Associate Professor
Contact Information
206-543-4699
GWN M239
Office Hours:
Wednesdays, 2:00-3:00 (in person) or by appointment.
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ph.D. Modern Japanese Literature, University of Washington, 1997
M.A. Modern Japanese Literature, University of Washington, 1993
B.A. Japanese Language (cum laude), University of Washington, 1985
B.A. English Literature (cum laude), University of Washington, 1986
Current Research Projects:
- “Off-Base: The Rhetoric of Peace in Contemporary Okinawan Literature” (book manuscript).
- Double-Exposure: An Anthology of Japanese Fiction and Poetry from Okinawa, co-edited with Steve Rabson.
Research
Selected Research
- Davinder Bhowmik. Writing Okinawa: Narrative Acts of Identity and Resistance. London: Routledge, 2008.
- Davinder Bhowmik. "Views of Ôshiro Tatsuhiro by an American Scholar." Ôshiro Tatsuhiro arubamu, ed. Kuoko Kazuo. Osaka: Bensei Shuppan, 2003.
- Davinder Bhowmik. "Plain Water with a Twist of Lime(stone): Magical Realism in Medoruma Shun." Proceedings of the Midwest Association for Japanese Literary Studies: Japanese Poeticity and Narrativity Revisited, vol. 9 . 2003.
- Davinder Bhowmik. "Kôno Taeko." Modern Japanese Authors, ed. Jay Rubin. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons: 2000. 169-184.
- Davinder Bhowmik. "Officer Ukuma." Translation of Ikemiyagi Sekihô, "Ukuma junsa." Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa, ed. Michael Molasky Steven Rabson. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000. 58-71.
- Davinder Bhowmik. "Temporal Discontinuity in the Atomic Bomb Fiction of Hayashi Kyôko." Ôe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan, ed. Philip Gabriel and Stephen Snyder. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. 58-88.
Courses Taught
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Spring 2019
Autumn 2018
Winter 2018
Autumn 2017
Winter 2017
Spring 2016
Winter 2016
Autumn 2015
Winter 2015
Autumn 2014
Winter 2014
Autumn 2013
Spring 2013
Winter 2013
Autumn 2012
Resources & Related Links
Related News
Related News
- Acclaimed Director Hirokazu Koreeda Visits the University of Washington - August 5, 2017
- Davinder Bhowmik Publishes Islands of Protest: Japanese Literature from Okinawa - April 11, 2016
- Faculty News 2010 - June 1, 2010
- Faculty News 2009 - June 1, 2009