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OKAMOTO HIROKI

Department / Course College of Letters International Studies and English Communication Program

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Letters
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Language and Culture Studies

Academic background
1.	～2008	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ English Literature Program │ Postgraduate Program in English Language and Literature │ University of Leeds │ Completed
2.	～2015/09	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ English and American Literature Program │ Graduate School of Arts, Rikkyo University │ Rikkyo University │ Completed Ph.D.
3.	2008/11 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Leeds Master
4.	～2007	Course of English and American Literature │ College of Arts │ Rikkyo University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	2023/09/10 ～ 2024/03/31	Researher Postdoc │ │ the School of Humanities (the Medieval and Early Modern Studies research group) at the University of Western Australia
2.	2023/04/01 ～ 2023/08/29	Researher Postdoc │ │ the Department of English Studies at Durham University

Research activities
1.		The International Arthurian Society
2.		Japan Society for Medieval European Studies
3.		The English Literary Society of Japan
4.		The Japan Society for Medieval English Studies

Research summary(Photo/Image)

Books
1.	2023/01/04	The Tale of Sir Gawain
2.	2014/10	『チョーサーと中世を眺めて』 (“A Re-evaluation of the Saxon Treachery in the Creation of England”) │ ,pp.331-46
3.	2011/12	『神話・象徴・図像Ⅰ』(“‘Hise uten-laddes here comen’: Exploiting the Image of the Dane in Havelok the Dane”) │ ,pp.69-84

Papers
1.	2023/10/25	J. R. R. Tolkien at the University of Leeds │ Eureka: Poetry and Criticism │ ,pp.205-209
2.	2023/03	"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in Malory’s Template: “Finding Time for Romance” in Modern Arthuriana" │ POETICA: An International Journal of Linguistic-Literary Studies │ (97&98),pp.55-72
3.	2023/03	Giants in the Founding Narrative of Britain: Historical Memory in the Brut Chronicles and Romances │ ,pp.139-164
4.	2017/10	‘Curious fact’: Fading of Northernisms in The Reeve’s Tale │ 『チョーサー研究会会報』 │ (5),pp.3-21
5.	2015/03	“Gawain’s Treachery on the Bed: Trojan Ancestry and Territory in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” │ Studies in English Literature日本英文学会『英文學研究』英文号 │ (56),pp.19-37
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/12/07	Social Integration and Anglo-Scandinavian Identity in the Story of Havelok
2.	2024/03/21	Medievalism and Arthurian Legend in Japan
3.	2017/06/28	Ancestral Memory and Landscape in the Brut chronicle and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
4.	2011/07/13	“Contesting English History: From 'here' to 'ferd' in Havelok the Dane”

Works
1.	2024/03/14	Japanese Role-Playing Games (JRPG) and Western Medievalism (Murdoch University)