William Carroll, PhD

Area of Study / Keywords

Modern and Contemporary Japanese Culture Visual Arts and Media in Japan East Asian Cinema

EASIA 260 - Popular Culture and Contemporary Japanese Society

Cultural texts and social changes in contemporary Japan. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or consent of Department.

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EASIA 343 - Video Games and Japanese Culture

Course on video games originating from Japan and their role within Japanese society, and as a vessel for exporting Japanese popular culture over the last half century. Readings will include current research on Japanese history and popular culture as well as theory of the aesthetics and ludics and video games. Students will play and analyze video games made in Japan.Prerequisite: EASIA 101.

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EASIA 369 - East Asian Cinema

Survey of East Asian cinemas such as those of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Prerequisite: FS 100 or EASIA 101

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EASIA 461 - Occult Cinephilia: Contemporary Japanese Horror in Film

Seminar on the horror genre in Japan since the 1990s. Readings focus on translated writings by prominent Japanese filmmakers, critics, and theorists associated with J-horror, viewings include canonical J-horror films as well as locally influential television and video work, and international horror films that J-horror filmmakers write about. Prerequisite: EASIA 101 or FS 100

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EASIA 599 - Directed Reading in East Asian Studies

May be repeated for credit when course content differs. Prerequisite: Consent of Department.

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FS 369 - East Asian Cinema

Survey of East Asian cinemas such as mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Prerequisite: FS 100.

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JAPAN 439 - Practical Translation

The practice of translation in media, government, and business. Prerequisite: JAPAN 429 or consent of Department.

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Columbia University Press. 2022 July;

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William Carroll

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History. 2022 March; 10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.667

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William Carroll

Japanese Horror Culture Critical Essays on Film, Literature, Anime, Video Games. 2021 November;

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William Carroll

Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies. 2020 March; 46 (1):57-78 10.6240/concentric.lit.202003_46(1).0004

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William Carroll

Cinéma&Cie. 2019 August; 19 (32):15-26

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William Carroll

Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema. 2018 March; 10 (1):47-60 10.1080/17564905.2018.1450471

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