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Joseph Sorensen Assistant Professor of Japanese Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2005) Email: jsorensen@ Phone: (530) 752-0313 Office: 316 Sproul Office Hours

Research Interests

• Text-image relationships in pre-modern Japan
• Classical and medieval poetry and drama
• Pre-modern aesthetics and performance theory
• Japanese art, architecture, and art history
• Modern Japanese literature and film

Current Projects

• The relationship between visual images and poetic conventions in pre-modern Japan. Paper to be delivered at the MLA Annual Convention (December 2006): "Creating Tradition: Illustration and Poetic Sites in Kamakura Japan"
• Book manuscript on screen poetry in Heian and Kamakura Japan

Honors and Awards

• 2004 - Dean's Fund for Excellence, University of Colorado, Boulder
• 2003 - Writing Grant, Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• 2002 - Phi Beta Kappa Award for Graduate Studies
• 2000-01 - Japan Foundation Research Fellowship
• 1999 - Academic Senate Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Major Publications

• "Poetic Landscapes and Landscape Poetry in Heian Japan," Proceedings of Association of Japanese Literary Studies (Purdue: Indiana University Press, 2005).
• Dissertation: "Optical Allusions: Screens, Painting, and Poetry in Heian and Kamakura Japan," University of California, Berkeley (2005).

Courses taught

• JPN 102 - Japanese Literature in Translation: The Middle Period
• JPN 106 - Japanese Culture Through Film
• JPN 131 - Readings in Modern Japanese Literature: 1920-1945
• JPN 134 - Readings in the Humanities: Traditional Culture
• JPN 152 - Traditional Japanese Drama