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REIKO TACHIBANA Department of Comparative Literature 311 Burrowes Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 814-863-4932 Fax: 814-863-8882 E-mail: rxn6@psu.edu Education Ph. D. in Comparative Literature, The Pennsylvania State University, May 1991. Zertifikat: Deutsch als Fremdsprache, Gesamthochschule Kassel, July 1986. M. A. in German Literature, New York University, May 1985. B. A. in German, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, May 1982, Magma Cum Laude. Academic Appointments 1997--: Associate Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, in the Department of Comparative Literature, The Pennsylvania State University. 1991--97: Assistant Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature, in the Department of Comparative Literature, The Pennsylvania State University. 1989-91: Full-time instructor in Japanese, in the Department of Comparative Literature, Penn State. Coordinator for Japanese program. Teaching Japanese I, II, and advanced (third- or fourth year) language courses, as well as Japanese literature. 1986-89: Teaching assistant in Japanese, in the Department of Comparative Literature, Penn State. Taught Japanese I and II and advanced conversation class. 1987-90: Summer Intensive Language Institute, Penn State: Taught intensive Japanese I and II, summers 1987 through 1990. Served as coordinator, Summer 1990 and 1991.
Publications
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Published: Narrative as Counter-Memory: A Half-Century of Postwar Writing in Germany and Japan, State University of New York Press, 1998. Articles Published (as Reiko Tachibana Nemoto): "On Two Interviews Between Günter Grass and Oe Kenzaburo," World Literature Today, 67.2 (Spring 1993): 301-5. "The Obsession to Destroy Monuments: Mishima and Böll," Twentieth Century Literature, 39.2 (Summer 1993): 230-49. "Günter Grass's The Tin Drum and Oe Kenzaburo's My Tears: A Study in Convergence," Contemporary Literature, 34.4 (Winter 1993): 740-66. "The Documentary Novel: Ibuse Masuji's Black Rain and Uwe Johnson's Anniversaries," Revue de Littérature Comparée, 277.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1996): 72-90. "Hiroshima in Oba Minako's Urashimaso: Desire and Self-Destructiveness," Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 30.1 (April 1996): 1-21. "Seeing Between the Lines: Imamura Shohei's Kuroi Ame (Black Rain)," Literature/Film Quarterly 26.4 (1998): 304-12. Other Publications (as Reiko Tachibana Nemoto): "Biography of Osamu Dazai," in Cyclopedia of World Authors II (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1989), 411-3. "Biography of Fumiko Enchi," in Cyclopedia of World Authors II (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1989), 499-500. Review of Literary Relations East and West: Selected Essays, edited by Jean Toyama and Nobuko Ochner, in Monumenta Nipponica 47.4 (Winter 1992): 537-9.
Articles submitted: Article, "Circulation of Power in Oe Kenzaburo's Early Works" sent to Twentieth Century Literature, March 2000. Works in progress: Article, "Love in Two Languages: Tawada Yoko and Mizumura Minae" to be completed in May, 2000. Book, "Living in Two Cultures: Nomadic Women Writers of Japan" to be completed in 2001. Conference Presentations "Hiroshima from Japan, America, and France," American Comparative Literature Association, March 1990. "The Politics of Form: Oe Kenzaburo's The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away and Günter Grass's The Tin Drum," Association for Asian Studies, April 1991. "The Destruction of Monuments: Mishima Yukio's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion and Heinrich Böll's Billiards at Half Past Nine," American Comparative Literature Association, April 1992. "The Form of the Diary: Ibuse Masuji's Black Rain and Uwe Johnson's Anniversaries," American Comparative Literature Association, March 1993. "Rewriting History: Christa Wolf's Cassandra and Oba Minako's Urashimaso," International Comparative Literature Association, August 1994. "Novel into Film: Imamura Shohei's Black Rain," American Comparative Literature Association, March 1995. "Another Hiroshima in Oba Minako's Urashimaso," Association for Asian Studies, April 1995. "From Destruction to Reproduction: Re-visioning Female Sexuality in Oba Minako's Funakuimushi and Urashimaso," Association for Asian Studies, April 1996. "Empires and Aftermaths: Narrative as Counter-Memory of Wartime Germany and Japan in the Works of Günter Grass and Oe Kenzaburo," American Comparative Literature Association, April 1997. "Circulation of Power in Oe Kenzaburo's 'Shiiku,'" Southern Comparative Literature Association conference, September 1997. “Narrative as Counter-Memory of World War II: Cries of Innocence in the Works of Elie Wiesel and Oe Kenzaburo,” American Comparative Literature Association, March 1998. "Living in Two Cultures: Oba Minako's Urashimaso and Tears of A Princess," Association for Asian Studies, March 1999. "Multiculturalism toward Millennium: Tawada Yoko's Hybrid World," The New Europe at the Crossroads, Part III, Conference, Berlin, Germany, July 1999. "Living in Two Cultures: Yoko Tawada and Minae Mizumura," American Comparative Literature Association, February 2000. "Writing in Regional Languages: Yoko Tawada and Hideo Levy" abstract accepted for International Comparative Literature Association conference, scheduled for August, 2000. "Nomadic Writers of Japan: Tawada, Mizumura, Yu, and Levy," abstract submitted to Association for Japanese Literary Studies conference, scheduled for November, 2000. Grants
Grants received: Northeast Asia Council grant, $1,000, Summer 1999 University of Michigan Asia Library Travel Grant, $500, May 1999 Global Funds at Penn State, $500, Summer 1999 Northeast Asia Council grant, 200,000 yen, 1995 RGSO grant at Penn State, 1995 IAHS grant at Penn State for the Oe Kenzaburo Symposium, 1995 Grants for Travel to International Meetings Abroad, American Council of Learned Societies, 1994 Research and Graduate Studies Office (RGSO), $2,000 travel grant, 1994 Research Initiation Grant at Penn State, one course release time for Spring 1993 Alumni Faculty Fellowship at Penn State, 1993 NEH Travel to Collections, 1993 Northeast Asia Council grant, 200,000 yen, 1992 IAHS grant at Penn State, 1992 Travel grant from the Harvard-Yenching Library, 1992 Travel grant from the Harvard-Yenching Library, 1990 Proposals Submitted: Berlin Prize Fellowship, February 2000, not founded DAAD, Study Visit Grant, February 2000, pending.
Awards and Honors University Scholarship, New York University, 1983 - 85 Magna Cum Laude, Indiana University of PA Member of Honorary Scholarly Society, Indiana University of PA Member of German Honorary Society, Indiana University of PA University Scholarship, Indiana University of PA, 1979-8.
Professional Memberships
Modern Language Association American Comparative Literature Association Association for Asian Studies Association of Teachers of Japanese Association for Japanese Literary Studies Visit Reiko's Personal Web page |
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