Irish Studies societies and journals in Japan


The literatures of Ireland have been studied and discussed in Japan since the 1920s, when the sense of an Irish as opposed to an English canon seems to have first reached these shores. Today, IASIL Japan is the main forum and the largest Irish Studies association in Japan, but there are a good number of smaller but equally energetic societies devoted to the study of specific Irish writers. Here they are, listed by journal, with some pertinent information, where it has been made available.


Bulletin of the Yeats Society of Japan, Yeats Studies
Éire
GBS
The Harp, Journal of Irish Studies
Hearn
Journal of Beckett Studies
Joycean Japan
Oscar Wilde Studies
The Rising Generation
SAP

Bulletin of the Yeats Society of Japan,イエイツ研究 Yeats Studies
日本イエイツ協会: The Yeats Society of Japan
Membership: 210
Office: Fuyuji Tanigawa, Baika Junior College
567-8578, 2-19-5, Shukunosho, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan.


エールÉire / Ireland: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies
日本アイルランド協会: The Japan-Ireland Society
Membership: 360
Office: Setsuko Mori
157-0062,
A-108, 6-13-15, Minami-karasuyama,
Setagata-ku, Tokyo, Japan.


GBS
日本バーナード・ショー協会: The Bernard Shaw Society of Japan
Membership: 60
Office: Yoshikazu Shimizu, Aichi Gakuin University
470-0195, 12 Araike, Iwasaki-cho, Nisshin-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan.
Web: http://www.wakayama-nct.ac.jp/gakka/ipan/morikawa/GBSJapan/GBSindex.htm

The Harp (1985-2000) Journal of Irish Studies (2001-)
IASIL JAPAN: International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures, Japan.
http://www.musashino-wu.ac.jp/iasil-j/
Membership: 250
Secretariat: Akiko Manabe, Shiga University,
1-1-1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522-8522, Japan
Tel/fax (+81) 0749 27 1111
E-mail akiko-m@biwako.shiga-u.ac.jp


へるん:Hearn
八雲会(Yakumo-kai): The Lafcadio Hearn Society in Japan
Membership: 350
Office: Kazuo Shiratsuki, Koizumi Yakumo Kinen'kan,
690-0872, Okuda-cho 322, Matsue-shi, Shimane-ken, Japan.
Tel. 0852 21 2147
Fax. 0852 21 2156


サミュエル・ベケット研究会: The Samuel Beckett Society
There is no journal at present.
Membership: about 50
Subscription: regular 3000, students 2000
Enquiries 東京大学大学院総合文化研究科 田尻芳樹


Joycean Japan
日本ジェイムズジョイス協会 : The James Joyce Society of Japan
Membership: 140
Office: Hiroaki Natsume, Aoyama Gakuin University
150-8366, 4-4-25, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Tel. 03 3409 8647


Oscar Wilde Studies
日本ワイルド協会 : The Oscar Wilde Society of Japan
Membership: 95
Office: Department of English, Faculty of Literature,
Jissen Women's University, 191-0061, 4-1-1,
Osakaue, Hino-shi, Tokyo, Japan.


The Rising Generation
英語青年: The Rising Generation
This is not an academic journal but a magazine devoted to English literature.
Published by Kenkyusha, Tokyo.


SAP
日本詩学会 : The Society of Ars Poetica in Japan
Membership: About 30.
Office: Toshiro Tomii, English Department, Tokyo Medical University,
東京医科大学英語教室 , 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan
Tel. 03-3351-6141
Fax. 03-3351-7795


Also:
日本スペンサー協会 : The Spenser Society of Japan
Membership: 50
Membership fee:5,000 (4 years)
Office: Shohachi Fukuda, Kyushu Lutheran College,
860-8520, 3-12-16, Kurokami, Kumamoto-shi, Japan.
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Last Update 11/12/2003