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Keiko Shirakawa

Home Country

Japan

Nation (Re)Building Through Biography: The Myth of the American Revolution and the Cultural Dissemination of Antebellum Sensational and Sentimental Narratives

Program

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

Program Country

Japan

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Literature

Academic Year

2009-2010

Dates

September 2009 - August 2010

Flex

Scholar type

Non-U.S. (Visiting) Scholar

Project Title

Nation (Re)Building Through Biography: The Myth of the American Revolution and the Cultural Dissemination of Antebellum Sensational and Sentimental Narratives

Scholar Information

Grantee

Keiko Shirakawa

Title

Associate Professor

Institution

Doshisha University

Host Institutions

Institution

Brandeis University

Faculty

Michael T. Gilmore

Host Department

Department of English and American Literature