Tokunaga, Satoko
トクナガ サトコ
Tokunaga, Satoko
Faculty of Letters Department of Humanities and Social Science (Literature)/ProfessorBasic Information
Specialty
Medieval English Literature, History of the Book, Bibliography
Researcher Number
60453536
Biography
Research experience
International Christian University College of Liberal Arts Part-Time Lecturer
Keio University Faculty of Letters Associate Professor
The Huntington Library Visiting Fellow (Short-term; Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Fellowship)
Research
Reseach overview
My research ranges across medieval English literature, incunabula studies and the history of the book, with a comparative and transcultural perspective. I am co-editor of the critical edition of Caxton’s Golden Legend (Early English Text Society / Oxford University Press) and co-editor of Production and Provenance: Copy-Specific Features of Incunabula (Brill, 2025), which foregrounds the individuality of surviving early printed books. I am a Co-Director of Keio University’s X Dignity Center, an interdisciplinary hub that brings together scholars from the humanities, social sciences and sciences to reflect on dignity in the age of AI. My current work considers how historical modes of reading and interpretation can offer critical insight into contemporary challenges surrounding information overload, informational health and technological mediation.
Research Interests
- Medieval English Literature
- Bibliography
- History of the Book
- 聖人伝
Research areas
English literature and literature in the English language
European literature / European Language Literature
English literature and literature in the English language
European literature / European Language Literature
Research theme
A Census of the Early English Printed Books（1473-1600）in Japanese Libraries
Rubrication in Caxton's Early Books
Caxton and Beyond: Copy-Specific Features of English Incunabula (with Dr Takako Kato, De Montfort University)