Professor Linda Flores
Professor Linda Flores is an Associate Professor in Modern Japanese Literature in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) and the Fellow in Japanese Studies at Pembroke College. She teaches on the BA in Japanese in the AMES faculty as well as on the MSc/MPhil for Japanese Studies in Her areas of expertise include Japanese women writers, gender theory, trauma fiction, proletarian literature, and contemporary Japanese literature. Her publications have addressed topics such as the intersection of class and gender as well as motherhood and the family. Her recent work has focused on literature after ‘3.11’, the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. At present, she is researching historical memory and the construction of a regional identity in post-3.11 literary and cultural productions (fiction, manga, anime and film) from the Tōhoku region. Professor Flores convenes Pembroke's Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies, an event which draws together international scholars and writers to discuss current topics in the fields of Japanese studies, particularly literature and history.
Professor Flores has held various roles within the faculty, college and the central university. In the faculty, she has recently served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and subject coordinator for Japanese. In the College, Professor Flores has served as Deputy Dean, Welfare Fellow, and Equality and Diversity Fellow, chairing Pembroke’s Welfare and Equalities Committee for many years. Professor Flores also served as Oxford's Junior Proctor during the academic year 2022-2023.
Courses Taught:
- Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (lecture series)
- Unseen Translation (3rd years) (lecture series)
- Special Texts: Gender and Identity in Modern Japanese Literature
- Special Texts: Trauma and Narrative in Modern Japanese Literature
- Special Subject: Modern Japanese Literature (late Edo to Taisho)
- Special Subject: Modern Japanese Literature (Showa to the present)
- Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Fiction (MSc)
- Modern East Asia Survey Course (participating lecturer)
Current Research Projects: Contemporary Tōhoku literature and culture
Recent Events:
Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2023: “Reconfiguring the Concept of Religion in Modern Japan”: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/5th-tanaka-symposium-reconfiguring-concept-religion-modern-japan
Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2022: “Humans and Nature in Crisis: Japanese Literature and the Environmental Humanities”: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/4th-tanaka-symposium-japanese-studies
- Flores, Linda, and Barbara Geilhorn, eds. Literature after Fukushima: From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2023.
- Flores, Linda, “From That Day Forward: Tōhoku, 3.11, and ‘Memory Landscapes’”, in Linda Flores and Barbara Geilhorn, eds., Literature after Fukushima : From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2023.
- Flores, Linda and Barbara Geilhorn, “Literature after Fukushima: An Introduction”, in Linda Flores and Barbara Geilhorn, eds., Literature after Fukushima : From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2023.
- Flores, Linda M. "Re-imagining Japan after Fukushima by Tamaki Mihic". The Journal of Japanese Studies 48.1 (2022) (Review article).
- Flores, Linda, “Takahashi Takako no Sora no hate made to Moriakku no Terezu Dekeru” in Noami Mariko, ed., Sekai bungaku to Nihon bungaku. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2019.
- Flores, Linda. "Kouno Fumiyo's Hi No Tori ('Bird of the Sun') Series as Documentary Manga: Memory and 3.11." Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance 12 (2019).
- Flores, Linda. "In Her Footsteps: The Legacy of Professor Mizuta Noriko." Review of Japanese Culture and Society 30 (2018).
- Flores, Linda and Bullock, Julia, Guest Editors. Scholar, Poet, Educator: Festschrift Issue in Honor of Mizuta Noriko, Review of Japanese Culture and Society 30 (2018).
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/modern-japanese-literature-linda-flores Interview: ‘The Best Modern Japanese Literature recommended by Linda Flores’ (2018). - Flores, Linda. "Matrices of Time, Space and Text: Intertextuality and Trauma in Two 3.11 Narratives." Japan Review 31 (2017).
- Flores, Linda. "Narrating Trauma in Takahashi Takako's 'Sora No Hate Made': Perverse Motherhood." Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (2017).
- Flores, Linda. "War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko's 'The Town of the Mockingbird'." Ca'Foscari Japanese Studies (2017).
Professor Linda Flores
Professor Linda Flores is an Associate Professor in Modern Japanese Literature in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) and the Fellow in Japanese Studies at Pembroke College. She teaches on the BA in Japanese in the AMES faculty as well as on the MSc/MPhil for Japanese Studies in Her areas of expertise include Japanese women writers, gender theory, trauma fiction, proletarian literature, and contemporary Japanese literature. Her publications have addressed topics such as the intersection of class and gender as well as motherhood and the family. Her recent work has focused on literature after ‘3.11’, the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. At present, she is researching historical memory and the construction of a regional identity in post-3.11 literary and cultural productions (fiction, manga, anime and film) from the Tōhoku region. Professor Flores convenes Pembroke's Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies, an event which draws together international scholars and writers to discuss current topics in the fields of Japanese studies, particularly literature and history.
Professor Flores has held various roles within the faculty, college and the central university. In the faculty, she has recently served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and subject coordinator for Japanese. In the College, Professor Flores has served as Deputy Dean, Welfare Fellow, and Equality and Diversity Fellow, chairing Pembroke’s Welfare and Equalities Committee for many years. Professor Flores also served as Oxford's Junior Proctor during the academic year 2022-2023.
Courses Taught:
- Modern Japanese Literature in Translation (lecture series)
- Unseen Translation (3rd years) (lecture series)
- Special Texts: Gender and Identity in Modern Japanese Literature
- Special Texts: Trauma and Narrative in Modern Japanese Literature
- Special Subject: Modern Japanese Literature (late Edo to Taisho)
- Special Subject: Modern Japanese Literature (Showa to the present)
- Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Fiction (MSc)
- Modern East Asia Survey Course (participating lecturer)
Current Research Projects: Contemporary Tōhoku literature and culture
Recent Events:
Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2023: “Reconfiguring the Concept of Religion in Modern Japan”: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/5th-tanaka-symposium-reconfiguring-concept-religion-modern-japan
Tanaka Symposium in Japanese Studies 2022: “Humans and Nature in Crisis: Japanese Literature and the Environmental Humanities”: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/4th-tanaka-symposium-japanese-studies
- Flores, Linda, and Barbara Geilhorn, eds. Literature after Fukushima: From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2023.
- Flores, Linda, “From That Day Forward: Tōhoku, 3.11, and ‘Memory Landscapes’”, in Linda Flores and Barbara Geilhorn, eds., Literature after Fukushima : From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2023.
- Flores, Linda and Barbara Geilhorn, “Literature after Fukushima: An Introduction”, in Linda Flores and Barbara Geilhorn, eds., Literature after Fukushima : From Marginalized Voices to Nuclear Futurity. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2023.
- Flores, Linda M. "Re-imagining Japan after Fukushima by Tamaki Mihic". The Journal of Japanese Studies 48.1 (2022) (Review article).
- Flores, Linda, “Takahashi Takako no Sora no hate made to Moriakku no Terezu Dekeru” in Noami Mariko, ed., Sekai bungaku to Nihon bungaku. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2019.
- Flores, Linda. "Kouno Fumiyo's Hi No Tori ('Bird of the Sun') Series as Documentary Manga: Memory and 3.11." Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance 12 (2019).
- Flores, Linda. "In Her Footsteps: The Legacy of Professor Mizuta Noriko." Review of Japanese Culture and Society 30 (2018).
- Flores, Linda and Bullock, Julia, Guest Editors. Scholar, Poet, Educator: Festschrift Issue in Honor of Mizuta Noriko, Review of Japanese Culture and Society 30 (2018).
https://fivebooks.com/best-books/modern-japanese-literature-linda-flores Interview: ‘The Best Modern Japanese Literature recommended by Linda Flores’ (2018). - Flores, Linda. "Matrices of Time, Space and Text: Intertextuality and Trauma in Two 3.11 Narratives." Japan Review 31 (2017).
- Flores, Linda. "Narrating Trauma in Takahashi Takako's 'Sora No Hate Made': Perverse Motherhood." Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific (2017).
- Flores, Linda. "War Brides as Transnational Subjects in Mori Reiko's 'The Town of the Mockingbird'." Ca'Foscari Japanese Studies (2017).