معرفی
Yohei Igarashi is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, specializing in the intersections of British Romanticism, communication history, and computational literary studies. His research explores how literature historically engages with technology and information systems, culminating in his prize-winning monograph The Connected Condition: British Romanticism and the Dream of Communication (2020). As a scholar, he bridges traditional literary analysis with digital humanities methodologies, contributing to debates on data ethics, poetic structures, and plain language.
- Academic Affiliation: University of Connecticut (2019–present)
- Leadership Roles: Assistant/Associate Director, UConn Humanities Institute (2019–2023)
- Fellowships: National Humanities Center (2023–2024), UConn Humanities Institute (2024–2025)
His computational literary work includes developing frameworks for analyzing poetic forms like limericks through algorithmic approaches. He has also pioneered bibliometric studies of Romanticism and examined the ethical implications of shared data in humanities scholarship. His recent focus on 'critical nostalgia' reflects on the role of Romantic lyric in contemporary academic crises.
Selected Publications & Research Trends:
- 2025: New Critical Nostalgia – Analyzes Romantic lyric's relevance to modern academic challenges
- 2022–2021: Computational poetics studies on limericks and poetic feature automation
- 2020: Explores communication's historical dream through Romanticism
- 2018–2016: Examines Shelley, Keats, and Romantic-era media theory
Scientific Recognition:
- Prize-winning essay in Studies in Romanticism
- Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow (2023–2024)
- UConn Humanities Institute Fellow (2024–2025)
