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Nicholas Albertson

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Nicholas Albertson

Assistant Professor of Japanese

Department/Office Information

East Asian Languages and Literatures
9E Lawrence Hall

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

  • Kyoto Center for Japanese Studies (junior year abroad)

 

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

  • Princeton in Beijing (summer study abroad)
  • T艒hoku University (dissertation research abroad)

Courses taught at 藏精阁:

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

 

Previous teaching positions:

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

Poetry, gender, ecocriticism, translation

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

鈥淪upernatural Longing in Yamakawa Tomiko鈥檚 Tanka

Japanese Studies, vol. 39, no. 1 (2019): 43鈥56

https://doi.org/10.1080/10371397.2019.1588690

鈥淟egendary Heroines for the Meiji Era鈥

Southeast Review of Asian Studies, vol. 38 (2016): 1鈥16

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

鈥淭补苍驳濒别诲 Kami: Yosano Akiko鈥檚 Supernatural Symbolism鈥

U.S.鈥揓apan Women鈥檚 Journal, no. 47 (Dec. 2014): 28鈥44

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

 

Literary Translations

Koigoromo (Robe of Love) Part 2: A Translation of Masuda Masako鈥檚 鈥楥omplete Devotion鈥欌

second part of book-length poetry collection, 1905

U.S.鈥揓apan Women鈥檚 Journal, no. 65 (2024): 75鈥108

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

Koigoromo (Robe of Love) Part 1: An Introduction and Translation of Yamakawa Tomiko鈥檚 鈥榃hite Lily鈥欌

            first part of book-length poetry collection, 1905

            U.S.鈥揓apan Women鈥檚 Journal, no. 63/64 (2023): 53鈥97

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

鈥淎 Portrait of Young Sangor艒鈥 (Hirata Sangor艒 Munetsugu), by Yamada Bimy艒

            story in verse from Portraits of Youths (Sh艒nen sugata), 1886

            Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature: Male Love, Intimacy and Erotics, 1886鈥2014

            edited by Stephen D. Miller

            University of Michigan Press (2022): 25鈥32

鈥淏utterfly鈥 (碍辞肠丑艒), by Yamada Bimy艒

            short story, 1889

            Review of Japanese Culture and Society, vol. 29 (2017): 320鈥333

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

鈥淔lower on a Grave鈥 (Boj艒 no hana), by Doi Bansui

            poem from Nature Has Feelings (Tenchi uj艒), 1899

            Transference, no. 1 (2013): 21鈥22

鈥淓vening Bell鈥 (叠辞蝉丑艒), by Doi Bansui

            poem from Nature Has Feelings (Tenchi uj艒), 1899

            Inventory, no. 3 (2012): 78鈥83

鈥淟ament鈥 (Aika), 鈥淧oet鈥 (Shijin), 鈥淯ntitled鈥 (Mudai), by Doi Bansui

            poems from Nature Has Feelings (Tenchi uj艒), 1899

            Inventory, no. 1 (2010): 76鈥80

Archie Fund for the Arts and Humanities, Wake Forest University

Toyota Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of Chicago

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship

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