Positioning Tokyo as Global City: Anglo-American Narratives of the New Japanese Capital, 1868 - 1922

在漫长的世纪，我继续对在东京的英国旅行者和居民进行研究。2023年1月，我（与Alex沃森教授）共同组织了明治大学关于“英国文学与太平洋”的研讨会，由Steve Clark教授主持全体会议。在过去的一年里，我还做了三次会议报告：1）一篇关于“秋天激发的真实的忧郁”的论文：Lafcadio Hearn的日语“昆虫旋律”翻译，在根特大学“未知的语言”研讨会上（2022年4月）; 2）关于“重新评估伊丽莎白·克雷文：一个开拓性的十八世纪旅行家和女权主义作家”，在一个关于“名字里有什么？重新评估英国近代早期的边缘化人物”（英国伦敦国王学院）;以及3）在松山大学第48届日本英语浪漫主义协会会议上发表的关于“约翰·济慈和拉夫卡迪奥·赫恩的日本昆虫旋律翻译”的论文。我还向帕尔格雷夫提交了一本编辑文集的完整手稿（与奈良女子大学的Tomoe Kumojima教授编辑），题为“太平洋门户：跨洋叙事和英国文学，1780年至1914年”。这份手稿将包含15篇论文。我写了两篇文章：1）导言，与Tomoe Kumojima合着，2）“日本的美学门户：富士山和英国旅行写作中的轮船抵达，1880年至1900年”。

I have continued to develop my research into British travellers and residents in Tokyo during the long nineteenth century. In January of 2023, I co-organized (with Professor Alex Watson) a Meiji University symposium on "English Literature and the Pacific", chairing the plenary by Professor Steve Clark. I also gave three conference presentations in the last year: 1) a paper on "“The real melancholy inspired by autumn”: Lafcadio Hearn’s Translations of Japanese “Insect Melody”, at the University of Ghent "Unknown Tongues" seminar (April 2022); 2) a paper on “Re-Evaluating Elizabeth Craven: A Pioneering Eighteenth-Century Traveller and Feminist Writer”, at an online conference on “What’s in a Name? Re-evaluating marginalized figures from the Early Modern Period in Britain” (King’s College London, UK); and 3) a paper on “John Keats and Lafcadio Hearn’s Translations of Japanese Insect Melody”, at the 48th Japan Association of English Romanticism Conference, Matsuyama University. I have also submitted to Palgrave the complete manuscript of an edited collection (edited with Professor Tomoe Kumojima, Nara Women's University) on "Pacific Gateways: Trans-Oceanic Narratives and English Literature, 1780 to 1914". This manuscript will contain 15 essays. I have authored two essays: 1) the introduction, co-authored with Tomoe Kumojima, and 2) “An Aesthetic Gateway to Japan: Mount Fuji and the Steamship Arrival in British Travel Writing, 1880 to 1900”.