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Profile Information

Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences / Global Commons, University of Tsukuba

Degree: Ph.D. in Literature(Mar, 2016, University of Tsukuba)
M.A. in Literature(Mar, 2011, University of Tsukuba)
B.A. in Literature(Mar, 2009, University of Tsukuba)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201701009736541805
researchmap Member ID: B000280585

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Literature - General / 比較文学

Research History

Sep, 2019 - Present

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences / Global Commons, University of Tsukuba
Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2019

Assistant Professor, Research and Education Center for Comprehensive Science, Akita Prefectural University
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Takasaki City University of Economics
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Toho University
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Part-time Lecturer, Ibaraki Kinu Nursing School
Nov, 2013 - Mar, 2016

Learning Advisor, Global Commons, University of Tsukuba
Aug, 2012 - May, 2013

Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, School of Business and Management, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Education

Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2016

Doctoral Program in Literature and Linguistics, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Aug, 2012 - May, 2013

School of Business and Management, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Apr, 2005 - Mar, 2009

College of Comparative Culture, Second Cluster of Colleges, University of Tsukuba

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2024 - Present

東北支部広報委員, 日本比較文化学会
Jul, 2023 - Present

Editorial Board, Tohoku Branch, The Japan Association of Compatative Culture
Jan, 2022 - Present

事務局補佐, ASLE-Japan／文学・環境学会
Jul, 2021 - Present

Councilor, Society of Japanese Language and Literature
Aug, 2017 - Present

東北支部幹事, 日本比較文学会
Jun, 2019 - May, 2023

国際活動委員会実務委員, 日本比較文学会

Awards

Sep, 2023

筑波大学若手教員奨励賞, 筑波大学
May, 2022

2022年度日本比較文化学会奨励賞, 日本比較文化学会

江口真規
Jun, 2014

The 8th International Gender and Language Association Conference International Bursaries, International Gender and Language Association

Maki Eguchi
Aug, 2012

2012 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Fulbright Japan

Maki Eguchi

Papers

Reflecting on Animals Through Literature: Research Trends and Case Studies

EGUCHI Maki

Bulletin of the Folklore Society of Japan, (315) 75-77, Aug, 2023 Invited
Literary Studies in the Field of Animal Studies: Between Representation and Activism

EGUCHI Maki

The Journal of the Association for Narrative Studies, (23) (48)-(62), Mar, 2023 Invited
History and Education in Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Southern U.S.: Teaching Japanese Language and Culture at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Maki EGUCHI

Journal of International and Advanced Japanese Studies, (14) 105-116, Mar, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Analysing Dairy Farming in Japan through the TV Drama 'Natsuzora' (‘Summer Sky’)

Maki Eguchi

Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network (Special Issue: Climate, Creatures and COVID-19: Environment and Animals in Twenty-First Century Media Discourse), 14(2) 8-23, Oct 31, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Development of Animal Studies in Literature and Cultural Studies: Through Its Relationship with Activism

Maki EGUCHI

Studies in Comparative Culture, (144) 1-10, Aug, 2021 Peer-reviewed
The History of Wool and Sheep Meat in Japan: An Animal Studies Perspective

Maki Eguchi

“ТУРФА МАДАНИЯТЛАР, МИЛЛАТ, ТИЛЛАРНИ ҚИЁСИЙТИПОЛОГИК ТАДҚИҚОТЛАР ОРҚАЛИ АНГЛАШ” халқаро илмий конференция 12, 49-57, Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Animal Studies in Literature and Cultural Studies: An Approach from Japanese Literature and Culture

Maki Eguchi

Japanese Journal of Human Animal Relations, (57) 29-34, Dec, 2020
Animal Studies in Literature and Cultural Studies: An Approach from Japanese Literature and Culture

Maki EGUCHI

Japanese Journal of Human Animal Relations, (55) 16-16, Mar, 2020
Enchanted by Sheep: The Charms of Sheep in Murakami Haruki’s Novels

Maki Eguchi

Proceedings of the 6th Haruki Murakami International Symposium, 127-134, Jul, 2017
Animal Studies in Literature and Cultural Studies in Japan

Maki EGUCHI

Japanese Journal of Human Animal Relations, (46) 35-35, Mar, 2017
Metaphoric Use of the Figures of Animals and Sheep: US-Japan Interracial Relationship Written in the Stories of Rashamen

Maki Eguchi

Akita Prefectural University RECCS Bulletin, (18) 55-61, Mar, 2017
Representation of Sheep in the Works of Abe Kōbō: Pastoral Landscapes and the Domestication of Sheep in Manchuria

Maki Eguchi

Journal of Comparative Literature, 58 69-81, Mar, 2016 Peer-reviewed
The Representation of Sheep in Modern Japanese Literature

Maki Eguchi

Dec, 2015
The Change of the Stories of Rashamen: A Study of the Gendered Representation of Sheep

Maki Eguchi

Studies in Comparative Culture, (115) 113-123, Feb, 2015 Peer-reviewed
The Stories of Rashamen and Representation of Sheep in the American Occupation Era Japan: Takami Jun's Diaries and Oe Kenzaburo's "Sheep"

Maki Eguchi

Tsukuba Studies in Literature, (33) 25-40, Feb, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Ema Shū’s Wrath of the Lamb and the Oppression of Socialists at 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake: Through Its Relationship with the Reports on Taiwan Daily News

Maki Eguchi

Tsukuba Studies in Literature, (32) 33-46, Feb, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Ema Shū’s Wrath of the Lamb and 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake Reported in Taiwan Daily News

Maki Eguchi

Proceedings of the Society for Cultural Interaction East Asia the 4th Annual Meeting, 54-57, May, 2012
"Stray Sheep" in Natsume Sōseki’s Sanshirō and Henry Fielding's Tom Jones

Maki Eguchi

Tsukuba Studies in Literature, (29) 105-119, Feb, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Reception and Domestication of English Literature in Meiji Era Japan: Representation of “Stray Sheep” in Sanshiro and Tom Jones

Eguchi Maki

Journal of English and American Studies, 9 113-133, Dec, 2010 Peer-reviewed
Reception and Domestication of English Literature in Meiji Era Japan: Representation of “Stray Sheep” in Sanshirō and Tom Jones

Maki Eguchi

Proceedings of Trading Places: The Changing Climate of English Studies, 77-85, Nov, 2010

Misc.

書評信岡朝子著『快楽としての動物保護『シートン動物記』から『ザ・コーヴ』へ』

江口真規

比較文学, 65 86-89, Mar, 2023

Books and Other Publications

Animals in University: JSPS KAKENHI Report for the International Development of Animal Studies and an Approach from Japanese Literature and Culture

Maki Eguchi (Role: Editor)

Mar, 2023
Culture, Politics and Keijō Nippō (The Soul Press) in the Colonial Era: The Possibility of Cross-Border Japanese Literature and Cultural Theory

Database Construction Team for the Literary Materials in Keijō Nippō (The Soul Press) and Kim Hyo-soon (Role: Joint author, Ema Shū’s Wrath of the Lamb and the Oppression of Socialists at 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake: Through Its Relationship with the Reports on Taiwan Daily News)

Youkrack, Jan, 2021
America in the Eyes of Others: Issues in Comparative Cultural/Literary Studies

Japan Comparative Literature Association, Tohoku Branch (Role: Joint author, Yasunari Kawabata’s Izu no Odoriko and The Izu Dancer: Cold War Propaganda and the Translation of Nature)

Koyo Shobo, Aug, 2020 (ISBN: 9784771033733)
The Representation of Sheep in Modern Japanese Literature: From Sōseki Natsume to Haruki Murakami

Maki Eguchi

Sairyusha, Jan, 2018 (ISBN: 9784779124112)
異文化理解とパフォーマンス : Border Crossers

松田, 幸子, 笹山, 敬輔, 姚, 紅 (Role: Joint author, 安部公房「詩人の生涯」と『詩集下丸子』――「糸車」・「老婆」・「詩人」の解釈をめぐって)

春風社, Jul, 2016 (ISBN: 9784861104992) Peer-reviewed
The Splendour of the Tree: An Illustrated History

Sep, 2015 (ISBN: 9784865820058)
The Semiotics of Animal Representations

Tüür, Kadri, Tønnessen, Morten (Role: Joint author, The Representation of Sheep in Modern Japanese Literature from Natsume Sōseki to Murakami Haruki)

Rodopi, May, 2014 (ISBN: 9789042038271) Peer-reviewed

Presentations

映画Killer of Sheepにおける羊のメタファー――日常としての屠畜場を背景に――

江口真規

2023年度日本比較文化学会東北支部研究大会, Mar 20, 2024
羊を分析する視点―アニマル・スタディーズの最前線から―

江口真規

静岡県立大学国際関係学部比較文化専門プログラム授業内講演, Jan 24, 2023 Invited
文学を通して動物について考える：近年の研究動向と実践から

江口真規

日本民俗学会12月談話会, Dec 4, 2022 Invited
The Story of a Cowherd at Ranch of Hope: From Student Activism to the Anti-Nuclear Protest in Fukushima

Maki Eguchi

XXIII Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association, Jul 27, 2022
「希望の牧場」の牛飼いをめぐる物語：学生闘争から反原発運動へ

江口真規

日本比較文学会東北支部第24回比較文学研究会, Jul 23, 2022
アニマル・スタディーズと物語の中の動物

江口真規

物語研究会2021年度3月例会ミニシンポジウム「ポスト・ヒューマンの物語と動物表象」, Mar 19, 2022 Invited
境界としての屠畜場――映画Killer of Sheepを中心に

江口真規

日本アメリカ文学会東北支部2021年度12月例会シンポジウム「コロナ禍で読み直すアメリカ文学」, Dec 11, 2021 Invited
アニマル・スタディーズの観点から読み解くマンガ

江口真規

令和3年度筑波大学人文社会科学研究群公開講座「危機の時代に立ち向かうグラフィックノベル」, Nov 14, 2021
Counting Sheep: The Contextualization of “Dreaming of Sheep” in Japanese Culture

Maki Eguchi

Dreams and the Animal Kingdom in Culture and Aesthetic Media, Sep 25, 2021
Teaching Animal Studies and Understanding Different Cultures: A Case Study of a World Literature and Japanese Literature Course

Eguchi, Maki

Animal Futures: Animal Rights in Activism and Academia, May 8, 2021
アニマル・スタディーズの歴史と現在：人間と動物の境界線

江口真規

筑波大学・茨城大学合同100人論文オンライン研究交流イベント～すべての生物には意志（will）はあるのか？～, Mar 26, 2021
Cultural Diversity in Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the US: Teaching Japanese Language and Culture at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Maki Eguchi

The 3rd Symposium on Local and Multicultural Societies, Feb 6, 2021
Animal Studies in Literature and Cultural Studies: An Approach from Japanese Literature and Culture

Maki Eguchi

Symposium at the 26th Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Human Animal Relations, Sep 13, 2020
The Representation of Sheep in Modern Japanese Literature: From an Animal Studies Perspective

Maki Eguchi

Exploring New Frontiers in Social Sciences and Humanities: 1st UTM-Tsukuba Joint Symposium, Feb 18, 2020
東日本大震災後の文学と動物――ジェンダー・地域・種の境界を越えて（パネル発表「日本文学と動物――ジェンダー・肉食・震災」）

江口真規

日本近代文学会・昭和文学会・日本社会文学会合同国際集会, Nov 24, 2019
Colonial History of Sheep in Japan: Eating “Genghis Khan” and Wearing Homespun Clothing

Maki Eguchi

Australasian Animal Studies Association 2019: Decolonizing Animals, Jul 3, 2019
Bridging Akita and the American Deep South: Teaching Cultural Diversity in Local Universities and Communities

Maki Eguchi

Akita JALT (Japan Association for Language Training) Chapter Meeting, Apr 27, 2019 Invited
読書会報告：村上克尚『動物の声、他者の声日本戦後文学の倫理』（2017）――アニマル・スタディーズとの関連から読み解く――

江口真規

日本比較文学会東北支部第19回比較文学研究会, Mar 30, 2019
Representation of Sheep in Japan: After the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster of 2011

Maki Eguchi

Living with Animals Conference 4, Mar 21, 2019
Animals and Disasters: Reading 3.11 Literature from the Human and Animal Point of View

Maki Eguchi

Feb 1, 2019 Invited

Teaching Experience

Oct, 2021 - Present

Japanese Literature and Nature (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2021 - Present

Literature and Culture in the World and Japan 1A/1B (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2021 - Present

Joint Research on Japanese Language and Culture III (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2021 - Present

World Literature and Japanese Literature (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2021 - Present

Introduction to Japanese Literature (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2020 - Present

Seminar on World Literature and Japanese Literature II (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2020 - Present

Literature and Culture in the World and Japan 2A/2B (University of Tsukuba)
Feb, 2020 - Present

English Language Training and Intercultural Communication I-a・b・c／II-a・b・c (University of Tsukuba)
Oct, 2019 - Present

Seminar on World Literature and Japanese Literature I (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2021

World Literature and Japanese Literature II (University of Tsukuba)
Oct, 2019 - Mar, 2020

World Literature and Japanese Literature I (University of Tsukuba)
Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2019

Business English (Akita Prefectural University)
Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2019

English Reading (Akita Prefectural University)
Apr, 2016 - Aug, 2019

CALL (Akita Prefectural University)
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

Current English (Takasaki City University of Economics)
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

English (Toho University)
Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2016

English (Kinu Nursing School)
Aug, 2012 - May, 2013

International Marketing (University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff)

Professional Memberships

Sep, 2021 - Present

Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Aug, 2017 - Present

Minding Animals
Dec, 2016 - Present

Society for the Study of Human Animal Relations
Jun, 2016 - Present

The English Literary Society of Japan
Feb, 2015 - Present

Japan Comparative Literature Association
Sep, 2014 - Present

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment in Japan
Sep, 2014 - Present

The Japan Association of Comparative Culture
Mar, 2014 - Present

International Gender and Language Association
Nov, 2011 - Present

Association for Asian Studies

Research Projects

International Development of Animal Studies: An Approach from Japanese Literature and Culture

Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2023

Maki Eguchi
Development of Animal Studies in Literature and Cultural Studies

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Maki Eguchi
米国における苦学生の実態的研究―明治期から大正期にかけて

科学研究費（挑戦的萌芽研究）, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

加賀谷真澄

Social Activities

テーブルの上の動物たち：文学から考える肉食・菜食・ジェンダー

Lecturer

筑波大学人文社会系社会連携推進室, つくばSDGsマイスター講座, Mar 3, 2023 - Mar 3, 2023
「羊をめぐる冒険」：江口真規さんに聞く比較文学の視点から

Guest

筑波大学人文社会系社会連携推進室, 筑波大学人社チャンネル, Apr 9, 2022
文学とアクティビズム：文学研究は社会の役に立つのか

Lecturer

筑波大学人文社会系社会連携推進室, 全国高校「探求」キャンプ in Tsukuba 2021, Aug 17, 2021 - Aug 17, 2021
Journey through the American Deep South --- Past and Present: Reflections and Memories from a Southern Perspective

Planner, Logistic support

U.S. Embassy in Japan, U.S. Embassy in Japan: Black History Month, Feb 21, 2019 - Feb 21, 2019
Black History Month in Akita

Host, Planner, Logistic support, Report author

Akita Prefectural University, 2019 Lecture on Intercultural Communication”, Feb 17, 2019 - Feb 17, 2019
「衣文化」を通して「異文化」を学ぶ～インドの染め・織り・紡ぎ～

Host, Planner, Logistic support

秋田県立大学, つむぎプロジェクト第1回研究会, Aug 20, 2018 - Aug 20, 2018
国際交流とコミュニケーション

Lecturer

茨城県きぬ看護専門学校, Oct 18, 2014 - Oct 18, 2014
Seminar on TESOL and Study Abroad

Panelist

Japan-U.S. Educational Commission, Jul 23, 2014 - Jul 23, 2014