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KARASAWA Kazutomo
 
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College of Arts Department of Letters,Course in English and American Literature
Graduate School of Arts Doctoral Program in English and American Literature
Graduate School of Arts Master's Program in English and American Literature
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修士(文学) ( 上智大学 ) / 博士(文学) ( 上智大学 ) / 学士(文学) ( 上智大学 )
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Campus Career*
  • 4 2018 - Present 
    College of Arts   Department of Letters,Course in English and American Literature   Professor
  • 4 2018 - Present 
    Graduate School of Arts   Master's Program in English and American Literature   Professor
  • 4 2018 - Present 
    Graduate School of Arts   Doctoral Program in English and American Literature   Professor
 

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / English linguistics

Research History

  • 4 2018 - Present 
    RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   Graduate School of Arts Field of Study: English and American Literature   Professor

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  • 4 2018 - Present 
    RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   Graduate School of Arts Field of Study: English and American Literature   Professor

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  • 4 2018 - Present 
    RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   College of Arts Department of Letters, Course of English and American Literature   Professor

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  • 4 2011 - 3 2018 
    Komazawa University

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  • 4 2009 - 3 2011 
    Komazawa University

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Education

  • 4 1999 - 3 2002 
    Sophia University   Graduate School, Division of Letters

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    Country: Japan

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  • 4 1997 - 3 1999 
    Sophia University   Graduate School, Division of Letters

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  • 4 1993 - 3 1997 
    Sophia University   Faculty of Literature

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    Country: Japan

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Committee Memberships

  • 4 2017 - 3 2019 
    日本中世英語英文学会   編集委員会委員長

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  • 4 2015 - 3 2018 
    日本英文学会   関東支部理事

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  • 4 2011 - 3 2013 
    日本中世英語英文学会   事務局長

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  • 6 2008 - 6 2010 
    日本アイスランド学会   事務局長

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Awards

  • 6 2023  
    International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England  Best Book  Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature
     
    Mark Atherton, Kazutomo Karasawa, Francis Leneghan

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  • 8 2017  
    International Society of Anglo-Saxonists  Best Edition of an Anglo-Saxon Text  The Old English Metrical Calendar (Menologium)
     
    Kazutomo Karasawa

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    Award type:Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country:United States

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  • 1 2009  
    福原記念英米文学研究助成基金  第18回福原賞(研究助成)  Irish Influence upon the Old English Poem Menologium Reconsidered
     
    唐澤一友

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    Award type:Award from publisher, newspaper, foundation, etc.  Country:Japan

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  • 5 2007  
    日本英文学会  第30回新人賞  The Structure of the Menologium and Its Computistical Background
     
    Kazutomo Karasawa

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    Award type:Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country:Japan

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  • 12 2001  
    日本中世英語英文学会  松浪奨励賞(佳作)  Christian Influence on OE freoðu: Its Pre-Christian and Christian Meanings
     
    Kazutomo Karasawa

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    Award type:Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.  Country:Japan

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Papers

  • A New Interpretation of the Crux <i>aþolwarum</i> in the Old English <i>Maxims I</i> 198b Peer-reviewed

    Kazutomo Karasawa

    English Studies105 ( 7 ) 991 - 1005   17 7 2024

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    Authorship:Lead author   Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Informa UK Limited  

    DOI: 10.1080/0013838x.2024.2368972

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  • <i>Tu beoð gemæccan</i>: The Key Concept of <i>Maxims I</i> Representing One of the Fundamental Principles of the World Order Peer-reviewed

    Kazutomo Karasawa

    Anglia140 ( 3-4 ) 340 - 372   1 12 2022

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:Walter de Gruyter GmbH  

    Abstract

    The Old English poem Maxims I has generally been regarded as a wisdom/catalogue poem listing miscellaneous gnomes without any major structural or thematic unity. It has also been suggested that it actually consists of three separate works, as it is divided into three in the manuscript. Against these views, this article will argue that the poet has a design and purpose in mind, and intends to produce a unified work. In listing gnomes, the poet focusses on good matches of beings or concepts, since well-matched pairs represent one of the fundamental principles in the order of the world in Biblical tradition as well as in the ‘scientific’ tradition of the time that ultimately went back to the ancient Greek theory of quaternity. Near the beginning of the work, the poet actually refers to the principle by the gnome tu beoð gemæccan ‘two are companions’ (l. 23b), with several clear-cut examples of well-matched pairs of beings or concepts. Various pairings of this type are dealt with throughout the work, and in order to remind the readers of this key concept, the poet inserts multiple series of short and simple gnomes listing good matches in all three parts. By this cumulative process, the poet presents truths, norms, and patterns in the Anglo-Saxon world and locates them in a wider context of the world order established by God the Creator. The thematic unity, as well as lexical, dialectal, and metrical affinities demonstrated in all three parts suggest that Maxims I is intended as a unified work. In fact, the three parts seem to have circulated together for a long time even before they were copied into the Exeter Book in the latter half of the tenth century.

    DOI: 10.1515/ang-2022-0042

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  • The Art of Reading Slowly Underlying Editions of Old English Poems ― Cases of the Menologium and Maxims I Peer-reviewed

    Kazutomo Karasawa

      35   25 - 35   7 2020

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  • What Has Christ to do with Wyrd in Maxims II 4b-5a? Peer-reviewed

    Kazutomo Karasawa

      92 ( 3 ) 293 - 301   2 2020

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  • Lexical Choice and Poetic Freedom in the Old English Menologium Peer-reviewed

    Kazutomo Karasawa

    JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY115 ( 3 ) 333 - 345   7 2016

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    Language:English   Publishing type:Research paper (scientific journal)   Publisher:UNIV ILLINOIS PRESS  

    DOI: 10.5406/jenglgermphil.115.3.0333

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Books and Other Publications

  • The Old English Gnomic Poems Maxims I and Maxims II

    Kazutomo Karasawa( Role: Sole author)

    12 2024  ( ISBN:9781835537893

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  • Ideas of the world in early medieval English literature

    Atherton, Mark, Karasawa, Kazutomo, Leneghan, Francis( Role: Joint editor ,  Christ Embracing the World: Ælfric’s Description of the Crucifixion in ‘De Passione Domini’)

    Brepols  12 2022  ( ISBN:9782503599571

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    Total pages:440 p.   Language:English

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  • Tradition and Innovation in Old English Metre

    Rachal A. Burns, Rafael J. Pascual( Role: Joint author ,  Single Half-Lines and Heavy Hypermetric Verses in Maxims I Reconsidered)

    Arc Humanities  2022  ( ISBN:9781641894586

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  • Global perspectives on early medieval England

    Jolly, Karen Louise, Brooks, Britton Elliott( Role: Joint author ,  Historical Origins of a Mythical History: The Formation of the Myth Supporting Anglo-Saxonism Reconsidered)

    Boydell Press  2022  ( ISBN:9781783276868

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    Total pages:xv, 253 p.   Language:English

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  • 中世英語英文学研究の多様性とその展望

    ( Role: Contributor ,  アングロ・サクソン時代における「世界」観)

    11 2020 

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Professional Memberships

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    International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (former International Society of Anglo-Saxonists)

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    英語史研究会

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    日本英文学会

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Research Projects

  • A Study on Old English Wisdom Literature

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 

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    4 2022 - 3 2026

    Grant number:22K00389

    Grant amount:\3250000 ( Direct Cost: \2500000 、 Indirect Cost:\750000 )

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  • 古英語格言詩 Maxims I, II に関する総合的研究

    科学研究費補助金 

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    4 2016 - 3 2021

    Grant type:Competitive

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  • From East to West: The Idea of the World in Anglo-Saxon England

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (A)) 

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    2018 - 2020

    Grant number:18KK0334

    Grant amount:\15600000 ( Direct Cost: \12000000 、 Indirect Cost:\3600000 )

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  • 韻文および散文の『メノロギウム』:暦学教育との関連から

    科学研究費補助金 

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    4 2010 - 3 2014

    Grant type:Competitive

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