Staff who lecture/carry out research in Japanese Studies

Profesor Ian Reader
BA (Reading), MA (Bristol), PhD (Leeds)
Subject Specialisation:

All aspects of Japanese religions, especially in modern contexts, religious dynamics and social change; religion and violence; pilgrimage; new religious movements.

Dr Peter Cave
BA (Oxford), PhD (Oxford)
Subject Specialisation:

Japanese Society, education and socialization.

Dr Mara Patessio
BA (Venice), PhD (Cambridge)
Subject Specialisation:

Japanese history, gender and the emergence of feminism in Japan

Mr Jonathan Bunt
BA (Bristol), PGCE (Bristol), MA (East Anglia)
Subject Specialisation:

Japanese Language; Head of East Asian Studies

Ms Yukiko Shaw
BA (Yamawaki), PGCE (Bolton Institute)
Subject Specialisation:

Japanese Language (Senior Tutor)

Mr Motoi Kitamura
MA (Niigata), PGCE (Stockport College)
Subject Specialisation:

Japanese Language (Tutor)

Takao Iwakami
BA, PGCE (MMU)
Subject Specialisation:

Ms Glynis Platt Information Officer
Tel: 0161 275 3751
E-mail: glynis.platt@manchester.ac.uk

The John Rylands University Library has been building up a Japanese Studies collection and has absorbed the materials formerly held at the Japan Centre. Assistance has been received from the Japan Foundation. The University Language Centre has Satellite TV, periodicals and a library including video and audio materials.

The holdings are quite extensive and are being augmented continually. Collections totaling some 18,000 volumes have recently been assessed for integration into the library catalogue