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Daniel Gallimore

Organization
School of Humanities Department of Literature and Linguistics Professor
Date of Birth
1966
Research Fields, Keywords
Shakespeare translation and reception in Japan; English literature, イギリス文学, 日本におけるシェイクスピア翻訳 （坪内逍遥等）
Teaching and Research Fields
I obtained my doctorate at the University of Oxford in 2001 with a thesis on the poetics of Japanese translations of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', and follow a range of interests in Shakespeare studies, translation studies, drama and poetics. I began my research in 1997 with the assumption that some kind of equivalence was possible between Shakespeare's English and modern Japanese, but have gradually come to realize that no translation can (or should) be a precise equivalent, and that in discussing Japanese translations of Shakespeare, we are limited to discussing 'the art of the possible'. While my thesis emphasized the hermeneutics of translation, for example the way that translators interpret Shakespeare's prosody through their native poetic devices, in my recent essays I have tried to adopt a more historical approach, looking mainly at the work of the pioneer of Japanese Shakespeare translation Tsubouchi Shōyō (1859-1935).
Mail Address
gallimore@kwansei.ac.jp
Laboratory Phone number
+81-798-54-7252
Syllabus information URL
https://syllabus.kwansei.ac.jp/uniasv2/UnSSOLoginControlFree?REQ_ACTION_DO=/AGA030PLS01Action.do?REQ_FUNCTION_JUMP_START_FLG=1&SLB_LINK_DISP_FLG=269&TCH_NO=110003&REQ_PRFR_FUNC_ID=AGA030
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Graduating School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Graduating School:Christ Church, Oxford
    Faculty:Faculty of English Language and Literature
    Course / Major:English Language and Literature

    Kind of school:University
    Date of graduation:1987.07
    Completion status:Graduated
    Country location code:United Kingdom

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Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】

  • Graduate school:Linacre College, Oxford
    Department:Oriental Institute, Oxford
    Course:Shakespeare translation in Japan

    Course completed:Doctor's Course
    Date of completion:2001.09
    Completion status:Completed
    Country:United Kingdom

  • Graduate school:University of Sheffield
    Department:Centre for Japanese Studies
    Course:Contemporary Japanese politics and business management

    Course completed:Master's Course
    Date of completion:1992.08
    Completion status:Completed
    Country:United Kingdom

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Studying abroad experiences 【 display / non-display 】

  • Name of institution: University of Toronto (Victoria College)
    Name of job or career: Visiting Research Fellow (non-stipendiary)
    Date: 2018.09 - 2019.06

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Degree 【 display / non-display 】

  • Degree name:Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.)
    Classified degree field:Oriental Studies
    Conferring institution:University of Oxford
    Acquisition way:Thesis
    Date of acquisition:2002.04

  • Degree name:Master of Arts
    Classified degree field:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language
    Conferring institution:University of Oxford
    Acquisition way:Degree Conferrer
    Date of acquisition:1998.01

  • Degree name:Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE)
    Classified degree field:Theory and practice of education (specializing in Japanese)
    Conferring institution:University of Nottingham
    Acquisition way:Coursework
    Date of acquisition:1995.07

  • Degree name:Master of Arts (with Distinction)
    Classified degree field:Japanese Studies
    Conferring institution:University of Sheffield
    Acquisition way:Coursework
    Date of acquisition:1993.02

  • Degree name:Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
    Classified degree field:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language
    Conferring institution:University of Oxford
    Acquisition way:Degree Conferrer
    Date of acquisition:1987.07

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Career 【 display / non-display 】

  • Affiliation:Kobe College
    Title:Lecturer
    Date:2023.09 -

  • Affiliation:Kyoto University
    Department:文学部
    Title:Lecturer
    Date:2012.04 - 2018.03

  • Affiliation:Kwansei Gakuin University
    Department:School of Humanities Department of Literature and Linguistics English Literature and Linguistics
    Title:Professor
    Date:2011.04 -

  • Affiliation:The University of Tokyo
    Department:教養学部
    Title:Lecturer
    Date:2009.10 - 2011.03

  • Affiliation:Japan Women's University
    Department:Department of English
    Title:Associate Professor
    Date:2008.04 - 2011.03

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Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Academic society name:Shakespeare Society of Japan
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:Kwansei Gakuin University Society of English and American Literature
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:Kansai Shakespeare Circle
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:English Literary Society of Japan
    Academic country located:Japan

  • Academic society name:Japan Society for Theatre Research
    Academic country located:Japan

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Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】

  • Research field:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language
    Research keywords：Shakespeare translation in Japan

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Papers 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language: English
    Title: book introduction, Daniel Gallimore, The Japanese Shakespeare: Language and Context in the Translations of Tsubouchi Shoyo (Routledge, 2024)
    Journal name: 『東日本英学史研究』  (24)  (p.68 - 70)
    Date of publication: 2025.03
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of publication: Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
    Co-author classification: Single Author

  • Language: English
    Title: performance review, Dazai Osamu, Shin Hamuretto, dir. Hamasaka Aya (Tremolo/Seinendan), Theatre E9 Kyoto (17th March, 2024)
    Journal name: Shakespeare Society of Japan, Shakespeare Studies  vol.63  (p.32 - 35)
    Date of publication: 2025.03
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of publication: Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Humanities & Social Sciences / Japanese literature

  • Language: English
    Title: Shakespearean comedy and Japanese (wo)men's Shakespeare: a refraction for the twenty-first century
    Journal name: Cahiers Élisabéthains  vol.111  (1)  (p.42 - 57)
    Date of publication: 2023.07
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    DOI: 10.1177/01847678231184547
    Type of publication: Part of collection (book)
    Co-author classification: Single Author
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Humanities & Social Sciences / Gender studies

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  • Language: English
    Title: book review, Conor Hanratty, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Yukio Ninagawa (Arden Shakespeare, rev. ed., 2020)
    Journal name: English Journal of JSTR, Japan Society of Theatre Research  vol.3  (1)  (p.91 - 97)
    Date of publication: 2023.03
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18935/ejstr.3.1_91

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  • Language: English
    Title: Shōyō’s realism and Shakespeare’s real women: the case of Isabella
    Journal name: Journal of the Society of English and American Literature, Kwansei Gakuin University  (67)  (p.1 - 24)
    Date of publication: 2023.03
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of publication: Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)
    Co-author classification: Single Author
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language

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Books 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language: English
    Title: chapter: 'Not what Shakespeare wrote: a strategy for reading translation', in Alexa Alice Joubin, ed., Contemporary Readings in Global Performance of Shakespeare, pp. 25-40
    Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
    Date of publication: 2024.10
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Authorship：Sole author
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Others / Others

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  • Language: English
    Title: book: The Japanese Shakespeare: Language and Context in the Translations of Tsubouchi Shōyō
    Publisher: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
    Date of publication: 2024.07
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Authorship：Sole author
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Others / Others

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  • Language: English
    Title: translation: Studio Life, Twelfth Night, dir. Kurata Jun, Theater Sun Mall, 2009
    Publisher: Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive
    Date of publication: 2021.07
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of books: Film/Video
    Authorship：Sole translator

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  • Language: English
    Title: translation: Furukawa Takeshi, Will of Heaven (2013), in Japan Playwrights Association, ed., Engeki: Japanese Theatre in the New Millennium 6
    Publisher: Japan Playwrights Association
    Date of publication: 2021.03
    Author(s): translated by Daniel Gallimore

    Type of books: General book
    Authorship：Sole translator

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  • Language: English
    Title: chapter: 'Of ponds, lakes, and the sea: Shōyō, Shakespeare, and Romanticism', ed. Alex Watson and Laurence Williams, British Romanticism in Asia: The Reception, Translation, and Transformation of Romantic Literature in India and East Asia, pp. 273-91
    Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
    Date of publication: 2019.02
    Author(s): Daniel Gallimore

    Type of books: Scholarly book
    Authorship：Sole author
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Humanities & Social Sciences / Japanese literature

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MISC 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language：English
    Title:Comment on Matsuoka Kazuko
    Journal name:https://www.waseda.jp/enpaku/danielgallimore/
    Date of publication:2022.09
    Author(s):Daniel Gallimore

  • Language：English
    Title:From tea to Shakespeare: a reflection on my Japanese past
    Publisher:Centre for Asian Studies, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
    Journal name:margASIA  vol.9  (1)  (p.15 - 17)
    Date of publication:2021.08
    Author(s):Daniel Gallimore

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Works 【 display / non-display 】

  • Work title: 国際文化フォーラム：共有しうる想像力―ゴーストの顕現、あるいはグローバル時代の不可視の可視化
    Date：2017.11

    Work type：Other

  • Work title: シェイクスピア没後400年記念講演会と対談：シェイクスピアの翻訳を考える
    Date：2016.12

    Work type：Other

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Awards 【 display / non-display 】

  • Prize: Ivan Morris Memorial Prize
    Date awarded:1992.11
    Country:United Kingdom
    Award type:Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.
    Awarding organization：British Association for Japanese Studies
    Award-winner (group):Daniel Gallimore

  • Prize: College Exhibition
    Date awarded:1985.10
    Country:United Kingdom
    Award type:Other
    Awarding organization：Christ Church, Oxford
    Award-winner (group):Daniel Gallimore

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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】

  • Language:English
    Conference name:Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
    International/Domestic presentation:Domestic presentation
    Holding date：2025.01
    Title:public lecture: 'Shōyō's Shakespeare: an introduction'
    Presentation type:Public lecture, seminar, tutorial, course, or other speech
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Others / Others

  • Language:English
    Conference name:14th International Congress, International Comparative Literary Association
    International/Domestic presentation:International presentation
    Holding date：2025.07
    Presentation date：2025.07.21
    Title:presentation: 'Tsubouchi Shoyo’s comparativism and the techne of Shakespeare translation'
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)

  • Language:English
    Conference name:Informasia online
    International/Domestic presentation:International presentation
    Holding date：2025.07
    Presentation date：2025.07.21
    Title:online talk: 'Shoyo between Meiji and Showa: translating Shakespeare in the age of language reform'

  • Language:English
    Conference name:12th Liberlit Conference
    International/Domestic presentation:International presentation
    Holding date：2025.06
    Presentation date：2025.06.14
    Title:presentation: 'Translation studies as a resource for literary pedagogy'
    Presentation type:Oral presentation (general)
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Others / Others

  • Language:Japanese
    Conference name:関西シェイクスピア研究会2024年9月例会
    International/Domestic presentation:Domestic presentation
    Holding date：2024.09
    Presentation date：2024.09.30
    Title:研究発表：「「極楽とんぼ」―坪内逍遥のシェイクスピア劇翻訳論にむけて」
    Field of experts:Humanities & Social Sciences / English literature and literature in the English language, Others / Others

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Committee Memberships 【 display / non-display 】

  • Organization name:Shakespeare Society of Japan
    Committee name:committee member and general editor, Shakespeare Studies

  • Organization name:Shakespeare Society of Japan
    Committee name:editor, Shakespeare Studies
    Date：2019 - 2021

  • Organization name:Shakespeare Society of Japan
    Committee name:editor, Shakespeare Studies
    Date：2015 - 2017

  • Organization name:Shakespeare Society of Japan
    Committee name:editor, Shakespeare Studies
    Date：2011 - 2013

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