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Ishii Lab
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A lab that studies German language and literature from the Middle Ages to the present in terms of society and language.
AboutAbout the lab
Language and society, across the ages.
The Ishii Lab's main fields of research are the German language of the 12th to 16th centuries and the literature of the German-speaking world.
It also studies German language teaching methods, including the development of teaching materials for modern German, and language policy in the EU.
The lab has broad interests in the relationship between society and language across many periods.
Through classes and publications, the lab also introduces literature to general students.
Key terms
- German language teaching methods
- A research field dealing with how German is taught and learned; it includes creating teaching materials
- Language policy
- Policies set by a country or region on which languages to teach and use, and how
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While focusing on German of the 12th to 16th centuries and the literature of the German-speaking world, the lab also studies teaching methods for modern German and EU language policy. It seeks to understand the relationship between society and language broadly, across time.
*Illustrative imageGrimm's Fairy Tales in East Asia
How have the Grimm fairy tales from Germany been translated into Japanese and Chinese, and received there? By comparing Japanese and Chinese translations, the lab examines how stories change as they travel across differences in language and culture.
*Illustrative imageMedieval Literature and the Goddess Venus
How was Venus, the goddess of love, depicted in medieval Europe? The lab translates medieval sources into Japanese and introduces them, and interprets how ancient gods appear in the literature of the German-speaking world.
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- ProfessorMichiko Ishii
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Nibelungenlied manuscript-c f1r” Unknown author / Public domain (cropped)
- Grimm's Fairy Tales in East Asia: “Illustration at page 277 in Grimm's Household Tales (Edwardes, Bell)” Robert Anning Bell / Public domain (cropped)
- Medieval Literature and the Goddess Venus: “Dirc van Delft - Seven Planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon) - Walters W17110R - Full Page” Dirc van Delf / Public domain (cropped)
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