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Arisa Nakagoe


Researcher information

■ Degree
  • Master of Studies, University of Oxford
  • Master of Arts, The University of Tokyo
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Tokyo
■ Research Keyword
  • Nineteenth Century
  • Orientalism
  • Postcolonialism
  • Realism
  • Travelogues
  • Novels
  • Qing China
  • Meiji Japan
  • Victorian Britain
■ Field Of Study
  • Humanities & social sciences, Literature - General, English Literature

Career

■ Career
  • Apr. 2025 - Present
    Fukuoka University, Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Lecturer
  • Oct. 2024 - Mar. 2025
    Institute of Science Tokyo, Institute for Liberal Arts, Part-Time Lecturer
  • Aug. 2023 - Mar. 2025
    The University of Tokyo, Center for Global Communication Strategies, Research Assistant
  • Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025
    Kanagawa University, Faculty of Business Administration, Part-Time Lecturer
  • Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postgraduate Researcher (DC1)
  • Apr. 2024 - Sep. 2024
    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Institute for Liberal Arts, Part-Time Lecturer
■ Educational Background
  • Apr. 2020 - Present
    The University of Tokyo, PhD, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
  • Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2020
    The University of Tokyo, MA, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
  • Oct. 2018 - Jul. 2019
    University of Oxford, MSt, Faculty of English
  • Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
    The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters, BA, English Department
  • Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2016
    The University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences, BA, Human Sciences III

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Feb. 2025
    Sumitomo Life, Woman Researcher Encourgement Prize
    Arisa Nakagoe
  • Oct. 2024
    The Gaskell Society of Japan, Encourgement Prize
    Arisa Nakagoe
  • Jun. 2024
    The 11th Liberlit Conference, First Prize
    The Graduate Presentation Competition
    Arisa Nakagoe
■ Paper
  • 捕われた王女:アヘン戦争期における英公主訛伝の起源
    Yang Liu; Arisa Nakagoe
    China: Society and Culture, 2024, 39:96 - 113, Refereed
  • 'China's Earth and Indian Leaf': Oriental Commodities in Elizabeth Gaskell's Condition-of-England Novels
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The Gaskell Society of Japan Journal, 2024, 34:77 - 92, Refereed
  • 'Foreigners are Always Immoral': Rigaud and Cavalletto in "Little Dorrit" (1855-57)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    Dickens and the Anatomy of Evil: Sesquicentennial Essays (Athena Press), 2020, :259 - 276, Refereed
  • A Trilingual Creature: Language Learning in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (1818)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    Sophia Journal of European Studies, 2019, 11:107 - 123, Refereed
  • 'Unintelligible' Asians and Animals: A Comparison of Thomas De Quincey's "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" (1821) and Charles Dickens's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (1870)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The Japan Branch Bulletin: The Dickens Fellowship, 2018, 41:3 - 18, Refereed
  • 'A Taste for Reading': Edward Petherick's Lists of Selected Books for Children in "The Torch and Colonial Book Circular" (1887-92)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The University of Tokyo: Reading, 2020, 40:18 - 37, Refereed
  • 'Making Money out of the Dead': Financial Aspects of "The Life of Charlotte Brontë" (1857)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The Gaskell Society of Japan Journal, 2019, 29:25 - 40, Refereed
  • Chinese Commodities and British Characters: Tea, Opium and Silk in Charles Dickens's "Our Mutual Friend" (1864-65)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The University of Tokyo: Reading, 2018, 39:3 - 16, Refereed
  • Mr. Hopper's Australia and Miss Worsley's America: Representations of the New World in Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan" (1893) and "A Woman of No Importance" (1893)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The University of Tokyo: Reading, 2018, 39:17 - 36, Refereed
■ MISC
  • [Review] Tomoe Kumojima "Victorian Women's Travel Writing on Meiji Japan: Hospitable Friendship" (2022)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    Fukuoka University Review of Literature and Humanities, Sep. 2025, 57(2)
  • [Essay] Studying at Oxford: The Days of Sweetness and Light
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The Japan Branch Bulletin: The Dickens Fellowship, 2021, 44:58 - 64
  • [Review] Tanya Agathocleus "Urban Realism and the Cosmopolitan Imagination in the Nineteenth Century: Visible City, Invisible World" (2011)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The Japan Branch Bulletin: The Dickens Fellowship, 2016, 37:21 - 25
  • [Proceedings] Hats and Kimonos: Cross-Cultural Dressing in Isabella Bird's "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan" (1880)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The English Literary Society of Japan, 2023
  • [Proceedings] 'A Might Have Been on the Other Side': Laurence Oliphant's Missions to and Japan in Margaret Oliphant's "Memoir" (1891)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The English Literary Society of Japan, Kanto Branch, 2022
■ Books and other publications
  • 北と南
    Tatsuhiro Ohno; Arisa Nakagoe, Joint translation, Chapters 25-27, Elizabeth Gaskell
    Osaka Education Publishing, Mar. 2026
■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • The China Question: Harriet Martineau, Thomas De Quincey, and the Opium Wars
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 55th Meeting. Victorian Studies Workshop. At Doshisha University., 14 Sep. 2025
  • A Royal Rumour: Cross-Cultural Transformations of Anne Noble's Captivity Narrative During the First Opium War
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 11th Liberlit Conference. At Seikei University., 15 Jun. 2024
  • A Mandarin's Dinner Party: Food and Hospitality in Constance Gordon Cumming's "Wanderings in China" (1886)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    Comparative Empire: Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation, 1750-1914. The Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies. World Congress. At Singapore Management University., 19 Jun. 2023
  • Hats and Kimonos: Cross-Cultural Dressing in Isabella Bird's "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan" (1880)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 95th Annual Conference. The English Literary Society of Japan. At Sekiuchi Campus, Kanto Gakuin University., 21 May 2023
  • Blue Eyes and Yellow Faces: Issues of Eurasian Children in Alicia Little's "A Marriage in China" (1896)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    English Literature and the Pacific. One-Day Symposium. At Meiji University., 21 Jan. 2023
  • 'A Might Have Been on the Other Side': Laurence Oliphant's Missions to China and Japan in Margaret Oliphant's "Memoir" (1891)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 22nd Conference. Kanto Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan. At Ichigaya-Tamachi Campus, Chuo University., 30 Oct. 2022
  • 'China's Earth and Indian Leaf': Oriental Commodities in Elizabeth Gaskell's Condition-of-England Novels
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 34th Annual Conference. The Gaskell Society of Japan. At Japan Red Cross College of Nursing., 01 Oct. 2022
  • 'To Know Something About China': Harriet Martineau and the Opium Wars
    Arisa Nakagoe
    COEDA 2022: Rupture and Continuity. The Coalition of English Departments in Asia. At Seoul National University (Online)., 16 Sep. 2022
  • エリザベス・ギャスケルの『北と南』における日本語訳の諸問題 (第25章〜第27章)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    Workshop. The Gaskell Society of Japan (Online)., 12 May 2024
  • 捕らわれた王女:アヘン戦争期におけるアン・ノーブル伝説の起源
    Liu Yang; Arisa Nakagoe
    The 15th Workshop. Society of Asian History of Exchanges. At Daito Bunka University., 26 Jan. 2024
  • Exploring the East: Victorian Travel Writing on China and Japan
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 46th Meeting. Victorian Studies Workshop. At Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo., 28 Mar. 2023
  • Reviewing Tomoe Kumojima's "Victorian Women's Travel Writing on Meiji Japan: Hospitable Friendship" (2022)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    The 44th Meeting. Victorian Studies Workshop. At Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo., 17 Sep. 2022
  • Olfactory and Gustatory Senses in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" (1843)
    Arisa Nakagoe
    UTokyo & NTU Conference: Emerging Medical Narratives. At Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo., 10 Dec. 2019
  • The Linguistic and Literary Lineage of Frankenstein's Monster
    Arisa Nakagoe
    Dr. Nahoko Alvey. Workshop: Reading "Frankenstein and the Origin and Extinction of Species" with Professor Alan Bewell. At Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo., 11 Jul. 2018
■ Courses
  • Practical English
    20 Apr. 2025
    Fukuoka University
  • Core English
    20 Apr. 2025
    Fukuoka University
  • Intermediate English
    20 Apr. 2025
    Fukuoka University
  • English Reading
    20 Apr. 2025
    Fukuoka University
  • English Writing
    20 Apr. 2025
    Fukuoka University
  • Oral Expression in English
    20 Oct. 2024
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  • TOEFL Seminar
    20 Oct. 2024
    Institute of Science Tokyo
  • Intermediate English
    20 Apr. 2022
    Kanagawa University
  • Oral Expression in English
    20 Apr. 2024
    Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • TOEFL Seminar
    20 Apr. 2024
    Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Elementary English
    20 Apr. 2022
    Kanagawa University
■ Affiliated academic society
  • The Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies
  • The Victorian Studies Society of Japan
  • The English Literary Society of Japan
  • The Gaskell Society of Japan
  • The Dickens Fellowship Japan Branch
■ Research Themes
  • 19世紀イギリスの女性作家・旅行家が描いた日本と中国
    Sumitomo Life, Woman Researcher Grant
    Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2027
  • 19世紀のイギリス人女性作家・旅行家の作品における日本と中国の表象
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow
    The University of Tokyo
    Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025
  • 19世紀のイギリス人女性作家・旅行家の作品における日本と中国の表象
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Special Grants-in-Aid for Research
    The University of Tokyo
    Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025
  • 19世紀のイギリス文学におけるアジア・アジア人表象
    The University of Tokyo, World-Leading Innovative Graduate Study Program
    The University of Tokyo
    Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2020
■ Media Coverage
  • 対談から探る日中のこれから:文化から交流を

    The University of Tokyo News Press, The University of Tokyo Newspaper, 22 Sep. 2015, Paper
■ Academic Contribution Activities
  • [Student Helper] "Romantic Regenerations" International Conference
    Planning etc
    Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo, Jul. 2018
  • [Student Helper] "Pacific Gateways" International Symposium on English Literature and the Pacific Ocean
    Planning etc
    Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo, Nov. 2017
  • [Student Helper] "History of Consumer Culture: Objects, Desire and Sociability"
    Planning etc
    Gakushuin University, Mar. 2017
  • [Teaching Assistant] IARU Global Summer Program Tour
    Planning etc
    The University of Tokyo, Jul. 2018
  • [Student Helper] The 90th Annual Conference of the English Literary Society of Japan
    Planning etc
    Tokyo Women's Christian University, Mar. 2018
  • [Student Helper] The Annual General Meeting of the Dickens Fellowship Japan Branch
    Planning etc
    Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo, Oct. 2017
■ Others
  • 東京大学フューチャー・ファカルティ・プログラム

    Apr. 2022 - Jul. 2022
  • 東京大学国際卓越大学院次世代育成プログラム

    Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2020
  • 東京大学トライリンガル・プログラム中国語コース

    Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2018
  • 東京大学上級中国語北京研修プログラム

    Nov. 2016
  • 南京大学サマースクール中国語プログラム

    Aug. 2015
  • TOEIC 990
  • IELTS 8.5
  • 漢語水平考試 6級
  • 英語技能検定 1級