Faculty
Joshua Rogers
Assistant Professor
Pronouns: they/them
Queens Hall, Room 245C
Phone: 718-997-5406
joshua.rogers@qc.cuny.edu
PhD, Columbia University
Joshua Rogers joined Queens College in 2021 and teaches Japanese literature and cinema.
Their research situates Japanese writers within early twentieth-century discourse on science and religion. Many influential Japanese writers critiqued religious and supernatural beliefs, while also rejecting aspects of mainstream science. Skeptical of materialism while also anti-religious, these writers worked to conceptualize non-rational forms of knowledge, intuition, and sublime experience. Joshua’s work identifies the impact of this discursive movement on the formation of Japanese literature, philosophy, and politics.
In addition to a book manuscript entitled Secularity and Enchantment in Modern Japanese Literature, Joshua is completing two upcoming articles, “Politics of the Spirit: Secularity, Society, and Literature in 1910s Japan,” and “Mysticism from West to East: Yanagi Muneyoshi, the Thuswise, and Modern Japanese Literature.”