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last modified：2024/12/04

Associate Professor　RUNNER, JACOB WAYNE

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Faculty, Affiliation

Institute of Liberal Arts and Science　Faculty of Foreign Language Studies

College and School Educational Field


Laboratory

General Education (409)

Academic Background

【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
University of Nottingham　Doctor　Comparative Literature
University of St Andrews　Master　Mediaeval English
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
University of Vermont
Aoyama Gakuin University

Career

Year & Month of Birth

Academic Society

International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England
The Japan Society for Medieval English Studies
Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland
Grateful Dead Studies Association

Award

○Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Studentship Award(2017)

Specialities

English Literature、Japanese literature

Speciality Keywords

Comparative Literature, Scripts, Old English, Multilingualism, TESOL, Japanese Medievalism

Research Themes

Books

Papers

  • 　On the Curriculum Reform of Year 1 Compulsory English at Kanazawa University —Focusing on EAP Course Curriculum—　Kana OYABU,Kanehiro NISHIMURA,Mami KANNO,Jacob RUNNER,Michiko YAGUCHI　Forum of Language Instructors　18　18　5　2024/03
  • 　"To Shed Light and Not to Master": Paratext and Perspective in Robert Hunter's The Giant's Harp　Jacob Wayne Runner　Proceedings of the Grateful Dead Studies Association　2　96　2023/08
  • 　Emblematic Language: A Multilingual Perspective on Wulfstan’s English and Latin Baptismal Homilies　Jacob W. Runner　Neophilologus　107　3　2023/06　
  • 　"My guise doth not incur thy trust":Translating English Medievalism and Archaism to and from Japanese in a Video Game Context　Jacob W. Runner　Studies in Medievalism　32　21　2023/03
  • 　Exploring the Academic English Needs of Students at a Japanese University　Brown, D,Yaguchi, M,Oyabu, K,Murray, L,Kanno, M,Morikawa, T,Runner, J　Forum of Language Instructors　17　17　39　2023/03　

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  • 　Eucatastrophe and Satori: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium as Interreligious Myth　Jacob Wayne Runner　Studies of Language and Culture　27　85　2023/03
  • 　An Unseen Eighth Rune: Runic Legacy and Multiliteral Performativity in Cynewulf’s The Fates of the Apostles (Reprint)　Jacob Wayne Runner　Old English Poetry and Its Legacy, Robert E. Bjork, Ed. (MDPI)　25　2023/01
  • 　Script and Language as Semiotic Media in Japanese Storytelling: A Theoretical Approach through Haruki Murakami’s Noruwei no mori　Jacob Wayne Runner　Humanities　11　5.106　1　2022/08
  • 　Hidden Identities: St. Benedict and Localization in the South English Legendary　Jacob Wayne Runner　Studies of Language and Culture　26　71　2022/03
  • 　An Unseen Eighth Rune: Runic Legacy and Multiliteral Performativity in Cynewulf’s The Fates of the Apostles　Jacob Wayne Runner　Humanities　10　4.124　1　2021/12
  • 　Orpheus as Interpretative Tool: Insular Orpheus Narratives Looking Back on the Mythic Tradition　Jacob W. Runner　Journal of Languages, Texts, and Society　5　1　2021/07

Conference Presentations

  • Voicing and Embodying Faith: Comparative Language and Textual Perspectives from the Old English Andreas(conference：The Japan Society for Medieval English Studies West Branch 40th Annual Meeting (Hiroshima Shudo University))(2024/06/08)
  • Lessons from three studies on learners’ challenges in EMI courses at a Japanese University(conference：EMI Symposium 2023: Fostering Collaboration (University of Oxford))(2023/12/06)
  • Intertwined Language and Spiritual Perspectives from the Vercelli Book: A Pilot Comparative Assessment(conference：Leeds International Medieval Congress (University of Leeds))(2023/07/06)
  • Charting an Ideological Topography: A Comparison of Linguistic and Spiritual Perspectives Performed across the Vercelli Book(conference：International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England 21st Biennial Conference (University of Manchester))(2023/06/30)
  • Investigating Students’ Academic English Needs at a Japanese University(conference：Towards Transcultural Pedagogy: Dynamics in Global EAP (University of St Andrews))(2023/03/04)

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  • Runes and Latin: The Significance of Early Medieval English Multiple Script Usage(conference：Colloque Bisannuel de la Diachronie de l'Anglais 7)(2023/01/13)
  • Conversing with Dead Languages: Pedagogy from and for TESOL + MFL(conference：The Japan Association for Language Teaching)(2022/11/12)
  • Cynewulf's Questioning of the Borders of Script and Orality in The Fates of the Apostles(conference：Leeds International Medieval Congress (University of Leeds))(2022/07/05)
  • "To Shed Light and Not to Master": Paratext and Perspective in Robert Hunter's The Giant's Harp(conference：Popular Culture Association National Conference (Grateful Dead Area))(2022/04/13)
  • Emblematic Code-Switching and Language Use: A Multilingual Perspective on Archbishop Wulfstan’s Baptismal Homilies(conference：The 37th Congress of the Japan Society for Medieval English Studies)(2021/12/04)
  • Orientalism, Medievalism, and Questioning Essentialism in Old English Literature Studies(conference：International Society of Anglo-Saxonists Conference (University of New Mexico))(2019/07/30)
  • Cynewulf’s Agency: Old English Diegetic Intervention and Crafting Narratorial Status(conference：Leeds International Medieval Congress (University of Leeds))(2019/07/03)
  • Scholarly Detachment and Reattachment: Old English Literature and Comparative Literature(conference：Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland Conference (University of Oxford))(2018/10/20)
  • Rōmaji and Runes: Literary Polygraphy and Societal Memories(conference：Leeds International Medieval Congress: ISAS New Voices Panel (University of Leeds))(2018/07/03)
  • 'My guise doth not incur thy trust’: Archaic Language as an Element of Game Localization(conference：Literature and Video Games: Beyond Stereotypes (University of St Andrews))(2018/06/21)

Others

Arts and Fieldwork

Patent

Theme to the desired joint research

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

○「Language Ideologies and Spiritual Identity: Comparative Perspectives from the Vercelli Book」(2023-2025)　
○Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up「Transhistorical Approaches to Multilingualism and Multiliteralism in Early English」(2021-2022)　

Competitive research funding,Contribution

Collaborative research,Consignment study

Classes (Bachelors)

○International Communication in English D2(2023)
○International Communication in English D1(2023)
○Study in Dynamics of British/American Culture 2(2023)
○Study in Dynamics of British/American Culture 1(2023)
○Latin A2-2(2023)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2023)
○Latin A2-1(2023)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2023)
○Latin A1-2(2023)
○TOEIC Preparation II(2023)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2023)
○Latin A1-1(2023)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2023)
○TOEIC Preparation I(2023)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2022)
○Latin A2-2(2022)
○TOEIC Preparation IV(2022)
○Latin A2-1(2022)
○TOEIC Preparation III(2022)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2022)
○Latin A1-2(2022)
○TOEIC Preparation II(2022)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2022)
○Latin A1-1(2022)
○TOEIC Preparation I(2022)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2022)
○International Communication in English D2(2022)
○International Communication in English D1(2022)
○Study in Dynamics of British/American Culture 2(2022)
○Study in Dynamics of British/American Culture 1(2022)
○English for Academic Purposes III(2021)
○TOEIC Preparation I(2021)
○TOEIC Preparation III(2021)
○English for Academic Purposes I(2021)
○English for Academic Purposes II(2021)
○English for Academic Purposes IV(2021)
○TOEIC Preparation IV(2021)
○TOEIC Preparation II(2021)

Classes (Graduate Schools)

International Project

International Students

Lecture themes

Others (Social Activities)

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