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I. Leopold Hanami

Assistant Professor of Japanese Language and Literature

Rome 469
801 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-0050
Fax: (202) 994-1512
E-mail: hanami@gwu.edu
Homepage: http://home.gwu.edu/~hanami

Education:

Ph.D., Stanford University

Expertise:

Japanese Language, Classical Japanese (Bungo), Japanese Court poetry and poetics

Background:

Professor Hanami received his Ph.D. in Japanese in 1997 from Stanford University, where he concentrated on medieval Japanese poetry. He teaches advanced Japanese, both modern and classical, as well as Japanese culture through film. His research interests include Late Heian poetics, renga linked poetry, and Japanese film and popular culture. He has a forthcoming article entitled, "Re-Reading Renga: A Consideration of Intention and Its Consequences". He is currently compiling a reference handbook on bungo, literary Japanese, and is also actively developing methods of Japanese instruction and testing through the Internet.

Courses Taught:

Japn 1 Basic Japanese
Japn 2 Basic Japanese
Japn 7 Intermediate Japanese
Japn 8 Intermediate Japanese
Japn 107 Readings in Modern Japanese
Japn 108 Readings in Modern Japanese
Japn 162 Japanese Culture Through Film
Japn 199 Proseminar: Readings for the Major in Japanese Language and Literature

Last update: 05.22.02