Position: Affiliation Professor of Japanese Studies (Department of Politics and International Relations, Goldsmiths, University of London)
Research group at IHA: Pre-Modern
Thematic area(s): Medieval Japanese Buddhist and literary texts; Body in medieval Japan; Gender; Monogatari and Setsuwa conceptions of agency and desire
Research at IHA: The symbolic significance attached to bodily discharges such as blood, excrement and urine in the medieval Japanese tradition