Welcome to Asian Ethnology Podcast
Dec 1, 2017
The co-editor of Asian Ethnology, Ben Dorman, presents a brief history of the journal and the reasons for launching Asian Ethnology Podcast.
Intro :22
History of journal :34
- Former editor Peter Knecht
- Founding editor Matthias Eder, Folklore Studies
- Journal moves from China to Japan
- Support from Indiana University...
Interview with Keller Kimbrough
Nov 30, 2017
Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology
Recorded 29 June 2017, Nagoya, Japan
This episode's guest is Keller Kimbrough, professor of Japanese at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Keller Kimbrough’s research interests include the literature and art of late-Heian, medieval, and early Edo-period Japan. He...
Interview with Peter Knecht, former editor of Asian Folklore Studies
Nov 2, 2017
Interviewer: Ben Dorman, co-editor Asian Ethnology
Recorded 15 May 2017, Nagoya, Japan
Peter Knecht was the editor of Asian Folklore Studies from 1980 until 2007. The journal changed its name to Asian Ethnology in 2008.
Peter discusses the founding of the journal in China in 1942, when it was known as Folklore Studies....
Interview with Scott Schnell
Oct 17, 2017
This episode's guest is Scott Schnell, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Iowa and the former co-editor of Asian Ethnology. Scott discusses his research interests and perspectives, his work on dissident writer and ethnographer, Ema Shū, and his research on matagi (bear hunters).
Episode...