Adrienne Carey Hurley
Encyclopedia
Adrienne Carey Hurley is an American academic, translator, youth advocate and member of the faculty of McGill University
in Montreal
.
in 2000. She also served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Orange County
. She was awarded a Japan Foundation
dissertation fellowship in 1997-1998 for her research on child abuse and youth violence in contemporary Japan. She held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japan Studies at the Institute for International Studies (now Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies) at Stanford University
from 2002-2005.
, where she was also the founder and director of the University of Iowa Youth Empowerment Academy and coordinator of the University of Iowa's One World Foundation Young Leader Scholarship program. She organized the 2006 "New Nationalisms" symposium with Tomoyuki Hoshino
, Chizuko Naito, and Su Tong
. She currently teaches East Asian Studies and Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University
. Hurley's translation of Tomoyuki Hoshino
's novel Lonely Hearts Killer was published by PM Press
in 2009 and is the first book-length work by Hoshino to be translated into English. Her areas of research expertise include "Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, Youth and Violence, Critical Race Theory, Anarchist Studies, and Social Movements."
English translation of Tomoyuki Hoshino
's novel Lonely Hearts Killer (originally published in Japanese as Ronrii haatsu kiraa in 2004). Oakland, California: PM Press
, November, 2009.
“First They Came for Sherman Austin and the Anarchists of Color: New Fronts in the War on Critical Thinking and the Criminalization of Youth,” Left Curve No. 28, 2004.
“Demons, Transnational Subjects, and the Fiction of Ohba Minako,” in Oe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan, edited by Stephen Snyder and Philip Gabriel, Honolulu, Hawai’i: Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1999.
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
Education
Hurley earned a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures at the University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
in 2000. She also served as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
. She was awarded a Japan Foundation
Japan Foundation
The was established in 1972 by an Act of the Japanese Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an independent administrative institution under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Ministry of Japan on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent...
dissertation fellowship in 1997-1998 for her research on child abuse and youth violence in contemporary Japan. She held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japan Studies at the Institute for International Studies (now Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies) at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
from 2002-2005.
Career
From 2005-2008, she was assistant professor in Asian and Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of IowaUniversity of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
, where she was also the founder and director of the University of Iowa Youth Empowerment Academy and coordinator of the University of Iowa's One World Foundation Young Leader Scholarship program. She organized the 2006 "New Nationalisms" symposium with Tomoyuki Hoshino
Tomoyuki Hoshino
is a Japanese writer. He was born in Los Angeles in 1965 and his family returned to Japan before he was three years old. He attended Waseda University and worked for a while as a journalist after graduating in 1988. He spent the better part of the years 1990-5 living in Mexico. He returned to...
, Chizuko Naito, and Su Tong
Su Tong
Su Tong is the pen name of a Chinese writer born in Suzhou who is now based in Nanjing. His real name is Tong Zhonggui .He entered into the Department of Chinese of Beijing Normal University in 1980 and started to publish novels in 1983. He is now the vice president of Jiangsu Writers Association...
. She currently teaches East Asian Studies and Integrated Studies in Education at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
. Hurley's translation of Tomoyuki Hoshino
Tomoyuki Hoshino
is a Japanese writer. He was born in Los Angeles in 1965 and his family returned to Japan before he was three years old. He attended Waseda University and worked for a while as a journalist after graduating in 1988. He spent the better part of the years 1990-5 living in Mexico. He returned to...
's novel Lonely Hearts Killer was published by PM Press
PM Press
PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries...
in 2009 and is the first book-length work by Hoshino to be translated into English. Her areas of research expertise include "Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature, Youth and Violence, Critical Race Theory, Anarchist Studies, and Social Movements."
Selected works
"Revolutionary Suicide and Other Desperate Measures: Narratives of Youth and Violence from Japan and the United States." Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011.English translation of Tomoyuki Hoshino
Tomoyuki Hoshino
is a Japanese writer. He was born in Los Angeles in 1965 and his family returned to Japan before he was three years old. He attended Waseda University and worked for a while as a journalist after graduating in 1988. He spent the better part of the years 1990-5 living in Mexico. He returned to...
's novel Lonely Hearts Killer (originally published in Japanese as Ronrii haatsu kiraa in 2004). Oakland, California: PM Press
PM Press
PM Press is an independent publisher that specializes in radical, Marxist and anarchist literature, as well as crime fiction, graphic novels, music CDs, and political documentaries...
, November, 2009.
“First They Came for Sherman Austin and the Anarchists of Color: New Fronts in the War on Critical Thinking and the Criminalization of Youth,” Left Curve No. 28, 2004.
“Demons, Transnational Subjects, and the Fiction of Ohba Minako,” in Oe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan, edited by Stephen Snyder and Philip Gabriel, Honolulu, Hawai’i: Univ. of Hawaii Press, 1999.