Jiayin is a PhD Student interested in topics of medieval Japanese literature, cultural memories, book history, character theory, and narratology. Before joining the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Penn, she received her MA in East Asian Studies from the University of California-Los Angeles, and her BA in Asian Studies, International Studies, and Psychology from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Her research interests center around medieval Japanese war tales, focusing on The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari), a fourteenth-century war tale. Jiayin is intrigued by the interplay between war tales, cultural memory, and trauma, as well as how texts and narratives bring about order by narrating disorders.
MA, University of California-Los Angeles
BA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Medieval Japanese literature; War tales; Warrior culture; Sino-Japanese relationship; Cultural memories; Trauma studies; Material culture; Character theory; Narratology; Book history; Jesuit press in early modern Japan
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations