Education

University of Tokyo (1991 - 1998)

PhD in Literature, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
Three years of research at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1993 - 1996)
Doctoral Thesis: The Significance and Limitations of the Critical Edition of Kafka’s Complete Works-A Textual Study Surrounding Franz Kafka's Posthumous Manuscripts (in Japanese)

University of Tokyo (1988 - 1991)

MA in German Language and Literature, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology

University of Tokyo (1983 - 1988)

BA in Department of German Language and Literature, Faculty of Letters

Academic Experiences

Seijo University (2021- present)

2022- Present: Director of the Research Centre for Textual Scholarship
2021- Present: Professor, Faculty of Arts and Literature

Saitama University (1999 - 2020)

2015-2020: Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2010-2014: Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts
2001-2009: Associate Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts
1999-2000: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts

Programme Officer, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2014 - 2017)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1998 - 1999)

Research Fellow under Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), affiliated with the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tokyo

Committee Work

2020-2021: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); Member of the review board for Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas
2020-2021: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Member of the review board for Grant-in-Aid for Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research
2018-2019: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); Member of the review board of the Council for University Chartering and School Juridical Person
2018-2019: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Member of the review board for Research Fellowships for Young Academics
2018: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Member of the review board for Bilateral Joint Research Projects/Seminars and Researcher Exchange Program
2017: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Member of the review board for Grant-in-Aid for Topic-Setting Program to Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research
2014-2017: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Program Officer, Research Center for Science Systems
2012-2014: The Japanese Society for German Studies; Member of the review board for the Japanese Society for German Studies Award
2011-2013: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Member of the review board for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
2010-2012: The Japan Society of Publishing Studies; Board Member
2010-2011: The Japanese Society for Austrian Literature; Member of the editorial board for the Journal
2008-2010: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); Member of the review board for Research Fellowships for Young Academics
2007-2009: The Japan Society of Publishing Studies; Member of the review board for the Japan Society of Publishing Studies Award
2004-2010: The Japanese Society for German Studies; Member of the editorial board for the Journal (Literature and Culture Division)

Committee Work

Contact

Department of European Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts and Literature,

Seijo University

Seijo 6-1-20, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8511, Japan

Phone: +81 (0)3-3482-9527

E-mail: kiyoko.myojo [at] seijo.ac.jp