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Cindi Textor is an Associate Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Utah. Her research and teaching focus on transnational Japan, interrogating how Japan functions as a site of converging cultural and imperial histories rather than a singular field of study. Key interests include the legacies of Japanese imperialism in Asia and the Pacific, particularly its intersections with American and Western empires, as well as critical theory, postcolonial studies, feminist/queer theory, and histories of race.
- Academic Rank: Associate Professor (since July 2024)
- Education: PhD in Asian Languages and Literature from the University of Washington (2016)
- Languages: Japanese (fluent), Korean (fluent)
Her scholarly work engages deeply with Zainichi literature and the ethics of representing silenced histories, especially those of sexual violence in the Battle of Okinawa and its transgenerational reverberations. Notable publications analyze Medoruma Shun’s Me no oku no mori and its exploration of narrative responsibility, while also addressing Yū Miri’s works and the politics of name assimilation under colonialism. Textor’s methodology emphasizes intersectional approaches to literary studies, focusing on illegibility, subaltern voices, and the affective transmission of trauma.
Her recent articles span topics such as Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, Yū Miri’s Tokyo Ueno Station, and the dynamics of Okinawan war memory under U.S. military occupation. While not explicitly listing scientific awards or student mentorship, her work underscores the urgency of confronting historical gaps and the ethics of re-narration in contexts of violence, silencing, and empire.
