Kiyoko Myojo

Professor Kiyoko Myojo is a leading scholar in German Literature and Textual Scholarship at Seijo University, Tokyo. She serves as Director of the Research Center for Textual Scholarship and holds a Professorship in the Faculty of Arts and Literature. Her visiting role at Jesus College, University of Oxford (2024-2025), highlights her international academic prominence.

Her academic journey includes a PhD from the University of Tokyo (1998) and postdoctoral research at the University of Munich. She previously served at Saitama University (1999-2020) and held roles at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2014-2017). Her research focuses on Franz Kafka, textual editing methodologies, and digital humanities, with notable contributions to Kafka’s posthumous manuscripts and comparative literary studies.

• Education: BA/MA/PhD in German Literature from University of Tokyo, with three years of research at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
• Grants: Multiple MEXT/JSPS grants, including a 2022-2026 project on third-generation textual editing and a 2016-2021 initiative for practical textual scholarship development.

Her awards include the Japan Society for German Literature Award (2004) and the Japanese Society for German Studies Award. Myojo has pioneered AI-driven approaches to Kafka manuscript analysis and advocates for dynamic editions accessible to broader audiences. She chairs international conferences and collaborates globally in textual scholarship and Kafka studies.