KEIO RESEARCHERS INFORMATION SYSTEM

Career 【 Display / hide 】

Career 【 Display / hide 】

• 2002.08

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  2003.07

  The University of Auckland, The School of Asian Studies, Part-time Lecturer

• 2008.04

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  2011.03

  Chuo University, Faculty of Policy Studies, Fixed-term Lecturer

• 2011.04

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  2017.03

  Keio University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor

• 2011.10

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  2013.09

  慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 兼　広報委員会委員

• 2013.10

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  2015.09

  慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 兼　学部学習指導副主任（外国語・総合教育担当)

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

• 1999.02

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  2002.05

  The University of Auckland, College of Arts, English and Japanese Studies

  New Zealand, University, Graduated

• 2002.02

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  2003.05

  The University of Canterbury, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, B.A. (hons) Program, College of Arts, Japanese Studies

  New Zealand, University, Graduated

• 2003.02

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  2008.04

  The University of Canterbury, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Ph.D. Program, College of Arts, Japanese Studies

  New Zealand, University, Graduated, Doctoral course

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

• B.A., The University of Auckland, Coursework, 2002.05

• B.A. (hons), The University of Canterbury, Coursework, 2003.05

• Ph. D., The University of Canterbury, Dissertation, 2008.04

  Haruki Murakami and the Search for Self-Therapy

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Japanese literature (Murakami Haruki, Mishima Yukio)

Books 【 Display / hide 】

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• Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts

  Joseph Thomas Wilburn (Ed.), Jonathan Dil et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.06,  Page： 212

  Scope: 17-21

• Haruki Murakami and the Search for Self-Therapy: Stories from the Second Basement

  Jonathan Dil, Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.02,  Page： 476

• Critical Insights: Modern Japanese Literature

  Frank Jacob (Ed.), Jonathan Dil et al., Grey House Publishing, 2017.02,  Page： 293

  Scope: 220-238

• Haruki Murakami: Challenging Authors

  Matthew Strecher and Paul Thomas (Eds.), Jonathan Dil et al., Sense Publishers, 2016.01,  Page： 146

  Scope: 73-86

• When the Tsunami Came to Shore: Culture and Disaster in Japan

  Roy Starrs (Ed.), Jonathan Dil et al., Global Oriental, 2014.07,  Page： 358

  Scope: 195-213

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• The Influence of Mishima Yukio's The Golden Pavilion on Murakami Haruki's Norwegian Wood

  The Keio University Hiyoshi Review of English Studies (Keio University)  82   1 - 22 2025.09

• The Influence of Mishima Yukio's "Death in Midsummer" on Murakami Haruki's "Hanalei Bay"

  The Keio University Hiyoshi Review of English Studies (Keio University)  80   21 - 35 2024.09

• The Influence of Mishima Yukio on Murakami Haruki’s Early Fiction

  Jonathan Dil

  Journal of Waseda International House of Literature (The Waseda International House of Literature)  2   13 - 27 2024.03

  Accepted

• A Message in a Bottle: Murakami Haruki, the Global Novel, and the Question of Literary Legacy

  The Keio University Hiyoshi Review of English Studies (Keio University)  79   23 - 50 2024.03

• Oh My Kamisama! God in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki

  Jonathan Dil

  In Statu Nascendi: Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations (Columbia University Press)  5 ( 1 ) 3 - 27 2022.05

  Accepted

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

• Body, Mind, and Soul?: The Physical and the Metaphysical in the Fiction of Mishima Yukio and Murakami Haruki

  The 26th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference, Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland) , 

  2025.12

• Philosophical Idealism in the Fiction of Murakami Haruki

  The 9th Annual Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy (Edinburgh) , 

  2025.09

• 『世界の終わりとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド』におけるパートナーシップ：夢読みの役割を探る

  第14回村上春樹国際シンポジウム (Kyoto) , 

  2025.07

• 三島由紀夫、村上春樹、そして「ウェイ・オブ・ライフ」

  第13回村上春樹国際シンポジウム (Tokyo) , 

  2024.07

• The Waiting Game: The Influence of Mishima Yukio’s “Death in Midsummer” on Murakami Haruki’s “Hanalei Bay”

  The 25th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference (Christchurch) , 

  2023.11

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  2023.12

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES SEMINAR(GIC)2

  2025

• LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES SEMINAR (GIC) 1

  2025

• ENGLISH LISTENING 3

  2025

• ENGLISH 2

  2025

• ENGLISH 1

  2025

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Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

• Association for Asian Studies, 

  2007.04

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  Present