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Naoko Yagi is Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo. A theatre scholar trained at Sophia University and the University of Warwick (PhD Theatre Studies, 1999), she specializes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century British & Irish drama, with particular attention to Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Frank McGuinness, and the aesthetics of performance sound.
Education:
- PhD Theatre Studies, University of Warwick (1993-1999)
- MA Theatre Studies, University of Warwick (1991-1992)
- MA Linguistics, Sophia University (1988-1990)
- BA English Literature, Sophia University (1984-1988)
Research interests cluster around the sonic and spatial dimensions of plays, radio drama, archival recordings, and intermedial adaptation. Recent work applies sound-studies methodologies to modern Irish and British canonical texts, examining how auditory choices re-configure audience perception.
Her more than thirty refereed articles trace a consistent trajectory: close readings of playtexts merged with performance analysis, often drawing on unpublished drafts, audio recordings, and international productions. Over two decades she has likewise co-edited three academic volumes, including Irish Theatre and Its Soundscapes (2015).
Scientific recognition: invited visiting fellowships at Clare Hall and Wolfson College (Cambridge), the Moore Institute (Galway), and Columbia University; Erasmus+ teaching mobility at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Teaching & grants: she currently delivers six undergraduate courses per year (Shakespearean tragedy, News English, world literature, etc.) within Waseda’s Political Science & Economics curriculum, and has led internal special-research projects on Pinter’s screenwriting.
No graduate advisees or major prizes are recorded in the supplied material.
