Associate Professor
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
Autumn 2025
Spring 2025
Winter 2025
Autumn 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Spring 2019
Autumn 2018
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
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