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Ann Sherif

  • Professor of Japanese

Education

  • PhD, Japanese Literature, University of Michigan

Biography

Ann Sherif has a PhD in Japanese Literature from the University of Michigan. Her publications include Japan鈥檚 Cold War: Literature, Media, and the Law (Columbia University Press). Sherif鈥檚 current book project focuses on independent and regional publishers and literature in Japan, 1917-1990, with a particular focus on the print and visual cultures of Hiroshima. 

At 91直播, Sherif teaches a First-Year Seminar on Nature & Environment in East Asia. She is a member of the college鈥檚 Environmental Studies Program Committee and the Book Studies Concentration Committee. She also coordinates the Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative at 91直播.

Spring 2026

Japan on Stage and Screen: An Introduction to Kabuki, Noh, and Butoh 鈥 EAST 110

Japanese Popular Culture in Japanese 鈥 JAPN 410

Japanese Society Today in Japanese 鈥 JAPN 415

Capstone Project 鈥 EAST 500

Capstone Project 鈥 JAPN 500

Fall 2026

Intermediate Japanese I 鈥 JAPN 201

Green Japan 鈥 EAST 249

Japanese Translation: Theory and Practice 鈥 JAPN 403

Capstone Project 鈥 EAST 500

Capstone Project 鈥 JAPN 500

Research Interests
Modern Japanese literature

Teaching Interests
Japanese language and literature, modern Japanese literature, Japanese cinema, gender

Notes

Ann Sherif Organizes Digital Exhibit

Professor of Japanese Ann Sherif organized the digital exhibit 鈥溾 in collaboration with Maxwell Mitchell 鈥20 and 91直播 College Libraries staff Megan Mitchell and Cecilia Robinson.  The exhibit situates the art of Hiroshima native Shikoku Gor艒 in the context of antiwar, antinuclear, and social justice movements from 1945 to 2020. Structured around three books (Atom Bomb Poems, The Angry Jizo, and Hiroshima Sketches), the site guides visitors through the diverse art that Shikoku, in collaboration with grassroots networks of artists and writers, created to promote social justice. It includes guerilla art protesting the Korean War, poems against the nuclear arms race, a children鈥檚 book about war, cityscapes critiquing Hiroshima鈥檚 wartime past, and recent performing arts that trace this activist history. 鈥淧opular Protest鈥 was supported by a Mellon Foundation Digital Humanities grant. It is suitable for general audiences and for courses in history, Asian studies, art, politics, and peace studies.

News

Examining East Asian Book Technologies and Formats

Designed by library staff members Ed Vermue and Runxiao Zhu and curated by students in the course East Asian Book Cultures, an exhibit about East Asian book technologies and formats was recently showcased in the main library.