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KOJIMA Naoto
Faculty of Letters　Department of English
Associate Professor

Researcher information

■ Degree
  • Ph.D. in English, University at Albany, State University of New York, Dec. 2022
  • M.A., University of Tokyo, Mar. 2009
  • B.A., University of Tokyo, Mar. 2007
■ Research Keyword
  • American literature
  • realist novel
  • Henry James
  • theory and history of the novel
  • literary nationalism
  • sentimentality
  • sentimental literature
  • narratology
  • the Civil War
  • "the Great American Novel"
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - British/English-languag, American Literature (Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century)

Career

■ Career
  • Apr. 2023 - Present
    Hosei University, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2026
    University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of English, Visiting Scholar
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2023
    Hosei University, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Lecturer of English
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
    Hosei University, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Visiting Assistant Professor
  • Oct. 2017 - Mar. 2018
    Musashi University, Faculty of Humanities, 非常勤講師
  • Aug. 2013 - May 2015
    University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of East Asian Studies, Part-time Lecturer
■ Educational Background
  • Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2022, University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of English, Doctoral Program
  • Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2015, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Language and Information Sciences, Doctoral Program
  • Aug. 2012 - May 2013, University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of English, Master's Program
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2009, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Language and Information Sciences, Master's Program
  • Apr. 2005 - Mar. 2007, University of Tokyo, Komaba, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Area Studies (Division of American Studies)
  • Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2005, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Human Sciences III
■ Member History
  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    Editorial committee, The Henry James Society of Japan
  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    Board of trustees, The Tokyo Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan
  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    Secretary/Treasurer, The Tokyo Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan
  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022
    Webmaster, The Kanto Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
    Moderator, The Tokyo Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan
  • Aug. 2013 - May 2015
    Graduate Conference Committee, Member, English Graduate Student Organization, University at Albany, SUNY

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Dec. 2021
    Hosei University, 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award
    Naoto Kojima
  • Dec. 2020
    Hosei University, 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award
    Naoto Kojima
■ Paper
  • The Intermittent Return of the South in the Turning Points of Henry James’s Career　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Amerika Bungaku (American Literature), Jun. 2023
  • When an ‘International Author’ Meets the South: Henry James’s Reconstruction　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    The Faulkner Journal of Japan, Apr. 2022
  • ‘My Beth’: Beth’s Illness and Jo’s Career in _Little Women_　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Eibungakushi, Mar. 2021
  • What is Transbellum? Or, on the Persistence of the Author: The Temporal Turn in American Literary Studies and Its Consequences　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Eibungakushi, Mar. 2020
  • Where was Gilbert Osmond from?: The Portrait of a Lady and the Romance of Reunion　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Eibungakushi, Mar. 2018
  • The Self-formation of an American Author: Henry James’s Early Travel Writing in Europe　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Eibungakushi, Mar. 2017
  • What Mary Knew: The Location of the Reader in Charles Brockden Brown’s Edgar Huntly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Strata, Mar. 2013
  • The Invention of ‘Point of View’ and the Self-formation of Henry James 1869–1870　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Gengotai, Aug. 2011
  • The Author’s Metamorphosis: The Location of “the Author” in John Barth’s LETTERS　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Language and Information Sciences, Mar. 2010
  • Jack Alive/ Martin Dead: The Location of the ‘Author’ in Jack London’s Martin Eden　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Pacific and American Studies, Mar. 2010
■ MISC
  • 《翻訳》マックス＝フィリップ・アッシェンブレンナー「妖精たちの無賃労働――当然視している物事の大切さについて」　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    小島尚人
    viewpoint（セゾン文化財団）, Nov. 2012
  • 《翻訳》アイディン・テキャル「針穴を通して見る――Looking through the needle hole」　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    小島尚人
    viewpoint（セゾン文化財団）, May 2012
  • 《研究セミナー報告書》環太平洋のプロレタリア文学――マイケル・アクランド セミナー参加記　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    小島尚人
    CPAS Newsletter（東京大学アメリカ太平洋地域研究センター）, Sep. 2009
  • 《英語論文要約》 デイヴィッド・カーター「共和制再訪」　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    小島尚人
    CPAS Newsletter（東京大学アメリカ太平洋地域研究センター）, Sep. 2008
■ Books and other publications
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • Henry James and Reconstruction: The Portrait of a Lady as a Novel about the Great American Novel　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    The Henry James Society Ninth International Conference, 06 Jul. 2023
  • The Intermittent Return of the South in the Turning Points of Henry James’s Career　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    The Tokyo Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan Annual Symposium, 10 Dec. 2022
  • ‘Ah if she had only been from the Sooth—!’: Washington, DC and the South in Henry James’s ‘Pandora’　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    The Kansai Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan, 24 Jul. 2022, [Invited]
  • On Transbellum American Literature　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    The Tokyo Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan, 18 May 2019
  • The American Dream in Venice: The Romance of Reunion and Howellsian Realism in A Foregone Conclusion　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    56th Conference of the American Literature Society of Japan, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Where was Gilbert Osmond from?: The Portrait of a Lady and the Romance of Reunion　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    The Tokyo Branch of the American Literature Society of Japan, 28 Jan. 2017
  • Henry James and the Dream of the Great American Novel: The Portrait of a Lady as an American Story　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    Annual Meeting of the English Literary Society of Hosei University, 20 Oct. 2016
  • “Point of View” in Transit: Henry James’s Transatlantic Sketches and the Self-formation of an American Writer　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    12th Annual University at Albany Graduate Student Conference, 29 Mar. 2014
  • The Self-formation of an American Writer: Henry James in Europe 1869-1870/1872-1874　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
    Naoto Kojima
    45th Conference of the Japanese Association of American Studies, 04 Jun. 2011
■ Affiliated academic society
  • The Henry James Society　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • The William Faulkner Society of Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • The Henry James Society of Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • The English Literary Society of Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • The Japanese Association for American Studies　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
  • The American Literature Society of Japan　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
■ Research Themes