The initial meeting of the New Directions in Noh Theatre Studies Working Group included the following participants: Matthew Chudnow, Hana Lethen (remote), Dunja Jelesijevic, Susan Klein, Lim Beng Choo (remote), Elizabeth Oyler, Vyjayanthi Selinger, Takeuchi Akiko, and Michael Watson.

OUTCOMES

Publications:
Lethen, Hana, “Moving Spectacles: Mad Women and Human Trafficking in Noh’s Peripheries,” Verge: Studies in Global Asias, 2026: 76-101.

Takeuchi Akiko, “Nishikigi kara Izutsu e: kako to genzai no konkō toiu kanten kara [From Nishikigi to Izutsu: The Intermingling of Past and Present].” Nōgaku kenkyū 50, 2026: 3-25. (Japanese) 

Invited Lectures:
Selinger, Vyjayanthi,  March 2025: “Towards the Sensori-legal in Medieval Japanese Drama,” Symposium: Performance, Media, and Place-Making in East Asia, University of California, Los Angeles.