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Ben Whaley, BA (Hons.), MA, PhD
PhD in Asian Studies: Modern Japanese Literature and Popular Culture Department of Asian Studies The University of British ColumbiaMA in Asian Studies: Modern Japanese Literature and Popular Culture Department of Asian Studies The University of British Columbia
B.A. in Japanese (Departmental Honors and Distinction)Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures Stanford University
Areas of Research
Modern Japanese Literature
Postwar and contemporary Japanese literature with an emphasis on literature of trauma and works written by minority writers.
Postwar and contemporary Japanese literature with an emphasis on literature of trauma and works written by minority writers.
Manga and Anime Studies
Discourses of race, ethnicity, and national identity, and their representations, in postwar manga (Japanese print comics) and Japanese pop culture more generally. Jewish identity and narratives of the Holocaust in manga. The oeuvre of Japan’s “God of Manga” Dr. Tezuka Osamu.
Discourses of race, ethnicity, and national identity, and their representations, in postwar manga (Japanese print comics) and Japanese pop culture more generally. Jewish identity and narratives of the Holocaust in manga. The oeuvre of Japan’s “God of Manga” Dr. Tezuka Osamu.
Videogame Studies
Japanese videogames and social issues. Racialization and gaming. The relationship between games and trauma and recovery.
Japanese videogames and social issues. Racialization and gaming. The relationship between games and trauma and recovery.
Music
Digital and videogame music and related technologies, including experiential music videogames in Japan, vocaloid synthesizers and chiptunes, and music composition more broadly.
Digital and videogame music and related technologies, including experiential music videogames in Japan, vocaloid synthesizers and chiptunes, and music composition more broadly.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures - Masters: Accepting Inquiries
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