JIU Josai International University
Koichi Haga
HAGA Koichi
Professor
area of expertise: Environmental literature in Japan and the English-speaking world, ecocriticism (environmental humanities), international Japanese studies
job title
Dean Graduate School of Humanities
Main subjects
Introduction to Comparative Culture, Variable Topics in Culture and Society in Japan.
Research theme/keyword
Environment and Literature, Comparison of English Literature and Japanese Literature. climate change. Earthquake.
Final academic background/degree
UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) / Ph.D.
Affiliated academic society
Association for Japanese Literary Studies, Literature and Environment Society, Modern Japanese Literary Society, Ecocriticism Research Society, etc.
Major achievements
"The Earth Writes: The Great Earthquake and the Novel in Post 3.11 Japan" (single author, Lexington Books, 2019), "Post 3.11 Novel Theory: Thoughts of the Anthropocene Against Slow Violence" (single author, Mizusei Publishing Co., Ltd., 2018), and Thinking of Literature from the Environment: A Guidebook to Ecocriticism (co-author, Bensei Publishing, 2014).
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extracurricular activities
Literature and Environment Society Councilor