Helen Kilpatrick is a Lecturer in Japanese and English Language Studies in the Modern Languages Program, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong. Her undergraduate degrees are in Japanese language, sociolinguistics and English literature. Her MA, from the English Department at Macquarie University (Sydney), is in Children's Literature and her thesis provides a cross-cultural analysis of ideologies Australian and Japanese picture books. Her PhD thesis explores Buddhist ideologies in contemporary Japanese picture books of the tales of Miyazawa Kenji, who was writing in Japan in the 1920s. Helen has teaching experience in Japanese language, English and Japanese literature, culture, and children's literature at the University of Newcastle, Macquarie University (Sydney) and the University of Wollongong. She has also taught interpreting and translation courses and English as a Foreign Language at Seishin Notre Dame University and Okayama University in Japan. Together with her research pursuits, these experiences inform her teaching at the University of Wollongong where she teaches into all levels of Japanese and has incorporated literature, civilization and culture into the curriculum.
Articles
Buddhist visions of transculturalism: picturing Miyazawa Kenji's 'Yamanashi' (Wild Pear), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2009)
This paper analyses the interaction between the 1920s narrative of Yamanashi by Miyazawa Kenji and...
Review Keyes, Roger S. 2006. Ehon: The artist and the book in Japan., Faculty of Arts - Papers (2008)
This handsome tome is based on an exhibition of Japanese picture books held by the...
Beyond dualism: Towards interculturality in pictorialisations of Miyazawa Kenji's 'Snow Crossing' (Yukiwatari), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2007)
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most renowned authors and his many children's stories...
The Art of Emptiness: Buddhist Nature in picture books of Miyazawa Kenji's Donguri to Yamaneko (Wildcat and the Acorns), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2006)
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933), the author of Donguri to Yamaneko [3], is recognised as one of...