Dr. Patrick Noonan

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Patrick Noonan is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University, where he also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies. His research primarily focuses on Japanese literature, film, and visual culture, exploring the aesthetics and cultural production within the context of modern Japan. His work investigates cultural and social movements from the 1960s, modernist avant-garde arts, political thought, media theory, and popular culture. He has published various essays in scholarly venues including the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema and Modernism/Modernity. Noonan's upcoming book, 'Age Disaffection: Aesthetic Critique of Politics in 1960s Japan,' aims to reexamine the relationship between aesthetics and politics in postwar Japan.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2014-01-01 — Present

Northwestern University • Evanston, IL

Teaching and researching Japanese literature, culture, and film.

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.