Professor Emerita of Japanese Literature
qmz@umich.edu
Office Information:
202 South Thayer Street
5048 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
phone: 734.647.1520
Education/Degree:
PhD, Japanese Literature, Harvard University, 1983
MA, Japanese, University of California (Berkeley), 1973
BA, English and Comparative Literature, University of the Philippines, 1966
About
Professor Ramirez-Christensen specializes in classical Japanese literature, especially Heian and medieval poetry, narrative, and criticism. Her research interests include literary hermeneutics and Buddhist intellectual philosophy, as well as feminist readings of Heian women's writing. Among her works are Heart's Flower: The Life and Poetry of Shinkei (1994) and "Self-Representation and the Patriarchy in the Heian Female Memoirs" in The Father-Daughter Plot: Japanese Literary Women and the Law of the Father (2001 ).
Affiliation(s)
- Center for Japanese Studies
Award(s)
- Faculty Research Grant for the Medieval Poetics, Buddhism, and Sasamegoto Translation Publication Projects, University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies, 2003-2004
- Faculty Fellow, University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities, 1999-2000
- Career Development Fund for Women Faculty Award, Winter 1999
- Rackham Faculty Recognition Award, 1998
- Conference Funding Grants: Japan Foundation, Association for Asian Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, 1997-1998
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