Lorie Brau
Assistant Professor of Japanese

Contact Information
Ortega Hall 353C
University of New Mexico
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1146
Phone: (505) 277-3683
Fax: (505) 277-3599
Office Hours: M 12:30-1:45, W 10-10:45, F 12-1:10, by Appt.
Email: lbrau@unm.edu

Educational History
1976   B.A., Magna cum laude, Folklore and Mythology (Ethnomusicology), Radcliffe College,
           Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussets 02138.

1977   Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies. Tokyo, Japan..

1980   M.A., Japanese Literature, University of Michigan.
           Master's Essay: The Story of Clam Princess: An Annotated Translation of an Otogi-zoshi
           Advisor: Robert Brower.    

1994   Ph.D. Performance Studies, New York University.
           Dissertation: Kimono Comics: The Performance Culture of Rakugo Storytelling
          Advisors: Barabara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara Ruch(Columbia University)

          Columbia University Summer Institute in Japanese Language Pedagogy, July 1994.   

Projects and Interests:
"Rakugo Fans at Play" in William Kelly, ed. Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan. State University of NewYork Press.

This summer she travelled to Tokyo on a Research Allocations Committee Grant and a Northeast Asia Council Grant to interview traditional storytellers about their hompages and how the internet has affected their careers.

Research interests include food and culture especially Japanese "gourmet manga" and Japanese theatre and popular culture.