Yoshiko Noguchi Explained

Yoshiko Noguchi (born 7 July 1949) is one of the leading researchers on Grimm's Fairy tales in Japan. She is a professor of German, comparative literature, cultural studies, children's literature, folklore, and gender studies.[1] She is a professor emeritus at Mukogawa Women's University and a professor at division of children's literature, graduate school of Letters, Baika Women's University.[1] She was born in Osaka and her maiden name is Hiiragi . She is different from other researchers in that she discusses how Grimm's fairy tales are accepted in Japan and the UK from an interdisciplinary perspective.[2] She has recently unraveled a long-standing mystery in the history of German-Japanese cultural exchange. She successfully identified three Japanese that visited Jacob Grimm in Berlin in 1862.[3]

Education

Noguchi received a B.A. in German literature through the Department of German Studies, Faculty of Letters, Kwansei Gakuin University in 1972 and an M.A. in German literature through the same graduate school in 1974. She subsequently studied European ethnology under Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, as a research fellow at the Rotary International Foundation. She earned her PhD in European ethnology in 1977 from there. The title of her dissertation is " (Reception of the Grimm's Fairy Tales in Japan)".

Career

Since 1983, she worked as a full-time lecturer at Mukogawa Women's University, as an associate professor since 1990, and as a professor since 1998. She became an emeritus professor in 2016. Since 2017, she is a professor at Graduate School of Letters, Baika Women's University.[4]

She belongs to the International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Brüder Grimm-Gesellschaft (Brothers Grimm Society), Japan Society for German Literature, Japan Society for Gender Studies, Japan Society for Children's Literature, Japan Society for Folktale Studies and Women's Studies Association of Japan.[5]

She is an Academic Advisor ("Wissenschaftlicher Rat") of, Kassel since 2012.

She is an executive member of Japan Society for Gender Studies and Japan Society for Folktale Studies.

She is the president of the Study Circle of Grimm and German Folktales and she was the president Japan Society for Gender Studies (2017–2019)[6] and the Study Circle of Women's Studies of Mukogawa Women's University (1999–2018).[7]

She was a judge of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Noguchi's languages of research include Japanese, German and English. Her treatise, interpreted from a gender perspective, overturns the traditional stereotypes of "Cinderella" and "Snow White," and is very innovative and interesting. She also represents her book comparing witches in Grimm's Fairy Tales with defendants in real-life witch trials.

Books

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Translation

Articles

Awards and honors

References

  1. Web site: 野口 芳子 こども教育学科 梅花女子大学 教員紹介サイト. 2021-07-12. www.baika.ac.jp.
  2. Book: Fabula, Nr.56, 1/2. 2015. 67–78.
  3. Book: Jahrbuch der Brueder Grimm-Gesellschaft. Kassel. 2019. 146–162.
  4. Web site: Yoshiko Noguchi - My portal - researchmap. 2021-07-17. researchmap.jp.
  5. Web site: 野口 芳子 研究者情報 J-GLOBAL 科学技術総合リンクセンター. 2021-07-17. jglobal.jst.go.jp. ja.
  6. Web site: 2016-02-26. 野口芳子. 2021-07-12. 日本ジェンダー学会. ja.
  7. Web site: Yoshiko Noguchi's Home Page. 2021-07-12. noguchiy.jp.

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