Kimberly Kono
Professor of Japanese Language & Literature
Biography
Kimberly Kono teaches courses on modern Japanese language, literature and culture.
Her book Romance, Family and Nation in Japanese Colonial Literature (Palgrave, 2010) examines the tropes of romance, family and marriage in Japanese literature produced in colonial Taiwan, Korea and Manchuria during the 1930s and 1940s. Other research interests include feminist and postcolonial theory, travel writing and Japanese popular culture.
Office Hours
Spring 2024
On sabbatical.
Education
Ph.D., M.A., B.A., University of California, Berkeley