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  GARZA, James Michael

   Assistant Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Professional Background
1. 2023/04~2028/03 Assistant Professor, Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
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■ Present Specialized Fields
Literature in general, Others (Key Word:Translation Studies, Poetry Translation, Literary Translation, Empirical Study of Reader Response) 
■ Main Course Titles
Introduction to Translation, Translation in Society, Media Translation, The World of Cultural Translation, Advanced Studies in Translation, Theories of Translation
■ Books and Articles
1. Article "Toward a Speculative Poetics of Translation: Janine Beichman’s Translation from Japanese of Ishigaki Rin’s This Overflowing Light" Reading in Translation  (Single) 2023/05Link
2. Article "Dominant Forms and Marginal Translations: Re-reading the Emergence of the Novel in Nineteenth-Century Japan" Comparative Critical Studies 17(3),pp.413-432 (Single) 2020Link
3. Other "Interview with James Garza" The Queen’s College Translation Exchange  (Collaboration) 2020Link
4. Article "The Girl Double: On the Shōjo as Archetype in Modern Women’s Self-Expression" (translation) Review of Japanese Culture and Society 30,pp.204-220 (Single) 2018Link
5. Article "Mizuta Noriko" (translation) Review of Japanese Culture and Society 30,pp.8-10 (Single) 2018Link
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■ Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2018/10 Dominant Forms and Marginal Translations: Re-reading the Emergence of the Novel in Nineteenth-Century Japan (International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting)
2. 2017/05 Literariness is Slippery: Interpreting Conflicting Results in Empirical Research on Literary Effects (School of Languages, Cultures and Societies PGR Conference)
3. 2010/10 Disenchanting Japan: Japanese Futurity in Neuromancer and the Science Fiction of Masaki Goro (Western Conference for the Association of Asian Studies)
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■ Lectures
1. 2024/08/17 Translation and Creative Writing (ICU)
2. 2021/06/15 Translating a (Prose) Poem
3. 2020/05/27 How to Translate a Poem -- Japanese (Online)Link
4. 2019/02/28 Mistranslations & Translation Prizes
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■ Academic Society Memberships
1. 2019/12~2021/09 British Association for Japanese Studies
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■ Professional Achievements
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1. 2024/07~2024/09 Judge, 2024 John Dryden Translation CompetitionLink
2. 2024/03/29~2024/04/15 Reader for John Dryden Translation Competition
3. 2024/03/01 DAZAI Osamu: MetamorphosisLink
4. 2023/08/19~ Member, Translation Advisory Group (TAG), The Other Side of Hope: Journeys in Refugee and Immigrant literatureLink
5. 2021~2022 Reader for John Dryden Translation Competition
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■ Qualification and Licenses
1. 2015/08 Japanese Language Proficiency Test, N1 Certification
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■ Academic Awards
1. 2021/11 The Stephen Spender Trust Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation (2nd Prize, Open Category)Link
2. 2019/12 John Crump Studentship, British Association for Japanese Studies
3. 2019/11 The Stephen Spender Trust Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation (1st Prize, Open Category)Link
4. 2018/11 The Stephen Spender Trust Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation (Commended)Link
5. 2016/09 Leeds Anniversary Research Scholarship
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■ Social Activities
1. 2024/06 Translation and Creative Writing: A Workshop with Special Guest Hiromitsu Koiso
2. 2023/12~ Managing Editor: Draft 385 / 『みやこ風』Link
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■ Websites
   LinkedIn
■ Works
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■ External Researcher ID
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