Charles Exley

Charles Exley is an Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature and Film at the University of Pittsburgh's Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. He also serves as Associate Director of the Film and Media Studies program.

• Ph.D., Japanese Literature, Yale University

His research integrates visual and cultural history into literary analysis, focusing on modernity, postmodernity, experimental poetry, and mass culture. Projects span from interwar Japanese discourses on mental states to interdisciplinary explorations of medical and digital humanities. Current work includes the collaborative research initiative Estuary, which bridges visuality, textuality, historical memory, performance, translation, and language studies.

Exley has authored Satō Haruo and Modern Japanese Literature (Brill, 2016) and co-edited Old Crimes, New Scenes (Merwin Asia, 2018). His office hours are held in 2733 Cathedral of Learning, and he can be reached at exley@pitt.edu.