Professor in ‘Japanese Language and Culture’
PhD (Dr. phil.) in Aesthetics/Kunstwissenschaft, Humboldt University Berlin, 1991

Preferred medium of contact: email, not phone.

2019-_Chairperson and main contact for book series "Stockholm Studies in Media Arts Japan” (SMAJ, Stockholm University Press, Open Access)
2018- _Board member, Center for Global Asia(Faculty of Social Sciences, SU)
2018–2023_Council member, European Association of Japanese Studies (EAJS)

Employment History

Professor in Manga/Comics Theory (tenured), Graduate School of Manga, Kyoto Seika University, Japan (2009-2017)

​Associate Professor in Art and Media Studies (tenured), Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan (2001-2009)

Associate Professor in Art Sociology (tenured), Department of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan (1995-2001)

To Foreign Students Seeking PhD Supervision:
Unfortunately, I am not allowed to accept PhD students outside of the specifically Swedish framework of contracted positions (here, a PhD student is an employee, and openings are rare; a program with entrance exams doesn’t exist).
But if you are enrolled in another university’s PhD program, you are welcome to receive my supervision as an academic intern or guest for one or two semesters (provided that you are able to cover your living expenses).