Dr Thomas McAuley (he/him)
BA, PhD
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies
+44 114 222 8413
Full contact details
School of Languages, Arts and Societies
4.06
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
S3 7RA
- Profile
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Premodern Japanese poetry (waka); poetics; criticism; poetry competitions, topics, conduct and judgements; diction and imagery; translation; textual analysis; Nara (710-794), Heian (795-1185) and Kamakura (1186-1333) periods
- Qualifications
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- Phd (University of London)
- BA(hons) Linguistics and Japanese (University of Sheffield)
- Research interests
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My research interests focus on Premodern Japanese poetry (waka) and poetics, and in particular the role of poetry matches (uta'awase) in contributing to the development of poetic styles and standards.
I have recently supervised to successful completion theses on ideological and propaganda content of children’s songs in the pre-war Japanese school curriculum, and on the integration of instruction on Intercultural Communicative Competence in to the Japanese university English language curriculum.
- Publications
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- Research group
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Research Supervision
I welcome the opportunity to supervise promising PhD students in a broad range of areas related to Japanese to English translation, linguistics and literature.
I have recently supervised to successful completion a thesis on ideological and propaganda content of children’s songs in the pre-war Japanese school curriculum, and am currently co-supervising a thesis on the integration of instruction on Intercultural Communicative Competence in to the Japanese university English language curriculum.
- Teaching interests
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If I had to sum up my teaching philosophy in a single phrase, it’s that I want to motivate students to learn for themselves. In my classes, the focus is on encouraging students to use the materials, whether it be my lectures, or Japanese poetry and literature, as a starting point for their own deeper analysis of intricacies of Japanese society, culture and language, and thereby enable them to develop their own understanding.
- Teaching activities
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Dr McAuley currently teaches on the following undergraduate modules:
- LAS311/366 - East Asian Dissertation
- LAS 367 - Japan Research Project 2
- LAS 368 - Researching Japan 2
- LAS 496 - Media and Public Communication in Japan
- Professional activities and memberships
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Peer Reviewer: Japan Forum; Journal of Japanese Studies; Japanese Studies
Editor, Sheffield-Routledge Japanese Studies Series