{"id":21511,"date":"2026-04-01T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/wias\/?p=21511"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:13:02","slug":"%e7%a7%8b%e5%b1%b1-%e5%be%b9-2-6-2-5-19-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/wias\/other-en\/2026\/04\/01\/21511\/","title":{"rendered":"CROSS, Julia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Name<\/h5>\n

CROSS, Julia<\/p>\n

Degree<\/h5>\n

Ph.D. (East Asian Languages and Civilizations)<\/p>\n

HP (URL)<\/h5>\n

https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/julia-cross-77621113a\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Status<\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research Topic<\/h5>\n

Tales of Vengeful Ghosts and Longing Spirits: A Study of Woodblock Prints, Legends, and Anthologies<\/p>\n

Julia Cross\u2019 current research project examines female ghosts in popular Edo-period depictions (ghost tales, prints, and theater) through the framework of medieval Japanese Buddhism. Drawing on Buddhist commentaries, sutras, and narratives, it traces how such supernatural beliefs shaped a range of Edo period materials. The project\u2019s contribution lies in highlighting the role of female ghosts in prints and popular narratives, and how this later material developed out of medieval doctrinal and narrative traditions. This work advances scholarship on gender and the spirit realm, as well as cultural understandings of women in the afterlife\u2014in the heavens and hells\u2014shaped by Buddhist sutras, commentaries, and folkloric beliefs.<\/p>\n

Education and Academic Employment<\/h5>\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
2021<\/td>\nPh.D., Harvard University, East Asian Languages and Civilizations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>\nM.A., University of California, Los Angeles, East Asian Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nB.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Art and Visual Culture (Honors thesis)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Academic Employment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2025<\/td>\nMount Allison University, Lecturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024-2025<\/td>\nSanta Clara University, Lecturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022-2024<\/td>\nStanford University, Postdoctoral Fellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021-2022<\/td>\nYale University, Postdoctoral Associate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Fields of Research Interests<\/h5>\n

Japanese Buddhism, Japanese religions, art history, women and Buddhism, body, ghosts and the supernatural, death studies.<\/p>\n

Academic Publications<\/h5>\n
    \n
  • 2026. \u201cLiving Buddhas on Mt. Yudono: Community, Belief, and Politics,\u201d Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 50: 1\u201340 (forthcoming).<\/li>\n
  • 2026. \u201cAnalyzing the Kissh\u014dten Cabinet Shrine at K\u014dfukuji,\u201d Japanese Religions special issue on \u201cMedieval Embodiments in Japan,\u201d Vol. 46: 125\u2013158.<\/li>\n
  • 2025. \u201cRelics and Myth-Making on Mount Mur\u014d: The Body of the Worshipper and the Body of the Buddha,\u201d Journal of Religion in Japan Vol. 14: 1\u201325.<\/li>\n
  • 2019. \u201cThe Hokkeji Nuns, Relic Worship, and Theft in Medieval Japan,\u201d Japanese Religions special issues on \u201cThe Materiality of Japanese Religions\u201d Vol. 43 (1\/2): 39\u201367.<\/li>\n
  • 2013. \u201cYuan Shangtong\u2019s Landscape \u77f3\u58c1\u79cb\u6797\u5716 (1638),\u201d and \u201cLu Wei\u2019s Landscapes of Poetic Ideas \u5c71\u6c34\u8a69\u610f\u518a (prior to 1689),\u201d in The Artful Recluse: Painting Poetry, and Politics in 17th Century China, ed. by Peter Sturman and Susan Tai. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 126\u2013127, 256\u2013259, 281, and 301\u2013303.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Other Interests<\/h5>\n

    Reading novels, visiting temples, yoga, photography<\/p>\n

    Affiliated Academic Organizations<\/h5>\n

    Harvard University, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS)
    \nSociety for the Study of Japanese Religions (SSJR)
    \nAssociation for Asian Studies (AAS)<\/p>\n

    Awards<\/h5>\n

    Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, Harvard University, 2019\u20132020
    \nFulbright Graduate Research Fellow, Japan, 2017\u20132018
    \nDerek Bok Center Certificate for Teaching Distinction, Harvard University, 2017
    \nSatoh and Tsuchiya Merit Scholarship, 2013\u20132016
    \nToshizo Watanabe Scholarship, Inter-University Center (IUC) for Japanese Language, 2012\u20132013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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