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Dr

Akiko Uchiyama

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Overview

Background

Dr Akiko Uchiyama specialises in translation studies and her research interests include postcolonial translation theory, gender in translation, girls’ fiction in translation and the history of translation in Japan. She is the Convenor of the Master of Arts in Japanese Interpreting and Translation (MAJIT) program, and is accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters as a professional translator.

Availability

Dr Akiko Uchiyama is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced), The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Works

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26 works between 2000 and 2023

21 - 26 of 26 works

2010

Book Chapter

Japanese girl's comfort reading of Anne of Green Gables

Uchiyama, Akiko (2010). Japanese girl's comfort reading of Anne of Green Gables. Girl reading girl in Japan. (pp. 92-104) edited by Aoyama, Tomoko and Hartley, Barbara. Abingdon, Oxon., U.K. ; New York, U.S.A.: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203869062

Japanese girl's comfort reading of Anne of Green Gables

2009

Book Chapter

Translation as representation: Fukuzawa Yukichi's representation of the "Others"

Uchiyama, Akiko (2009). Translation as representation: Fukuzawa Yukichi's representation of the "Others". Agents of Translation. (pp. 63-83) edited by Milton, John and Bandia, Paul. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing. doi: 10.1075/btl.81.04uch

Translation as representation: Fukuzawa Yukichi's representation of the "Others"

2008

Journal Article

Yukichi Fukuzawa: The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, trans. Eiichi Kiyooka

Uchiyama, Akiko (2008). Yukichi Fukuzawa: The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, trans. Eiichi Kiyooka. Asian Studies Review, 32 (3), 447-448. doi: 10.1080/10357820802302520

Yukichi Fukuzawa: The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, trans. Eiichi Kiyooka

2007

Other Outputs

Translation, power, postcoloniality Fukuzawa Yukichi’s translation of the West

Uchiyama, Akiko (2007). Translation, power, postcoloniality Fukuzawa Yukichi’s translation of the West. PhD Thesis, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/145673

Translation, power, postcoloniality Fukuzawa Yukichi’s translation of the West

2004

Conference Publication

What Japanese girls read

Uchiyama, A. (2004). What Japanese girls read. 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Canberra, 29 June - 2 July 2004. Canberra: ASAA Asian Studies Association of Australia.

What Japanese girls read

2000

Journal Article

A cry for identity: A case study of Maori-English cultural translation

Uchiyama, A. (2000). A cry for identity: A case study of Maori-English cultural translation. Translation Quarterly: Translation & Ideology (16 & 17), 79-91.

A cry for identity: A case study of Maori-English cultural translation

Funding

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    Border-Crossing Australian and Japanese Literature: Literary Exchange as Cultural Diplomacy
    Australia-Japan Foundation
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2025
    Modern Girls'Desires: Representations of the Turkish Modern Kiz and the Japanese Moga in the Selected Literary Works of Women Authors
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Border-Crossing Japanese Literature: Reading Multiplicity
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Meiji Japan and the Politics of Translation
    Queensland Program for Japanese Education
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Configurations of conventional and non-conventional 'family' arrangements in Japan
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Legacy of western girls' literature in contemporary Japanese women's writing
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Girl Identity and Translation
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Akiko Uchiyama is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Imagining Australia through Japanese translation: Cultural artefacts and the recreation of Australian literature

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Emeritus Professor David Carter

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Representations of the Modern Girl: A Comparative Study of the Turkish Modern Woman and the Japanese Moga in Literature and Media during the Interwar Years

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lucy Fraser

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Representations of the Modern Girl: A Comparative Study of the Turkish Modern Woman and the Japanese Moga in Literature and Media during the Interwar Years

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lucy Fraser

Completed supervision

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