Amanda Weiss
Associate Professor
- School of Modern Languages
- ADVANCE IAC
Overview
Amanda Weiss is Associate Professor of Japanese at Georgia Institute of Technology, where she teaches courses on Japanese media and society. She is also editor and founder of Hivemind: Global Speculative Fiction, a science fiction and fantasy magazine with a focus on language and culture. She leads a VIP or Vertically Integrated Project in East Asian Media, with student projects that have included archival work, translation, photography, and media analysis. Her book, Han Heroes and Yamato Warriors: Competing Masculinities in Chinese and Japanese War Cinema (Hong Kong University Press, 2023), explores contemporary East Asian remembrance of WWII. She is currently completing a textbook on learning Japanese through Anime Studies with co-authors Aya McDaniel and Yuko Ogawa.
Prior to her work at Georgia Tech, Amanda taught at Earlham College and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Emory University's Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry. She has also conducted research at the University of Southern California, the Beijing Film Academy (Fulbright), the University of Cambridge, and the University of Tokyo.
- University of Tokyo, Ph.D. Information Studies
- Cambridge University, M.Phil. Chinese
- University of Southern California, B.A. Film Production and Chinese
Distinctions:
- Fulbright Grant (China) 2006-2007
Interests
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Media Studies
Focuses:
- Asia (East)
- Gender
- Cinema Studies
- East-Asian Studies
- History and Memory
- Literature
- Media
- Television Studies
Courses
- FREN-6503: Professional Portfolio Development
- GRMN-6503: Professional Portfolio Development
- JAPN-2002: Intermediate Japanese II
- JAPN-3001: Advanced Japanese I
- JAPN-3401: Popular Culture in Japan
- JAPN-3691: Tech & Scientific Japn
- JAPN-3693: Japan Today
- JAPN-4113: Adv Reading & Listening
- JAPN-4173: Anime: Culture&Society
- JAPN-4183: JAPN Cul/Soc Thru Songs
- JAPN-4193: Documentary Cul/Society
- JAPN-6173: Anime Culture & Society
- JAPN-6183: Songs: Culture & Society
- JAPN-6193: JAPN Cul & Soc Thr Doc
- ML-2500: Intro Cross-Cult Studies
- SPAN-6503: Professional Portfolio Development
Recent Publications
Books
- Han Heroes and Yamato Warriors: Competing Masculinities in Chinese and Japanese War Films
Date: 2023
Journal Articles
- Kawaii Kokutai: The Militarized Shōjo Body in Contemporary Anime
In: Mechademia [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
Chapters
- Chishiki no datsushokuminchika [The Decolonization of Knowledge]
In: Yoshimi Shun’ya ron: Shakaigaku to mediaron no kanо̄sei [Shun’ya Yoshimi Theory: Possibilities for Sociology and Media Studies] [Peer Reviewed]
Date: April 2023
- Aya Hanabusa’s Holy Island: Nuclear Power and Political Resistance in Iwaishima, Japan
In: A Global Humanities Approach to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: Understanding Planet, People and Prosperity [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2023
Edited by Kelly Comfort.