authority in Japan examines the relationship between buildings and the institutions they housed in Japanese history.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : The Restoration of the Model of the Taitokuin Mausoleum involves the restoration and publication of a one-tenth scale model of the destroyed mausoleum of Tokugawa Hidetada which was found in the British Royal Collection. Building by Design: The Official Architects of the Tokugawa Shogunate examines the development of the profession of 'architect' from the hereditary building profession in the Momoyama and early Edo periods and their use of technical drawings and treatises.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : The Tradition of Project Engineering in Monumental Japanese Construction in Japan; The Castle Towns: Matsushiro and the Nagano Winter Olympics; Mitate and the Construction of Edo. Model Diplomacy and the 1910 Japan-British Exhibition.
GRADUATE SUPERVISION : Eki-mae and Meiji Culture; Screen Painting and Patronage, Tea Master as Sagacious connoisseur.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : The Way of the Carpenter: Tools of Japanese Architecture, Weatherhill, Tokyo/ New York, 1990; 'Japanese architecture', in P. Kornick and R. Bowring (eds), Encyclopedia of Japan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993, pp.20 1-8; 'Building a new establishment: Tokugawa Iemitsu's consolidation of power and the Taitokuin Mausoleum', in J. McClain, J. Merrima and K. Ugawa (eds), Edo and Paris: Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1994, pp. 153-72; Architecture and Authority in Japan, Routledge, London/New York, 1996.
ADDRESS : MIALS, The University of Melbourne, VIC , 3010.
TEL : (03) 8344 5554
FAX : (03) 9349 4974
EMAIL : whc@unimelb.au

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DARMADI-BLACKBERRY, Dr Irene , b. 1972 Indonesia. PhD candidate, International Health & Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine .
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINES : Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Geriatrics.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : Bachelor of Medicine (Atmajaya University, Indonesia, 1997); Geriatric Nutrition training certificate (University of Indonesia, 1997).
SUBJECTS : Health and nutrition in elderly Japanese
CURRENT RESEARCH : Survival amongst elderly Japanese compared with other elderly communities: social and nutritional determinants.
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT : Parts of IUNS (International Union of Nutritional Sciences) project of FHILL (Food Habits in Later Life) by Prof. Mark L Wahlqvist and Dr. Antigone Kouris-Blazos. This project comprises over 2000 elderly subjects from Australia (Anglo-Celtic, Greeks), Greece, Japan, Sweden, etc.
JAPAN-RELATED PAPERS:
Darmadi, I., Wahlqvist M.L., Horie Y., Kouris-Blazos A., Wattanapenpaiboon N., Sugase K., Horie K., Food predictors of later life status in Japanese elderly, Proceedings of Australasian Clinical Nutrition Society, Brisbane, 1997.
Darmadi I., Wahlqvist M.L., Horie Y., Horie K., Sugase K., Kouris-Blazos A., Wattanapenpaiboon N., Body mass index as a predictor of all-cause mortality in a Japanese elderly population, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of Australia 1998;22:184.
Darmadi I., Wattanapenpaiboon N., Wahlqvist M.L., Horie Y., Kouris-Blazos A., Horie K., Sugase K., Dietary intake of n-3 fatty acids in relation to survival of Japanese elderly. Proceedings of 2nd South-West Pacific Nutrition & Dietetic Conference, Auckland 1999;169.
Wahlqvist M.L., Kouris-Blazos A., Darmadi I., Purba M. Nutrition and the elderly - the global perspective. South Africa Journal of Clinical Nutrition February 2000;5:200-5.
Darmadi I., Wahlqvist M.L., Horie Y., Horie K., Sugase K., Kouris-Blazos A., Wattanapenpaiboon N., Food and nutrient intakes and overall survival of elderly Japanese, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000;9(1):7-11.
Darmadi I., Horie Y., Wahlqvist M.L., Kouris-Blazos A., Horie K, Sugase .K, Food intake in relation to 88-month survival of elderly Japanese, Proceedings of 24th Annual NSA Scientific Meeting, Perth 3-6 December 2000.
Darmadi I., Horie Y., Tebelis N., Horie K., Sugase K., Trichopoulou A., Trichopoulos D., Kouris-Blazos A., Wahlqvist ML., IUNS Food Habits in Later Life: Dietary predictors of survival amongst elderly Japanese. Submitted for XVII International Congress of Nutrition, Austria, 27-31 August 2001.
ADDRESS : International Health & Development Unit, PO BOX 11 A, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800 Australia
TEL : (03) 9905 4992
FAX : (03) 9905 8146
EMAIL : irene.darmadi@med.monash.edu.au

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ECKERSALL, Dr Peter A ., b. 1960 Australia. Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies, School of Creative Arts.
INSTITUTION : University of Melbourne.
DISCIPLINE : Japanese Studies; Theatre Studies.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : PhD (Monash University 1998); MA , Asia Institute (Monash University, 1991); BEd., Theatre Studies (Deakin University, Rusden Campus, 1993).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer in Theatre Studies, University of Melbourne 1996- present, Casual Lecturer, Monash University, 1993-95, Freelance Actor, 1983-96; Dramaturge, Not Yet It's Difficult, 1995-present; Co-director, The Men Who Knew Too Much performance group, 1987-2000.
SUBJECTS : Japanese Theatre, Avant-garde Theatre, Theatre Studies, Arts and culture, Honours.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : (1) Australia-Japan intercultural theatre exchange. The gekidan kaitaisha-nyid 'Journey to Con-fusion' project. (2) Considering modern & contemporary theatre in Japan: Reading Daisan Erotica's Hamlet clone.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : (1) Trendiness and appropriation: A history of contemporary theatre exchange between Australia and Japan. (2) A Cultural history of Japanese theatre since the 1960s: Reading the politics of the avant-garde.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : History of Japanese Theatre; Education in Japan; Gender in Japan' Japanese Performance Technique and the Body.
GRADUATE SUPERVISION : Theatre and Post-colonialism; A Cultural Study of Buto.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS :
Book
*1999, With Rachel Fensham, (eds & introduction) Disorientations. Cultural Praxis in Theatre: Asia, Pacific, Australia (Melbourne: Monash Theatre Papers). 2000, (Ed. & introduction) Communities, Cultures, Critiques: Reading Japanese Cultural History (Melbourne: Japanese Studies Centre).
Chapters
*2001, 'Theatrical Collaboration in the age of globalisation: The Gekidan Kaitaisha-NYID Intercultural Collaboration project' Diasporas & Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts, ed. by Hae Kyung Um, London: Curzon Press.
*2001, 'What can't be seen can be seen: Buto politics and (body) play', Body Show/s: Australian Viewings of Live Performance, Peta Tait (Ed.), Rodopi Theatre Series.
*2001, 'Trendiness and appropriation? On Australia-Japan contemporary theatre exchange' Volume on Australia-Japan relations, edited by Pam Oliver, published by The Interuniversity Centre for Japanese Studies.
*'2000, 'The Performing Body and Cultural Representation in the Theatre of Gekidan Kaitaisha', Japanese Theatre and the International Stage, ed. by Stancia Scholz-Cionca & Samuel Leiter, Leiden: Brill, 313-28.
Journal articles
2001, (with Scheer, Varney & Fensham), 'Tokyo Diary', Performance Research). 2000, 'Japan as Dystopia: An Overview of Kawamura Takeshi's Daisan Erotica', The Drama Review (TDR T-165) 97-106. 2000, 'Undressing Sex, Gender and Transvestism in the Performing Arts of Japan', TAASA Review (vol. 8, No. 4), 14-17.
*1999, 'Putting the Boot into Buto: Cultural Problematics of Buto in Australia', Movement and Performance (MAP) Symposium, edited by Erin Brannigan (Braddon ACT : Ausdance), pp. 42-5.
*1998, 'Multiculturalism and Contemporary Theatre Art in Australia and Japan', Poetica No 50, 155-64. 1997, 'Theatre Culture at the Worlds Largest Department Store: On the Productions of Daisan Erotica and Gekidan 300', Theatre Arts No. 7, 140-44 (in Japanese trans. by Uchino Tadashi).
Reviews/Reports
(with Scheer, Fensham, Varney), 2000, 'Tokyo Diary: The City Performs', Real Time, No.39, p.3. 2000, 'Downer for Culture', Real Time, No.37, p.12, 2000 'Art in the Age of Mechanical Production', Real Time, (Adelaide Festival Special Issue, March.)
ADDRESS : School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC , 3010
TEL : (03) 8344 8627
FAX : (03) 8344 8462
EMAIL : eckersal@unimelb.edu.au

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GERSTER, Dr Robin Christopher , b.1953, Senior Lecturer, English Section, School of Literary, Visual & Performance Studies, Arts Faculty, Monash University.
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINE : English-language Literature and Cultural Studies
HISTORICAL PERIOD of SPECIALISATION : 20th century, esp. post-war.
SUBJECTS : Travel writing about Japan, war literature (incl. Japanese in translation), Hiroshima & Nagasaki cultural & war studies.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECT : 'Legless in Ginza: Orientating Japan' (Melbourne University Press, 1999): travel book about Japan.
CURRENT RESEARCH : War and cultural memory (incl. literature, war tourism, etc.) esp. as related to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
ADDRESS : English Section, School of Literary, Visual & Performance Studies, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, 3168.
TEL : 03 99052121
FAX : 03 99052135
EMAIL : Robin.Gerster@arts.monash.edu.au

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HASHIMOTO, Ms Hiroko , b. Japan. Lecturer, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Arts Faculty.
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINE : Applied linguistics, international education
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Arts (Doshisha University, 1980); Dip. TJFL, Centre for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (The National Research Institute, 1987); MInternational Affairs, Area Studies (Tsukuba University, 1990).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Instructor, The Foundation for the Welfare and Education of Asian People, Himeji Re-settlement Promotion Centre, 1985-86; Instructor, Tokyo International University, 1987-88, Lecturer, Monash University 1990-.
SUBJECTS : Japanese Level C, E and F (Intermediate to advanced)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Internationalisation of universities and the student exchange between Australian and Japanese universities
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/ PAPERS : Teaching Japanese at an Australian university; Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Japanese Policy towards international students
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : 'Language acquisition of an exchange student within the homestay environment, Journal of Asia Pacific Communication, Vo1.4, No.4, 1993, pp.209-24; 'Self-awareness development of spoken language amongst former high school exchange students', Essays on Japanese as a Foreign Language, Vol.12, 1995, pp.20-39; 'An accelerated course for former secondary school exchange students', Bulletin of the Japanese Studies Association of' Australia, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1996, pp.86-93; Looking at Japan with Australian University Students, 1998, Tokyo: Heigensha, 273 pages; 'Internationalisation of universities and English as a language of instruction', AILA '99 Tokyo CD-ROM Disc 3, 1998, 7 pages; 'Globalisation and Australian policy towards international students', Journal of International Students Education, No.5, 2000, pp.27-48.
ADDRESS : School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Arts Faculty, PO BOX 11A, Monash University, VIC , 3800.
TEL : (03) 9905 2281
FAX : (03) 9905 5437
EMAIL : Hiroko.Hashimoto@arts.monash.edu.au

HASHIMOTO, Mr Yoji , b. 1963 United States. Lecturer A, School of Asian Languages & Studies.
INSTITUTION : University of Tasmania.
DISCIPLINE : Socio-linguistics; Language testing; Japanese language education.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA in Education, Pedagogy (Kyoto University, 1987); MA , Sociology (Hitotsubashi University, 1991); Ph.D candidature, applied linguistics (The University of Melbourne, 2001-).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Planning, Development and Management Assistant, Eibi Tsushin Co., April 1991-March 1993; Part-time Tutor, University of Tsukuba, April 1991-March 1993; Lecturer, Monash University, April 1993-December 1995; Lecturer B, University of Melbourne, January 1996-December 1996; Lecturer A, University of Melbourne, January 1997-February 2001; Lecturer A, University of Tasmania, February 2001-.
SUBJECTS : Japanese language teaching at all levels, including business Japanese.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Students' perceptions of 'Communicative' classroom activities, using COLT observation scheme; Questionnaire & interview survey to evaluate business Japanese instructions at university courses
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Analysis of SPOT (Simple Performance Oriented Test) as a placement test tool; Language proficiency and identities of second-generation Japanese migrants in Australia.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : (with A. Inako) 'Insights from the class meetings', Bulletin of the Japanese Institute, Vo1.3, International Education Centre, May 1992, pp.60-74; Situational Functional Japanese, Bonjinsha, Tokyo, 1992; 'An investigation into beliefs about language learning: a BALLI practice', Journal of Japanese Language Teaching, pp.215-41; (with K. Ogawa, S. Miyazaki and S. Enomoto) Interacting with the Japanese-Study Guide Unit Five, NLLIA, Melbourne, 1994; "Preparing University Students for Japan-related Work Environments", Melbourne Papers in University Language Teaching, Vol. 1, 2000, Melbourne: University of Melbourne, pp.29-57; "Nihongo gakusei no SPOT
tokuten to koosu seiseki to no kankei (Meruborun Daigaku no baai - (Relations between SPOT Scores and Course Achievement: Analysis of University of Melbourne Students)", Journal of Japanese Language Teaching Vol.15, 2000, Tsukuba: International Student Center, University of Tsukuba, pp.87-97; "Komyunikatibu na kyoushitsu katsudou ni taisuru gakusei no uketomekata (COLT ni yoru chuugoku-kei, hi-chuugoku-kei gakusei no hikaku (Students' Perception of "Communicative" Classroom Activities - A Comparison between Chinese and non-Chinese Background Students -)", Journal of Japanese Language Teaching (co-author) Vol. 103, 1999, Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Tokyo, pp.89-98
ADDRESS : School of Asian Languages & Studies, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-91 Hobart, Tasmania 7001 Australia
TEL : (03) 6226 2778
FAX : (03) 6226 7813
EMAIL : Yoji.Hashimoto@utas.edu.au

HOAAS, Solrun ., b. 1943 Norway. Filmmaker.
INSTITUTION : Non-affiliated
DISCIPLINE : Japanese Studies; Film and Theatre Studies.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND :
NAATI Level 2 Japanese Interpreter's Qualification, RMIT l988
Graduate Diploma in Film, Swinburne Institute of Technology l980
Master Degree in Asian Studies, Australian National University, l979
Post-grad. Japanese Edu. Ministry scholarship for theatre studies, Kyoto University l970-71
Qualifying Degree in Social Anthropology, U. of Oslo, l968
Cand. mag. degree in Arts, U. of Oslo, l967
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer in Australian Cinema for Kyoto Seika University Australian Studies Fieldwork Program at La Trobe University. l997-2002
Various lectures on cinema in Seoul, l999, incl. Chung-Ang, Hongik, Korean Nat. U. of the Arts;
Casual or part-time tutor/lecturer in Cinema Studies, Monash University, Swinburne Institute of Technology, LaTrobe University, Canberra College of Art ; in Asian Studies at ANU; in Japanese Theatre at Rusden, VCA, U. of Sydney.
Project Officer & Course Co-ordinator, AFTRS, Melbourne l981-3, l986-7.
Consultant to Victorian Education Dept. on Japanese film and theatre in VCE curriculum 81-82;
Research Assistant/Tutor in Japanese Dept. ANU l974-76, development of Alfonso Japanese Vols. 1 & 2 for Japanese language teaching in secondary schools and tutoring Contemporary Japan course
Writer/Director/Producer (Japan-related films):
AYA Feature film. 96 min. l990. International theatrical, TV & festival release
GREEN TEA AND CHERRY RIPE. Documentary 56 mins. l988, SBS- TV
THE HATOMA FILMS A series of four documentaries filmed in l978-81 on the island of Hatoma, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Theatrical release: Melbourne & Image Forum, Tokyo. Titles: Waiting for Water 26 mins. l981.; There's Nothing that Doesn't Take Time 7 mins. ; The Priestess/The Storekeeper, 30 mins. l983.
Sacred Vandals. 56 mins. l983.
EFFACEMENT. 14 min. l980
IN SEARCH OF THE JAPANESE. 16 min. l980.
Director (theatre) Mishimia Yukio's Modern Noh Plays Sotoba Komachi and Lady Han , Canberra Repertory Theatre 1973 Exhibitions: Kyoto Noh Mask Maker' Exhibit 1972; Distelfink Gallery 1981;
Performing Arts Museum, Melbourne 1982; Year of the Mask Exhibition, Australian Museum, Sydney 1995.
SUBJECTS : Japanese Theatre and Film; Cinema Studies; Screenwriting
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese war brides for documentary film Green Tea and Cherry Ripe, l985-88, Ritual life and conflict on Hatomajima, Okinawa (four documentary films) l978-83; The Noh Mask and the Mask Making Tradition, MA Thesis, ANU 1979; Women in the Arts and the Media in Japan (1977-78)
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : Japanese Cinema; Women in the Arts and the Media in Japan, Japanese Folk Performance, Japanese Contemporary Theatre, The Noh Mask and Mask Making Tradition
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS :
Japan-related Films (as researcher/writer/director/producer): see above Chapters
"Theatricality in Japanese Folk Performance", The Arts in Cultural Diversity, Holt, Rinehart & Nelson, 1978.
Journal articles
"Noh Masks: the Legacy of Possession", The Drama Review, Vol. 26, No. 4, 1982.
"The Masks of Noh", Arts in Asia, 1975
"Kurokawa-No", Jordens folk, Denmark, 1972
"No og maskene", Kunst og kultur, Norway, 1972
Published Interviews (conducted in Japanese & translated):
"Summer Vacation l999"(Interview with director Kaneko Shusuke) Beat, February l990.
"Shohei Imamura" Cinema Papers, No. 34, Sept-Oct. 1981.
"Currents in Japanese Cinema: Nagisa Oshima and Sachiko Hidari Interviewed", Cinema Papers No. 23, Sept.-Oct. l979
"Skådespelare i andra länder" (interviews with actors Honda Mitsuhiro and Kobayashi Katsuya), entré teatertidskrift, Sweden, No. 2, l979.
"Nakai Tsuneo" (Interview and translations from Nakai's articles) Cantrills Filmnotes Nos. 31,32, November l979.
"Interview with Eiko Ishioka, Illustrator"and "Women in the Arts and the Media Speak Out", Feminist Japan, vol 1, no. 4, February 1978.
"Women in the Arts and the Media"Mainichi Daily News l977-78 (a series of 11 interviews with Japanese women incl. Taeko Tomiyama, Yayori Matsui, Reisen Lee, Setsu Asakura, Sachiko Hidari, Machiko Nasu)
Reviews/Reports:
"Solrun Hoaas writes on Japanese documentary" Filmnews, March l983.
"Oshima's unique vision of film", The National Times, August 16 to 22, l981.
Translations (fiction):
"Karpen" (translated from Japanese to Norwegian) short story by Ibuse Masuji, Vinduet, Oslo 1972 .

ADDRESS : P.O. Box 324, Albert Park, Vic 3206
TEL : (03) 9699 5554
FAX : (03) 9696 0496
EMAIL : solrun@ozemail.com.au
http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/hoaas.html

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KATO, Dr Fumie , b. Japan. Lecturer A, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies
INSTITUTION : University of Melbourne.
DISCIPLINE : Language/applied linguistics; Education.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MEd (University of Sydney, 1992); MEd Hons,(University of Sydney, 1995), PhD (University of Sydney, 2000)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Casual Lecturer, University of Sydney, 1989-93; Lecturer A/B, University of Sydney, 1994-7, Lecturer A, University of Melbourne, 1999-.
SUBJECTS : Japanese language (all levels), Japanese culture
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese Learning Within a Computer Rich Environment seeks to develop computer software teaching packages to assist learners of Japanese and evaluates the effectiveness of CAJL. Integration of Interactive Multimedia CALL is a teaching package to assist Japanese learning including an explanation of how to integrate the software into the course and an evaluation of the effectiveness in the field of CALL.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Factors Contributing to Successful Japanese Learners: learning strategies, academic time management, student motivation.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : Kato, F., (1999), Classroom activity: Learning strategies report, in Barfield, A. & Robert, B. (eds), On JALT 98: Focus on the Classroom: Interpretations, (pp. 110-118). Tokyo: JALT Central Office; Kato, F. and Harvey, J., (1997), Learning strategies of successful language learners in the use of CALL program through the analysis using audit trail; Y. Chuang & H-H. Kao (eds.) The Proceedings of the First International Conference on Multimedia Language Education (pp. 59-69). Taiwan: Crane; Kato, F. (1995). Japanese learning within a computer-rich environment. J.M. Pearce & .A Ellis (eds.) Learning with Technology (pp. 281-287). Melbourne: the Science Multimedia Teaching Unit, the University of Melbourne.
ADDRESS : Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies
TEL : +61-3-8344-8945 (W)
FAX : +61-3-9349-4870 (W)
EMAIL : fumie@unimelb.edu.au

KUBOTA, Dr Mariko , 1948 Australia. Lecturer, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies
INSTITUTION : The University of Melbourne
DISCIPLINE : Linguistics and Applied linguistics
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BEd (Hiroshima University, Japan, 1971); MA (Monash University, 1982) Ph.D. (Monash, 1994)
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Language problems of Japanese children in Melbourne; Japanese compound verbs; Error correction strategies employed by learners of Japanese; Motivation for learning Japanese among the first year students in Melbourne (joint project with Alina Skoutarides). Factors which native speakers of English with high proficiency in Japanese have in common. Learning strategies employed for learning words written in Kanji versus in Kana (joint project with Etsuko Toyoda)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT : Background speakers of Japanese at secondary school in Victoria (joint project with Takako Asaoka and Jun Yano)
ADDRESS : Melbourne Institute of Asian languages and Societies, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
TEL : (03)-8344-5986
FAX : (03) 9349-4870
EMAIL : m.kubota@unimelb.edu.au

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LUCACEVICH, Ms. Susan R . b.1961 Australia. Lecturer, School of Arts, Faculty of Arts & Science
INSTITUTION : Australian Catholic University (St Patrick's Campus)
DISCIPLINE : Asian Studies, Japanese language, Applied Linguistics
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Arts (Monash University 1982); Dip.Ed.(University of Melbourne, 1983); Graduate Diploma of Arts (Applied Japanese Linguistics) (Monash University, 1994); Master of Arts (Applied Japanese Linguistics) (Monash University, 1997)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : ESL Coordinator, Mallauna Secondary College, February 1984-April 1989;Lecturer, Australian Catholic University (P/T) 1990-.
SUBJECTS TAUGHT : Japanese language units, Social Transformations of Asia.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Language Acquisition of Japanese Descended Children analysed intra and inter-marriage parental attitudes to Japanese language acquisition of their offspring. The Use of Telemantics in the Delivery of Japanese investigated the effectiveness of Japanese delivery via telemantics.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Parental gender's influence on children's second language acquisition
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : The Influence of Parental Attitudes on Second-generation Japanese Children's Language Acquisition."
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : Lucacevich, S. (2000) 'The Influence of the Japanese Parent's Gender on the Acquisition of Japanese by Children of Japanese-Australian Mixed Marriages', Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, Vol.6, No.1, November 2000.
ADDRESS : School of Arts and Science, St Patrick's Campus, 115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy 3065
TEL : (03) 9953 322
FAX : (03) 9953 3005
EMAIL : S.Lucacevich@patrick.acu.edu.au

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MACHIDA, Dr Sayuki . Lecturer, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies. Arts Faculty
INSTITUTION : University of Melbourne
DISCIPLINE : Applied Linguistics, Education (language learning), Language and Culture
SPECIALISATION : Japanese as a second/foreign language, second/foreign language acquisition, interlanguage development, language pedagogy, inter-cultural communication
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , DipEd (Kumamoto Women's), MEd (Rutgers, USA), PhD (Qld, Australia)
SUBJECTS : Japanese language; Japanese language & culture; Second Language Pedagogy
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Interlanguage development (writing strategies); Inter-cultural communication; Foreign Language pedagogy; Oral test anxiety in foreign language acquisition (Project One: Oral test anxiety; Project Two: Motivation and anxiety in the test situation; Project Three: affective factors and performance in oral examination); CAL (introduction of computer assisted group activity to the introductory Japanese course, student reactions and its effects on their Japanese acquisition).
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Reading comprehension by second language learners of Japanese (Project One: Chinese background vs non-Chinese background readers; Project Two: Intermediate vs Advanced learners of Japanese; Project Three: Vocabulary and reading comprehension); Oral test anxiety in foreign language acquisition (Project Four: Motivation and oral examination; Project Five: Gender, motivation and anxiety; Project Six: What does oral test anxiety consist of?)
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS : (in planning stages) Reading comprehension by Japanese learners and English learners in their target language
ADDRESS : Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, The University of Melbourne, Vic 4010
EMAIL : sayuki@unimelb.edu.au

MARRIOTT, Dr Helen E., b, 1947 Australia. Associate Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, Arts Faculty.
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINE : Language/ linguistics.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MEd., (Monash University, 1977); MA , Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1978); PhD, Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1989).
SUBJECTS
Undergraduate: Japanese language acquisition and use; Japanese sociolinguistics; Japanese linguistics
Postgraduate: Japanese sociolinguistics, Japanese linguistics, Asian languages in contact, Research Methodology for applied linguistics, Australia-Japan cultural interaction
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : International academic contact, academic literacy, editing as a language management strategy, the discourse of study abroad.
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Catalogue of Overseas Research Works on Japanese Language (in conjunction with Professor Tokugawa at the National Language Research Institute of Kokugo Gakkai) involves the compilation of all bibliographic references written in Australia and New Zealand on the Japanese language. The Teaching of 'Nihon Jijo' in Japan and Overseas (in conjunction with Professor Nagatani of Keio University) analyses how 'Nihon jijo' lectures are conducted in Japan and how Japanese society and culture subjects are taught in Japanese language classes overseas, Cultural Flows in and between Asia (with Dr Alison Tokita, Dr Gloria Davies and others) with respect to language use and academic literacy in Australia and Asia.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/ PAPERS : Refer to School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics website.
GRADUATE SUPERVISION :
Past: Attitudes of Native Speakers of Japanese Towards Transference; Transference Phenomena in Japanese; Code Switching Behaviour of Japanese Children; Self-assessment and other Evaluative Aspects of Language Change; Variation in Politeness among Native Speakers of Japanese; Negotiation Strategies in Acquisition of Japanese by Hong Kong Speakers of Japanese.
Current: The integration of sources into text; Networks of Japanese language learners; Student exchanges with Japan; Acquisition of Japanese in primary immersion programs.
ADDRESS : School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Arts Faculty, Monash University, Clayton, VIC , 3168.
TEL : (03) 9905 2272
FAX : (03) 9905 5437
EMAIL : Helen.Marriott@arts.monash.edu.au

MIZUNO, Mr Tokuya, b. 1960 Japan. Lecturer, Discipline of Languages and Marketing, School of Business.
INSTITUTION : Swinburne University of Technology.
DISCIPLINE : Language Acquisition, cross-cultural management .
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Arts (University of Tokai, 1983) Grad Dip, Applied Japanese Linguistics (Monash University), MA in Japanese (Swinburne University of Technology)
SUBJECTS : Japanese Language (First to Third levels), Business Japanese (Business Culture)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : 'An investigation into 'groupware' in Australia companies to ascertain their perception of the switching costs associated with adopting an alternative product designed to reduce costly maintenance'
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/ PAPERS : "The Influence of Comprehensible Input on foreign Language Acquisition"
ADDRESS : School of Business, Discipline of Marketing and Languages, John Street, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 Australia, PO Box 218, Hawthorn
TEL : +61 3 9214 8044
FAX : +61 3 9818 5475
EMAIL : tmizuno@swin.edu.au

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NICHOLAS, Stephen , Professor and Director, Australian Centre for International Business
INSTITUTION : Faculty of Economics and Commerce, University of Melbourne
DISCIPLINE : International Business
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MA , History (University of Iowa)
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese MNEs in Australia and Thailand; Japanese investment in Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and Philippines
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese MNEs in Australia; Japanese MNEs in China and Taiwan
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese investment in China with University of International Business and Economics, Dongbei University of Economics and Finance and I-Shou University (Taiwan)
GRADUATE SUPERVISION : M. Staelens, Japanese MNEs Environmental Strategies in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand
JAPAN-RELATED PUBLICATIONS : (journal articles and book chapters)
Nicholas, S., Purcell W. and Gray, S., "Regional Clusters, Location Tournaments and Incentives: An Empirical Analysis of Factors Attracting Japanese Investment to Singapore", Asia Pacific Journal of Management (forthcoming, 2001)
Nicholas, S. and Purcell, W., "Japanese Investment in Australia" in A. Bird (ed), Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management (forthcoming, 2001 Routledge)
Purcell, W. and Nicholas, S., "Japanese Subcontracting" in A. Bird (ed), Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management (forthcoming, 2001 Routledge)
Purcell, W. and Nicholas S., 'Japanese Tourism Investment in Australia: Entry Choice, Parent Control and Management Practice", Tourism Management (forthcoming,
2001)
Nicholas, S., Purcell, W. and Gray, S., "The Role of Incentives: Japanese FDI in Singapore and the Region" Asia-Pacific Issues in International Business" edited by S. Gray, Sara McGaughey and W. Purcell (Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2001)
Purcell, W., Nicholas, S., Merrett, D., and Whitwell, G., 'The Transfer of Human Resource and Management Practice by Japanese Multinationals to Australia: Does Industry, Size and Experience Matter' The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 10 (Feb 1999) 72-88.
Nicholas, S., Purcell, W., Merrett, D. and Whitwell, G., 'Japanese Multinationals in Australia" in Masao Yamanaka and Akira Kawaguchi (eds.)'Australia no Sangyouseisaka to Nihon no Takakuseki Kigyou, (Yachiyo Shippon, Tokyo, 1998).
Nicholas, S., Purcell, W., Merrett, D. and Whitwell, G., 'Japanese Multinationals in Australia in the 1990s: Manufacturing, Financial Services and Tourism', Otomon Gakuin Bulletin of Australian Studies, (Otomon Gakuin University, 1997).
Nicholas, S., Purcell, W., Merrett, D., Whitwell, G. and Kimberley, S.,'Japanese Investment in Australia: The Investment Decision in Manufacturing, Tourism and Financial Services', Pacific Economic Papers, #256, (June 1996), pp. 1-24.
Nicholas, s. and Hutchinson, D., 'Japanese Multinationals in Australian Manufacturing', Pacific Economic Papers, #231, (May 1994) pp. 1-21.
ADDRESS : Australian Centre for International Business, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010
TEL : (03) 8344 5340
FAX : (03) 9347 37670
EMAIL : s.nicholas@unimelb.edu.au

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OKANO, Dr Kaori , b. 1959 Japan. Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies Program, School of Social Sciences.
INSTITUTION : La Trobe University.
DISCIPLINE : Anthropology; Education; Sociology.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Education (Hiroshima University, 1983); MA (Hons), Education (University of Sydney, 1987); PhD, Sociology of Education (Massey University, 1991).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Japanese Teacher, Mater Maria College, 1985; Japanese Teacher, Rathkeale College, 1986-87; Lecturer, La Trobe University, 1991-94; Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University, 1995-.
SUBJECTS : Introduction to Asian Studies, business Culture of East Asia, Japanese
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Schooling in Japan, social justice and education, Koreans in Japan, social inequality and education, gender and education.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Working class women becoming shakai-jin. Gender, class, ethnic identities among the young in Japan.
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Schooling in multicultural Japan. Currently editing a book with R. Tsuneyoshi (Tokyo Uni) and S. Boocock (Rutger Uni).
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS :
Books
1999
(with M. Tsuchiya) Education in contemporary Japan: inequality and diversity (Cambridge University Press).
1993
School to work transition in Japan; An ethnographic study. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters.
Articles and book chapters
2000
(with Tsuchiya) Students' experience of schooling: Minorities in Japan. In sociology of Education: Major Themes, ed. Stephen Ball, pp 1030-1065. London: Routledge.
Social justice and job distribution to youth in Japan; Class, minority and gender. International Review of Education, 46(6): 545-565.
1998
Justice principles in job distribution to Japanese youth. In Rohlen T. and Bjork, C. (Eds.) Education and Training in Japan. Volume 3. London: Routledge, pp.77-123.
1997
Divergent paths; third-generation Korean high schoolers in Japan, anthropology and Education Quarterly, 28(4)524-549.
1995
Rational decision making and school-based job referrals for high school students in Japan. Sociology of Education, 68(1):31-47.
Habitus and intra-class differentiation: Non-university bound students in Japan. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 8(4):357-369.
1994.
"Modern" Japan and social identity. In Gomes, A. (ed), Modernity and identity: Asian illustrations. Melbourne: La Trobe University Press, pp.206-231.
1993
Facilitating transition from school to work in Japan. In Corson, D. and Lawton, S.B. (Eds.), Education for work. Toronto: The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, pp.33-44.
1992
State care and control in Japan: the employment guidance and referral process for school leavers. In close, P. (Ed.), the state and caring, London: Macmillan, pp.162-185.
ADDRESS : Asian Studies Program, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC , 3086.
TEL : (03) 9479 1394
FAX : (03) 9479 1880
EMAIL : k.okano@latrobe.edu.au

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PANDEY, Dr Rajyashree, b. 1953 India. Lecturer, School of Asian Studies.
INSTITUTION : La Trobe University.
DISCIPLINE : Asian Studies; Literature; Women's Studies.
OTHER REGIONS : India.
HISTORICAL PERIOD OF SPECIALISATION : Kamakura (1185-1333).
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA (Hons), Oriental Institute (Oxford University, 1976); MA , East Asian Languages and Literature (Washington University, 1980); PhD , Asian Studies (Australian National University, 1989).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii, 1990-91; Assistant Professor, Washington University, 1989March 1990; Lecturer, La Trobe University, April 1990.
SUBJECTS : Women in Postwar Japan; Third-year Japanese Language; Pre-modern Japanese Literature.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Women, Sexuality and Enlightenment in Medieval Japan examines the complex and often contradictory ways in which women, their bodies, their social and domestic functions and their possibilities for attaining salvation are constructed in medieval writing. Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan examines the writings of medieval litterateur, Kamo no Chomei, in order to examine the interaction between aesthetic and religious ideals in medieval Japan.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/ PAPERS : Japanese Religious Traditions.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : 'Suki and religions awakening: Kamo no Chomei's Hosshinshu', Monunienta Nipponica, Vol.4, No.3, Autumn 1992, pp.299-321; 'Love, poetry and renunciation: changing configuration of the ideal of suki', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol.5, No.2, July 1995, pp.225-44; 'Women, sexuality and enlightenment: kankyo no tomo', Monumenta Nipponica, Vol.50, No.3, Autumn 1995, pp.325-56.
Book:
Writing and Renunciation in Medieval Japan: The Works of the Poet-Priest Kamo no Choumei, University of Michigan, Japanese Monograph Series, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998.
Book Chapters:
"Traditions of War Literature in Medieval Japan: A Study of the Heike Monogatari". In David Wells and Sandra Wilson eds.,The Russo-Japanese War in Cultural Perspective, 1904-5, London: Macmillan Press, 1999 , pp 41-60.
Articles in Refereed Journals:
1. "The medieval in manga", Postcolonial Studies, Carfax: Oxford, Vol 3, no. 1, March 2000.
2. "Representations of Female Sexuality and Enlightenment in Japanese Medieval Tale Literature", Asiatica Venetiana, Vol. 3, 1998, pp 125-139.
3. "Women, Sexuality and Enlightenment: Kankyo no tomo", Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 50, Autumn 1995, pp 325-356. Sections of this translation have been included in the revised "Sources of Japanese Tradition" edited by Theodore de Bary.
4. "Love, Poetry and Renunciation: Changing Configurations of the Ideal of Suki", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Cambridge University Press, vol.5, Part 2, July 1995, pp 225-244 (Awarded the Barwis-Holliday Award for best article in the area of Far Eastern Studies in the year 1995).
5. "Suki and Religious Awakening: Kamo no Choumei1s Hosshinshuu", Monumenta Nipponica, Vol 47, Autumn, 1992, pp 299-323.
In press:
"The Pre in the Postmodern: The Horror Manga of Hino Hideshi, Japanese Studies, Carfax, Oxford, December 2001.
ADDRESS : School of Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC , 3083.
TEL : (03) 9479 1446
FAX : (03) 9479 1880
EMAIL : r.pandey@latrobe.edu.au

PENNA, Ian , b. 1953 , Australia
INSTITUTION : University of Melbourne, School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies
DISCIPLINE : Environmental Studies
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: B.Sc., Latrobe University, 1975.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH-RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE : Conservation Council of Victoria, Australian Conservation Foundation. Detailed CV available on request.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Research Student, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Japan (1993 to 1995), Invited Guest Researcher, International Exchange and Research Center, Kokugakuin University, Japan (1997)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : PhD thesis. Working title: "Fibre resource management and related environmental issues as factors in the development of the Japanese paper industry". Expected year of completion: 2001.
MAIN TOPICS OF INTEREST : Political economy/ecology of natural resource use, particularly forest exploitation and the operation of timber and paper industries.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
Penna I., "Eden Woodchipping: a management bind on wildlife and fire", Habitat Vol. 14, No.3, Australian Conservation Foundation, 1986.
Penna I., "Forest Chips are also shipped to Japan", Asahi Weekly, June 4, 1989.
Penna I., "Logging in Australia by Japanese companies arouses protests." The Japan Times, August 14, 1989.
Penna I., "Japanese industry participates in Forest Cutting", The Conservation of Nature, No.333, Nature Conservation Society of Japan, 1990. Vol. 19, No.1, Australian Conservation Foundation, 1991.
Penna I., "Japan's Paper Industry: An Overview of its Structure and Market Trends", Chikyu no Tomo/ Friends of the Earth Japan, 1992.
Penna I., "Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co. - A Corporate Profile", The Taiga Rescue Network, Sweden. February 1995.
Penna I., "The Crisis in Japan's Waste Paper Collection and Recycling System", Japan Environment Monitor Dec 1997 - Jan 1998, pp.12-13 & 15.
Penna I., (contributor) "Kankyou Japan 1999" (Japan Environment Outlook), Diamond sha, Tokyo (in Japanese).
Penna I., (co-author),"Australia's Timber Industry: Promises and Performances", Australian Conservation Foundation, 1987.
Cameron J. and Penna I., "The Wood AND the Trees. A Preliminary Economic Analysis of a Conservation Oriented Forest Industry Strategy" Australian Conservation Foundation, 1988.
Morita T., Matsuoka Y., Penna I., and Kainuma M., "Global Carbon Dioxide Emission Scenarios and their Basic Assumptions--1994 Survey", Center for Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan, 1994.
ADDRESS : School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies,
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3010
EMAIL : i.penna@unimelb.edu.au

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SAVAGE, Ms Theresa A ., b. 1952 United States. Lecturer, Japanese Section, The School of Business
INSTITUTION : Swinburne University of Technology.
DISCIPLINE : Language/linguistics; Asian Studies.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA (Purdue University, 1974); BLit., Japanese (University of Melbourne, 1990). Grad.Dip. in Japanese, Asian Languages and Culture (Swinburne University of Technology, 1993); MA , Linguistics (La Trobe University, 1996); Ph.D. Candidate (La Trobe University, current)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, 1991-.
SUBJECTS : Introduction to Japanese; Japanese 1A and 1B; Linguistics, Communication, Japanese Art and Culture
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : The Semantics and Pragmatics of' the Japanese Verbs of Asking uses the role and reference grammar approach and analyses the verbs of asking using TV home drama scripts as data. The Relation Between New Dialects and Ethnolinguistic Revival in Japan analyses the development of new dialects that have emerged from the process of diversification that has occurred simultaneously with the standardisation of language. Sentence Final Particles in Japanese: The Merging of Male and Female Speech Forms examines the merging of female and male speech forms by observing the final particles used in sentences.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/ PAPERS : 1. 'The Politeness of Visiting in Japanese', International Symposium on Linguistic Politeness: Theoretical Approaches and Intercultural Perspectives, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1999 2. 'A Case Study of Ainu Language Revival', 10th Biennial
Conference of the JSAA, 1997
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : 1. 'Ethnolinguistic Revival in Japan: A Case Study of Ainu Language', Japanese Studies: Communities, Cultures, Critiques, Vol. 2: Identity Politics and Critiques in Contemporary Japan, Monash Asia Institute, 2000 2. 'Verbs of asking in Japanese: What they tell us about Politeness Theories', Prospects for Japanese Studies in the 21st Century, Society of Japanese Language Education and Hong Kong & Himawari Publishing Co., Hong Kong, 1999
ADDRESS : Discipline of Marketing, Languages Section, School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC , 3122.
TEL : (03) 9214 5571
FAX : (03) 9918 5475
EMAIL : tsavage@swin.edu.au

SKOUTARIDES, Dr Alina , b. 1928 Poland. Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Asian Languages and Studies, Monash University.
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINE : Language/linguistics; Communication.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : PhD , Japanese (Monash University, 1986).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Senior Tutor, Swinburne University of Technology, 1977-81; Lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology, 1981-88; Principal Lecturer and Head of Discipline of Asian Languages and Cultures, Swinburne University of Technology, 1988-2000.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Acquisition of Japanese Literacy by Australians analyses numerous variables (such as socio-economic factors and motivation) in student background to produce a comprehensive profile of students enrolled in Japanese language courses at Victorian universities.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : Am I Being Taught What I Want to Learn?; I Want to Know More About You; Learning About Japan Through Formal Study of the Language.
ADDRESS : Department of Asian Languages and Studies, Monash University Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC , 3800.
TEL : (03) 9905 9207
FAX : (03) 9905 5437
EMAIL : askoutarides@arts.monash.edu.au

SPENCE-BROWN, Ms Robyn L., b. 1957 Australia. Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Arts Faculty.
INSTITUTION: Monash University.
DISCIPLINE: Applied linguistics.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA (Hons), Japanese Studies (Monash University. 1979); Dip.Ed. (Monash University, 1980); MA , Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1986).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer, Monash University, 1988-.
SUBJECTS : Beginners' Language (Level A); Introduction to Teaching Asian Languages.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Authentic assessment
GRADUATE SUPERVISION : Networks of Japanese Students in Australia
ADDRESS : School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Arts Faculty, PO Box 11A, Monash University VIC , 3800.
TEL : (03) 99052149
FAX : (03) 9905 5437
EMAIL : robyn.spencebrown@arts.monash.edu.au

STEVENS, Dr Carolyn S ., b. 1963 United States. Level C Senior Lecturer, Japanese Programme, Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies.
INSTITUTION : University of Melbourne.
DISCIPLINE : Anthropology; Japanese and Asian Studies.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Anthropology (Harvard College, 1986); MA , Anthropology (Columbia University, 1987); PhD, Anthropology (Columbia University, 1995).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Translator, Time Spirit Inc., 1992- 1994; Part-time Lecturer, Sophia University, 1992; Part-time Lecturer, Obirin Junior College, 1993-94; Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne, September 1994-present.
SUBJECTS : Inventing Asian Traditions; Contemporary Japanese Society; Japanese Popular Culture; Prejudice and Pride: Social Problems in Japan.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Social marginality and voluntarism in Japan; maternal and child health and welfare of foreigners in Japan
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Maternal and child health and welfare and nationality; Japanese fan culture and popular music
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : Currently working mostly on Japanese popular culture
GRADUATE SUPERVISION : Gender, popular culture, contemporary society
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : " Reproducing Identity: Maternal and Child Health Care for Foreigners in Japan" (with Setsuko Lee) An Anthropology of Social Policy in Japan: From Birth to Death, R. Goodman, ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming; "Saved by the Love Song: Japanese Rock Fans, Memory and the Pursuit of Pleasure", Japan at Play: The Ludic and the Logic of Power, Joy Hendry and Massimo Raveri, eds., London: Routledge, 2002, pp 99-114;"So Close and Yet So Far: Humanizing Celebrity in Japanese Music Television, 1960s - 1990s (with Shuhei Hosokawa), Asian Media Productions, Brian Moeran and Lise Skov, eds., Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001, pp. 233-246; "Undocumented Migrant Maternal and Child Health Care in Yokohama" (with S. Lee and T. Sawada), Japanese Studies, 20(1), 2000, pp. 49-65; On the Margins of Japanese Society: volunteers and the welfare of the Japanese underclass, Routledge, 1997.
ADDRESS : C/O MIALS, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC , 3052
TEL : (03) 8344 5989
FAX : (03) 9349 4870
EMAIL : css@unimelb.edu.au

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TAKEUCHI, Ms Masae , b. 1967 Japan. Lecturer, Department of Asian and International Studies, Faculty of Arts.
INSTITUTION : Victoria University of Technology.
DISCIPLINE : Language/ linguistics; Communication; Education.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , English American Literature (Tokyo Women's Christian University, 1990); MA , Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1993). Grad.Dip., Interpreting and Translating (Deakin University, 1996).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Level A Lecturer, Victoria University of Technology, 1993-95; Level B Lecturer, Victoria University of Technology, 1995-.
SUBJECTS : Level 1 Japanese, Level 2 Japanese; Level 3 Japanese, Level 4
Japanese, Japanese culture and society.
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : Japanese-English Bilingualism
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : (with F. Klarberg and A. di Benetto) 'New university entry subjects in Victoria 1921-36', Communication and Identity, 1994, pp.275-88; 'Error correction in Japanese language classes', Papers in Language and Linguistics, No.1, University of Queensland, 1996, pp.151-60; Japanese parents' discourse strategies in response to inappropriate language choice by their children', Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2000, 20-44.
ADDRESS : Department of Asian and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Victoria University of Technology, PO Box 14428 Melbourne City MC VIC , 8001.
TEL : (03) 9688 5010
FAX : (03) 9688 4063
EMAIL : masae.takeuchi@vu.edu.au

TANAKA, Ms Etsuko , b. 1958 Japan. Lecturer, Department of Asian Studies and Languages, Faculty of Arts.
INSTITUTION : Victoria University of Technology.
DISCIPLINE : History, Literature, Visual Arts, Cultural Studies.
HISTORICAL PERIOD OF SPECIALISATION : late Edo period (mid 18C-1868); post-war (1960-present)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , History (Tokyo Women's Christian University, 1979); MA , Japanese Studies (Monash University, 1993).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Assistant Lecturer, Monash University, 1989-94; Tutor, University of Melbourne, 1994; Lecturer, Victoria University of Technology, 1995-.
SUBJECTS : Intermediate Japanese Level 3, 4, 5, 6; Advanced Japanese 1, 2, 3; Reading Japanese texts; Japanese literature
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Research on Cultural Studies (in cooperation with Mr Takagiwa of Utsunomiya University) involves the development of cultural studies courses in Japan and Australia.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : (edited by Dr A. Tokita) 'The entity of the Woman in the antirealist novels of Kurahashi Yumiko', Representations 0f Women in Japanese Cultural Forms, Vol.23, November 1995, pp. 1-86; (edited by Dr A. Skoutarides and Dr A. Tokita),' Western Impact: Realism in Western-style Paintings in Modern Japanese Art', Japanese studies: communities, cultures, critiques, Volume V: Power and Culture, 2000, pp.125-132; (edited by Professor M. Griffith and Professor J. Tulip), 'The Art of Japanese Zen Gardens As Reflected on in a Metaficitonal Novel', Religion, Literature and the Arts Project, 1997, pp.313-319.
ADDRESS Department of Asian and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Victoria University of Technology, PO Box 14428, Melbourne City, MC, 8001.
TEL : (03) 9688 4917
FAX : (03) 9688 4063
EMAIL : Etsuko.Tanaka@vu.edu.au

TANAKA, Dr Lidia M ., b. 1957 Bolivia. Associate Lecturer, School of Asian Studies.
INSTITUTION : La Trobe University.
DISCIPLINE : Language/ linguistics.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BEd., Education (Chiba University, 1980); BEd., Education, (Chiba University, 1982), MEd., Graduate School (Chiba University, 1984), PhD (La Trobe, 2001).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Tutor, Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, 1986-91; Associate Lecturer, La Trobe University, 1992-.
SUBJECTS : Japanese 1A; Japanese 1B; Japanese 2B; Japanese 3A.
PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS : Code-switching, bilingualism. Analysis of Compliment Exchanges analyses responses to compliments, topics and gender with reference to the politeness phenomena in Japanese and develops a theory of the importance of cultural values to the management of speech. Topic Structure in Formal Discourse is a comparative analysis of English and Japanese formal discourse in terms of topic structure.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Discourse Analysis of Japanese television interviews, turn-taking, discourse markers, gender and language issues
JAPAN-RELATED LECTURES/PAPERS : Silence in Japanese Communication, Languages in Asia.
ADDRESS : School of Asian Studies, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC , 3083.
TEL : (03) 9479 1397
FAX : (03) 9476 1880
EMAIL : l.tanaka@latrobe.edu.au

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YANO, Ms Jun , b. 1951 Japan. Lecturer, School of Asian Languages and Studies, Arts Faculty.
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINE : Language
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : BA , Liberal Arts (International Christian University, 1975); MA , Arts (Monash University, 1988).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Tutor, Monash University, 1980-87, Senior Tutor, Monash University, 1988; Lecturer, Monash University, 1988-.
SUBJECTS : Japanese language courses at all levels, Japanese Systematic Grammar
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese background speakers in Victorian secondary schools
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : 1) (with T. Asaoka) 'Japanese language speech contest in Australia', Sekai no Nihongo Kyoiku Jijo Hokoku Hen, Vo1.4, p2)(with three other authors) The Hospitality: Japanese-English Dictionary, Hospitality Press, Melbourne, 2000
ADDRESS : School of Asian Languages and Studies, Arts Faculty, Monash University, VIC . 3800
TEL : (03) 9905 2276
FAX : (03) 9905 5437
EMAIL : jun.yano@arts.monash.edu.au

YOSHIMITSU, Dr Kuniko , b. Japan. Lecturer, School of Asian Languages and Studies, Arts Faculty.
INSTITUTION : Monash University.
DISCIPLINE : Applied linguistics/Language; Sociolinguistics/Language planning, Child language acquisition and maintenance.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND : MA , Japanese Studies, Monash University (1986), PhD , School of Asian Languages and Studies Monash University (2000)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE : Lecturer, Monash University.
SUBJECTS : Advanced Japanese; Advanced Japanese Texts; Translation of Japanese Business Documents
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS : Japanese-home-background learners: Their educational backgrounds and study management (University funded joint project).
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS : Japanese school children in Melbourne and their language maintenance efforts. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 10:2, 2000, pp. 255-278; Language maintenance of Japanese children in Morwell. In H. Marriott and M. Low (eds.), Language and Cultural Contact with Japan, Melbourne: Monash Asia Institute, 1996, pp. 138-155; (with A. Ozaki and J. Yano) 'Advanced Japanese language teaching: programs and issues at Monash University', Nihongo Kyoiku, Vol.71, 1990, pp.88-95; 'A view from within: perceptions of Australia and Australians among Japanese living in Queensland'. In R. Mouer (ed.), Japanese Images of Australia: A Collection of Japanese Writings on Australia 1991, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne, 1992, pp.39-46; Japanese language teaching: The first fifty years, Working papers of the Japanese Studies Centre, No. 11. Melbourne: Japanese Studies Centre, 1988; Gaikokujin gakushuusha no akusento (The Accent of Foreign Learners of Japanese). In Nihongo Kyooiku, Vol. 45, 1981, pp. 63-74.
ADDRESS : School of Asian Languages and Studies, PO Box 11A, Monash University, VIC , 3800. TEL : (03) 9905 2279
FAX : (03) 9905 5437
EMAIL : kuniko.yoshimitsu@arts.monash.edu.au

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