Invited Presentations
「阿仏尼の人生と作品から読みとられる中世女性の姿」 “Abutsu-ni no jinsei to sakuhin kara yomitorareru chūsei josei no sugata” (Reading Medieval Women through the Life and Works of Nun Abutsu). Invited presentation for 日本研究における内外の視点 “Nihon kenkyū ni okeru naigai no shiten” (Internal and External Perspectives on Japanese Studies) symposium. Iwase Bunko Library, Nagoya, March 6, 2011.
「東アジア古典学のために―実践的深化をめざして―北米における現状と課題」 “Higashi Ajia kotengaku no tame ni: jissenteki shinka o mezashite―Hokubei ni okeru genjō to kadai” (North American Perspectives: Toward East Asian Classical Studies, Aiming for Depth through Practice). Invited presentation for 東アジア古典学のために―実践的深化をめざして（１） “Higashi Ajia kotengaku no tame ni: jissenteki shinka o mezashite (1)” (Toward East Asian Classical Studies: Aiming for Depth through Practice [1]) symposium. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, December 4, 2010.
“Prequels, Sequels, and Self-Narratives: The Tale of Genji in Women’s Memoirs.” Invited presentation for “The Story of the Stone and The Tale of Genji in Modern China and Japan: Issues in Media, Technology, Gender, and National Identity.” Columbia University, New York, November 19, 2010. [Program PDF]
“Nun Abutsu’s Travels: The Diary of the Sixteenth Night Moon.” Waseda University, Tokyo, May 13, 2010.
“La lecture du Roman du Genji dans les mémoires médiévaux.” Hosted by Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales. Lecture and debate delivered in Japanese at École Normale Supérieure, Paris, March 27, 2010. [Program PDF]
「恋、風景、訴訟―『経験』の再構築と阿仏尼の旅日記」 “Koi, fūkei, soshō: ‘keiken’ no saikōchiku to Abutsu-ni no tabi nikki” (Lovesickness, Landscape, and Litigation: Reconstructing ‘Experience’ in Abutsu-ni’s Travel Diaries). “Ekokuritishizumu to Nihon bungaku kenkyū: shizen kankyō to toshi” (Ecocriticism and the Study of Japanese Literature: The Natural Environment and the City). Rikkyo University, Tokyo, January 10, 2010. [Complete abstracts PDF]
「第四回女性史学賞 木村朗子『乳房はだれのものか―日本中世物語にみる性と権力』」 “Dai yon kai Josei shigaku shō: Kimura Saeko, Chibusa wa dare no mono ka: Nihon chūsei monogatari ni miru sei to kenryoku (Fourth Women’s History Prize: Kimura Saeko, Breasts for Whom? Sexuality and Authority in Japanese Medieval Tales.” Nominational Address. Kyoto Campus Plaza, Kyoto, January 9, 2010.
“Sex, Nuns, and Motherhood in Kamakura-Era Women’s Diaries: Tonsure in Fitful Slumbers and Diary of the Sixteenth Night Moon.” Columbia University, New York, October 22, 2009.
“Gender and Buddhism.” University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, October 20, 2009.
“Mothers, Mentors, Nuns: Court Culture and Women’s Writing in Kamakura-Era Japan.” Invited presentation for “2009 Toshiba International Foundation Symposium: Japan’s Cultural Imagination and its Contribution to the World.” University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, October 17, 2009.
“What’s Nunhood Got to Do with It? Power, Patronage, Poetry and the Case of Nun Abutsu (1222-1283).” University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 9, 2009.
“Lady Nijō.” University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 7, 2009.
“Nun Abutsu’s Travels: The Diary of the Sixteenth Night Moon.” Waseda University, Tokyo, May 13, 2008.
“Reading Japan through Women’s Diaries from the Tenth to the Twentieth Century.” UBC School of Architecture, Vancouver, February 27, 2008.
“Commentary.” Invited response for “Third COE International Symposium: Memories Inscribed in Places and the Body—New Horizons in the Study of Nonwritten Cultural Materials.” Kanagawa University. Yokohama, February 23, 2008.
“Telling Women What to Do: Nun Abutsu’s Nursemaid’s Letter and Christine de Pisan’s Book of the Three Virtues.” UBC Ritsumeikan Programme, Vancouver, February 9, 2007.
“Travel, Poetry, and Politics: Nun Abutsu’s Production of The Diary of the Sixteenth Night.” Invited presenter for Japanese Women Writing: Beginnings, Endings, Reversals, and Returns conference. Gabriola Island, August 2006.
“Gender, History, and the Japanese Household Unit (Ie).” UBC School of Architecture, Vancouver, February 27, 2006.
“Abutsu-ni to GoFukakusa Nijō no tabi to bungaku seisan” (Travel and Literary Production in the Case of Nun Abutsu and GoFukakusa Nijō). University of Tokyo Historiographical Institute, November 25, 2004.
“Kanada Nikkei imin no kenkyūshi” (The History of Study on Nikkei Emigration to Canada).” Ōmi Shōnin Kenkyūkai (Association for the Study of Ōmi Merchants). University of Shiga Prefecture, Hakone, Japan, May 10, 2003.
「阿仏尼の位置付け―『十六夜日記』を通した社会文学的なアプローチ」 “The Position of Nun Abutsu: A Socio-Literary Approach to Izayoi nikki.” Monogatari Kenkyūkai (Association for the Study of Narrative Literature). Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, November 16, 2002.
Other Presentations
“Japanese Language through Modern Literature.” Roundtable presentation. Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education Annual Conference. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, August 14, 2010.
“Love, Locks, and Loyalty: Nunhood in the Diaries of Abutsu-ni.” Presentation at “Women of Talent in Times of Trouble: Creative Personalities in the Late Heian/Early Kamakura Period” workshop. Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia, May 23, 2009.
“Nun Abutsu and The Tale of Genji: Marketing Cultural Knowledge in the Middle Ages.” Panel presentation in “Voices Heard and Unheard: Rethinking Perceptions of Women in Pre-modern Japan.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Chicago, March 26, 2009.
“Genji Readers and Genji Scholars: The Case for a Female-Authored Commentarial Tradition.” Panel presentation in “Murasaki’s Daughters: Female Traditions of Reading, Interpreting, and Transmitting The Tale of Genji.” European Association for Japanese Studies International Conference. Lecce, Italy. September 21, 2008. [Complete program PDF]
“Parsing The Nursemaid’s Letter: Feminine Advice for the Thirteenth-Century Court Woman.” Religion, Border and History in Japanese Society and Culture. Hanyang-UBC Conference. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, June 19, 2008.
“Parting the Reeds of Naniwa: Courtly Advice to Women in Thirteenth-Century Japan.” Roundtable presentation in “What Women Should Know in Medieval and Early Modern Japan: Textual and Visual Discourses on Women’s Education, ca. 1200-1850.” Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, June 14, 2008. [Complete program PDF]
“Grappling with Women’s Education: Approaches to Abutsu’s Menoto no fumi.” Panel presentation in “New Horizons in Japanese Literature Studies II: Gender, Genre, and Sociality.” Asian Studies Conference Japan. Meiji Gakuin University. Tokyo, June 23, 2007. [Complete abtracts PDF]
“Parting the Reeds of Naniwa: Courtly Advice to Women in The Nursemaid’s Letter.” Panel presentation in “What Women Should Know: Transmission and Teaching in Thirteenth- to Eighteenth-Century Japan.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Boston, March 23, 2007.
“The Road Well Traveled: Poetic Expectation in The Diary of the Sixteenth Night.” Panel Presentation in “Engendering Landscape: Women, Narrative, and Medieval Travel.” Association for Japanese Literary Studies Annual Meeting. Tokyo, Josai International University, July 2, 2006.
“Women on the Road: Nijō’s Encounters with Female Travelers.” Panel presentation in “Mapping the Journey through Texts: Courtiers on the Road in Premodern Japan.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. San Francisco, April 9, 2006.
“Inscribing the Body Politic: Japanese Women Writers on the China Front and in Colonial Manchuria.” Experts and Mediators of Knowledge in the 20th Century: Transregional Perspectives. Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study). Berlin, September 8, 2005.
“Following in Teika’s Footsteps: The Poetry and Travels of Nun Abutsu.” Panel presentation in “Interpreting Teika’s Legacy: Four Textual Perspectives on the Reception of Fujiwara Teika.” European Association for Asian Studies. University of Vienna, September 3, 2005.
“Redefining Nikki bungaku.” Panel Presentation in “Diaries and Records: Historical and Literary Perspectives on Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Japanese Sources.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Chicago, April 2, 2005.
“Abutsu-ni: Wise Mother, Faithful Wife, and Heroine.” Panel presentation in “Poems and Characters: Nukata no Ōkimi, Saigyō, and Abutsu-ni.” Asian Studies Conference Japan. Sophia University, Tokyo, June 21, 2003.
“Izayoi nikki as Poetic Appeal.” Panel presentation in “Poetic Capitals and Poetic Journeys: Man’yōshū, Tales of Ise, and Izayoi nikki.” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. New York, March 30, 2003.