Self-Introduction P. Yacavone

[Peter Yacavone]

Dear Kine-Japan members,

I would like to take the opportunity to 
introduce myself to members of the list. My name is Peter Yacavone and I
 am a second-year PhD student at the University of Warwick (Film and TV 
Studies Department), with an MPhil. from Oxford. I am writing my 
doctoral thesis on Suzuki Seijun, a broad critical overview and 
reassessment of his films. 

I have two questions and was wondering if any members could be of assistance:

Firstly,
 I am looking to apply for fellowships or financial support to undertake
 short-term research in the Tokyo area. Most of the programs and institutions that 
offer research support require that the student has made prior contact 
with a specialist at a Japanese university, and that the specialist has 
agreed to act, potentially, as a supervisor. I was wondering if any list
 members know of any film scholars based in
 the greater Tokyo area who might potentially be interested in supervising my 
research on Suzuki?  

Secondly, in reference to my chapter on 
Suzuki's 'Zigeunerweisen,' I was wondering if the list members are 
familiar with any scholarly literature which discusses the usage of the ghost (yuurei, etc) as historical/social allegory in film and literature?
 
Thanks and Best Wishes,
Peter Yacavone
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