Second Video Published now! Interviews with Scholars of Japanese Horror



We are excited to share Professor Colleen Laird‘s new short J-Horror Video series, in which she interviews scholars of Japanese horror on their work and key films.

The second installment of the series focuses on Miike Takashi’s “Audition” Interview with Dr. Kathryn Hemmann (Research Associate at the Center for East Asian Studies at University of Pennsylvania, where they study Japanese fiction, graphic novels, and video games).

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There will be a total of five videos in this series, which are designed as Open Education Resources to be used in higher-ed classrooms. At the end of each video there will be suggestions for additional materials as well as discussion questions for classroom conversations.

You can check out the first installment here.