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We are pleased to announce that the Gogeki (語劇) Festival will take place on Sunday, December 9th at Sophia University. The festival features a series of short plays performed by several departments of the Faculty of Foreign Studies. Students from the Eigogeki club will represent the Department of English Studies and perform an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel “Orlando” written and directed by Professor Kimiyo Ogawa.   The festival will be held in the 10th building Kodo（講堂.) Doors will open at 11:45 and the performance will begin at 12:00PM.  We hope to see many of you there! (Click on the picture to see more details)  <続きを読む>

Professor Gavin Furukawa is an assistant professor in the Department of English Studies in Sophia University, specializing in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. After leaving college at 18, professor Furukawa worked for nearly 20 years before returning to university to pursue multiple degrees. He earned his B.A. in Humanities at the University of Hawaii at West O’ahu and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Recently, he sat down with the editors of the student journal Angles, to discuss his career, his work, and his teaching. Angles Editors: Could you first tell us briefly about your life experience? Professor Furukawa: I grew up in <続きを読む>