middlebrow

interwar period

George Orwell

colonies

British novels

Humanities & social sciences, Literature - British/English-languag

Apr. 2024 - Present
Nihon University, School of Bioresource Sciences, Professor

Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2024
Nihon University, School of Biorsourse Sciences, Associate Professor

Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Montclair State University, Department of English, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Visiting Researcher

Mar. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Nihon University, Overseas Researcher (long-term)

Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019
Nihon University, College of Sports Sciences, Lecturer (part-time)

Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
Nihon University, School of Bioresource Sciences, Lecturer (full-time)

Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016
Nihon University, School of Bioresource Sciences, Junior College, Lecturer (part-time)

Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2016
Nihon University, School of Bioresource Sciences, Assistant Professor

Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2013
Meiji University, School of Commerce, Lecturer (part-time)

Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2013
Chuo University, Faculty of Commerce, Lecturer (part-time)

Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2013
Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences, Lecturer (part-time)

Oct. 2007 - Mar. 2010
Takushoku University, Faculty of Politics and Economics, Lecturer (part-time)

Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006
Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences, Lecturer (part-time)

Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006
Tokyo University of Science, Faculty of Engineering Division II, Lecturer (part-time)

Oct. 2003 - Mar. 2006
Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences II, Lecturer (part-time)

Waseda University, Faculty of Literature, BA course, English Literature

Waseda University, School of Literature, MA course, English Literature

Queen Mary, University of London, School of English and Drama, MA course, Writing in the Modern Age

Waseda University, School of Literature, PhD course, English Literature

Apr. 2025 - Present
Member of Editorial Board, Kanto Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan

Apr. 2021 - Present
Member of Advisory Board, Society for Western Language and Culture

Oct. 2020 - Mar. 2024
Chair, The Orwell Society of Japan

Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2021
Treasurer, Society for Western Language and Culture

Jan. 2004 - Mar. 2021
Member of Editorial Board, Society for Western Language and Culture

Apr. 2020 - Oct. 2020
Secretary, The Orwell Society of Japan

Jan. 2014 - Mar. 2019
Treasurer, Society for Western Language and Culture

Nov. 2009 - Mar. 2019
Secretary, The Orwell Society of Japan

Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2014
Secretary, Society for Western Language and Culture

Animal and Plant Life in Orwell's Works
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2023
Lead

Orwell and Pacifism
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2020
Lead

George Orwell and America: A Study of His Essays on Novels
Naoki KONDO
Shonan English Literature, Dec. 2016, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Depictions of Hyperreality in White Noise and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Naoki KONDO
Fortuna, Mar. 2015, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

George Orwell's Earlier and Later Works
Naoki KONDO
Shonan English Literature, Oct. 2014, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Charles Dickens's Influence on George Orwell
Naoki KONDO
Studies in Human Sciences, Mar. 2014, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Burmese Days and Blackwood's Magazine
Naoki KONDO
English Literature, Mar. 2014, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Faith and Society: George Orwell's A Clergyman's Daughter
Naoki KONDO
English Literature, Mar. 2010, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Coming Up for Air: Orwell's "State-of-England" Novel
Naoki KONDO
English Literature, Mar. 2009, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Imagery in Part One of Jean Toomer's Cane
Naoki KONDO
Fortuna, May 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Keep the Aspidistra Flying: Orwell’s Bildungsroman
Naoki KONDO
Horizon, Mar. 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Decolonization in Nineteen Eighty-Four
Naoki KONDO
Fortuna, Mar. 2006, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell's Paris: On the Paris Part of Down and Out in Paris and London
Naoki KONDO
Fortuna, Mar. 2005, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Nature and Politics in Nineteen Eighty-Four
Naoki KONDO
Fortuna, Mar. 2004, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

A Study of Homage to Catalonia
Naoki KONDO
Fortuna, Mar. 2003, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

An Essay on George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier
Naoki KONDO
Bulletin of the Graduate Division of Literature of Waseda University, Mar. 2002, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

Orwell and Tinned Food
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2024, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell by Raymond Williams (Japanese translation) [review]
Naoki KONDO
Book Review Press, 04 Jun. 2022, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

University College Hospital
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2022, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

"How the Poor Die" and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2022, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Coming Up for Air and Mass-Observation
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2018, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

The Lower Middle Class in The Road to Wigan Pier
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2017, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

On the Happy Ending of Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2016, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

On the Description of Betel Nuts in Burmese Days
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2015, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

On the London Part of Down and Out in Paris and London
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, May 2014, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Rethinking "Such, Such Were the Joys"
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, May 2013, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell and Richard
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2011, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

How I Met Orwell
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2011, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell's "War Diaries"
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2009, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell by Atsumu TAKAHASHI [review]
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2009, Not refereed, Invited
Lead

How to Read "Marrakech"
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2008, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell and Education: On "Such, Such Were the Joys"
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2007, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

On the Death of Eileen Blair
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2006, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

On Meyers's Biography of Orwell
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2005, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell's Common Sense
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2004, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

My Favorite Work by Orwell
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2003, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell: Beyond the 20th Century
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2001, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell's Englishness
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 2000, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell and Nature
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 1999, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Orwell's Contradiction
Naoki KONDO
Orwell Studies, Apr. 1998, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

Multidimensional Topics: A Study of Anglo-American Language and Culture
Keiichiro UETSUKI; Yutaka OKUI; Tadao NOMURA; Yuka OMORI; Yoshihiro KATO; Naoki KONDO; Ai FUJIWARA, Joint work, Michael Arlen and George Orwell, 植月恵一郎・奥井裕・野村忠央・大森夕夏・加藤良浩・近藤直樹・藤原愛編
Kinseido, Dec. 2021, Refereed
9784764712126

Middlebrow Culture in Britain
The Institute of Cultural Science, Chuo University, Joint work, Middlebrow Culture, the Suburbs, and Colonies: George Orwell's Earlier Novels, 中央大学人文科学研究所編
Chuo University Press, Mar. 2018, Not refereed
9784805753521

Orwell and His Travels
Yoshio SATO, Joint work, Coming Up for Air: A "State-of England" Novel, 佐藤義夫編
Otowashobo-Tsurumishoten, Nov. 2013, Not refereed
9784755302763

The World of George Orwell (Japanese translation)
Kentaro OISHI, Joint translation, Orwell's Slumming, Miriam Gross
Otowashobo-Tsurumishoten, Oct. 2009, Not refereed
9784755302435

Approaches to the Real Image: Studies in English and American Literature
Society for Western Language and Culture, Joint work, Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Significance of Winston's Death, 欧米言語文化学会編
Otowashobo-Tsurumishoten, Jun. 2009, Not refereed
9784755302466

Orwell: A Centenary Tribute from Japan
Yasuharu OKUYAMA, Joint work, Nature and Politics in Nineteen Eighty-Four, 奥山康治編
Sairyusha, Dec. 2003, Not refereed
4882028824

Orwell: Beyond the 20th Century
Yasuharu OKUYAMA; Yoshio SATO, Joint work, Religion and Tradition in Nineteen Eighty-Four, 奥山康治・佐藤義夫編
Otowashobo-Tsurumishoten, Mar. 2002, Not refereed
475530220X

George Orwell's Coming Up for Air and D. H. Lawrence's Novels
Naoki KONDO
The 56th Conference, Jun. 2025, The D. H. Lawrence Society of Japan, Invited

Michael Arlen and George Orwell
Naoki KONDO
Regular Meeting, Oct. 2018, The Orwell Society of Japan, Not invited

George Orwell's Novels and Middlebrow
Naoki KONDO
The 2nd Conference, Dec. 2016, The Institute of Cultural Sciences, Chuo University, Not invited

George Orwell and Don DeLillo
Naoki KONDO
Poster Session, Dec. 2015, School of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Not invited

Don DeLillo's White Noise and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four
Naoki KONDO
Regular Meeting, Oct. 2015, The Orwell Society of Japan, Not invited

George Orwell and America: A Study of His Essays on Novels
Naoki KONDO
The 7th Conference, Sep. 2015, Society for Western Language and Culture, Not invited

On the Masculine Middlebrow
Naoki KONDO
The 6th Meeting, Sep. 2013, Middlebrow Culture Society, Not invited

George Orwell's Earlier Life and Works
Naoki KONDO
Fall Conference, Sep. 2013, Shonan English Literature Society, Not invited

Orwell's Dickens
Naoki KONDO
The 4th Conference, Sep. 2012, Society for Western Language and Culture, Not invited

A Study of Coming Up for Air
Naoki KONDO
Regular Meeting, Jul. 2012, The Orwell Society of Japan, Not invited

The World of George Orwell
Naoki KONDO
Regular Meeting, Jul. 2010, The Orwell Society of Japan, Not invited

Imagery in Part One of Jean Toomer's Cane
Naoki KONDO
The 111th Meeting, Sep. 2007, Society for Western Language and Literature, Not invited

Orwell's London
Naoki KONDO
Regular Meeting, Jul. 2007, The Orwell Society of Japan, Not invited

A Study of Homage to Catalonia
Naoki KONDO
The 92nd Meeting, Dec. 2002, Society for Western Language and Culture, Not invited

On the Description of Nature in Nineteen Eighty-Four
Naoki KONDO
The 39th Conference, Dec. 1999, Waseda University English Literature Society, Not invited

English
Apr. 2013 - Present
Nihon University

English
Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2013
Meiji University

English
Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2013
Chuo University

English
Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2013
Nihon University

English
Oct. 2007 - Mar. 2010
Takushoku University

English
Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006
Tokyo University of Science

English
Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006
Nihon University

English
Oct. 2003 - Mar. 2006
Waseda University

May 2013 - Present
Shonan English Literature Society

Oct. 2007 - Present
Literary Coterie HORIZON

Jun. 2007 - Present
Kanto Branch of the English Literary Society of Japan

Jun. 2000 - Present
Society for Western Language and Culture

Jun. 2000 - Present
The English Literary Society of Japan

May 1999 - Present
Waseda University English Literature Society

May 1997 - Present
The Orwell Society of Japan

Dec. 2012 - Mar. 2019
Middlebrow Culture Society

A Transatlantic Study of George Orwell
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018
Naoki KONDO

George Orwell and Don DeLillo
School of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Research Grant (Individual), Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2015

Member of Judging Committee for Grants-in-Aid, 2021
Review
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)), Dec. 2020 - Nov. 2021

Member of Judging Committee for Grants-in-Aid, 2020
Review
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Dec. 2019 - Nov. 2020