Ph.D., University of Chicago, Aug. 2007

M.A., University of Chicago, Aug. 1999

B.A., University of Toronto, Jun. 1989

Humanities & social sciences, Literature - British/English-language, Literature in English

Apr. 2023 - Present
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, School of Language and Culture Studies, Part-time Lecturer

Apr. 2015 - Present
Nihon University, Department of English Language and Literature, Professor

Apr. 2015 - Present
Nihon University, Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, Professor

Apr. 2008 - Present
Rikkyo University, College of Arts, Part-time Lecturer

Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2027
Nihon University, Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, English Literature Graduate Program, Chair

Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019
Nihon University, Graduate School of Literature and Social Sciences, English Literature Graduate Program, Chair

Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2014
Nihon University, Department of English Language and Literature, Associate Professor

Oct. 2007 - Mar. 2012
Chiba University, Department of Letters, Division of International Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor

2003 - 2007
University of Chicago, Humanities Collegiate Division, Lecturer

Sep. 2000 - Aug. 2007
University of Chicago, History of Culture, PhD

Jun. 1997 - Aug. 1999
University of Chicago, Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, MA

Sep. 1985 - Jun. 1989
University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, BA, Department of English

"Sukyung Huh’s Global Blues: On Being a Naïve Reader"
Myles Chilton
Tamkang Review, Jun. 2024, Refereed
Lead

"Authenticity and Atwood's ‘Scientific Turn’"
Myles Chilton
Humanities, Oct. 2022, Refereed, Invited
Lead

“The Pleasure of Cross-Cultural Reading: A Phenomenological Approach to Sukyung Huh’s Global Blues”
Myles Chilton; Jihee Han
The Journal of East-West Comparative Literature, 2022, Refereed, Not invited

“Global English: Disciplining the Discipline.”
Myles Chilton
IAFOR Keynote Series, Oct. 2015, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

“Making Lit Matter: An Introduction to Lit Matters: The Liberlit Journal of Teaching Literature.”
Myles Chilton
Lit Matters: The Liberlit Journal of Teaching Literature, 2014, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

“‘Only Connect’: Social Symbolism, Cultural Capital and Textuality in the Literature Classroom.”
Myles Chilton
Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nihon University, 2013, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

“Softened Centers: Literature and the Global City.”
Myles Chilton
Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nihon University, 2012, Refereed, Not invited

“Writing Back, Emptying Out and Satanic Narration: Why London Wins Out in Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses.”
Myles Chilton
IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship, 2012, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

“The Bastille and Social Change in A Tale of Two Cities: Conceptualizing Historical Events in Historical Novels.”
Myles Chilton
Jinbun Kenkyu (The Journal of the Humanities), Chiba University, 2011, Refereed, Not invited

“Realist Magic and the Invented Tokyos of Murakami Haruki and Yoshimoto Banana.”
Myles Chilton
The Journal of Narrative Theory, 2009, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

“Two Toronto Novels and Lessons of Belonging: The Global City in Modern Canadian Literature.”
Myles Chilton
Studies in the Literary Imagination, 2008, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

Bleeding London and Re-Mapping It: Local Empire in a Global City
Myles Chilton
Comparative Critical Studies, Feb. 2007, Refereed, Invited

“From Thematic to Theoretical: The Historicist Urge and Canadian Criticism.”
Myles Chilton
49th Parallel: An Interdisciplinary Journal of North American Studies, 2003, Refereed, Not invited
Lead

★“Belong” in CONTRADICTionary: An Almanac of Resistance. Eds. Bernd Herzogenrath and Nicol Barria-Asenjo
Myles Chilton, Joint work, p. 44
Open Humanities Press, 2026

★“Pax Japonicas and the Paradoxes of Japanese Peace,” in HWAZAENG: Literary Explorations of Pax Eras in Global History. Ed. Jihee Han.
Myles Chilton, Joint work, pp. 151-181
GH&IT, 2026

★"Nation, Genre, and the Poetics of Pax Americana: Atwood’s Ustopian Fictions." in Re-Imagining Literatures of the World: Global and Local, Mainstreams and Margins. Collected Papers of the XXIII Congress of the ICLA. Volume 3.
Myles Chilton, Joint work
Georgian Comparative Literature Association (GCLA), Apr. 2025, Refereed

★"'This is not the worst the world has been’: Artificial Humans in the Literature Classroom," in The Use of Poetry in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. Ed. Jihee Han
Myles Chilton, Joint work
GH&IT, 2025
9781737616726

★“Affect, Privilege, and Emotional Bridges in Non-Anglophone English Literature Pedagogy,” in The Affects of Pedagogy in Literary Studies. Eds. Christopher Lloyd and Hilary Emmett.
Myles Chilton, Joint work, pp. 187-198
Routledge, 2023, Refereed

★“Universalist Pedagogy and the Future of Cultural Studies,” in World Englishes, Global Classrooms: The Future of English Literary and Linguistic Studies. Eds. Kirsten Hemmy and Chandrika Balasubramanian.
Myles Chilton, Joint work, pp. 149-164, Myles Chilton
Springer, 2022, Refereed

★“Introduction: Redefining English in Asia for the Twenty-First Century,” in Asian English: Histories, Texts, Institutions. Co-edited with Steve Clark and Yukari Yoshihara.
Joint work, pp. 1-16, Myles Chilton; Steve Clark; Yukari Yoshihara
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, Refereed

★“Global English’s Centers of Consecration,” in Asian English: Histories, Texts, Institutions. Eds: Myles Chilton, Steve Clark, Yukari Yoshihara.
Myles Chilton, Single work, pp. 253-270, Myles Chilton
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, Refereed

★“The Shadow of America on Japanese Higher Education," in Western Curricula in International Contexts: Tertiary American Education around the World. Ed. M. Rajakumar
Myles Chilton, Single work, pp. 37-57, Myles Chilton
Lexington, 2018

★“Bridging Words and the Mission of English Literature," in Knowledge Scramble: The Challenge of Liberal Arts Thinking, Trans. Y. Noro. Ed. K. Kono
Myles Chilton; trans. Y. Noro, Single work, pp. 75-88, Myles Chilton; trans. Y. Noro
ちくま新書, 2017

★“Reconfiguring English Literary Studies in the Japanese Academy,” in The Future of English in Asia: Perspectives on Language and Literature. Eds. M. O’Sullivan, D. Huddart and C. Lee.
Myles Chilton, Single work, pp. 224-239, Myles Chilton
Routledge, 2016

★English Studies Beyond the ‘Center’: Teaching Literature and the Future of Global English
Myles Chilton, Single work, Myles Chilton
Routledge, 2016, Refereed
9781138826939

★“Putting Anglophone Literature to Work, and Why This Might Be a Good Thing: Reconfiguring English Studies in a Globalized World," in Deterritorializing Practices in Literary Studies: Contours of Transdisciplinarity. Eds. Maria Constanza Guzman and Alejandro Zamora.
Single work, pp. 67-87, Myles Chilton; Eds. M. Constanza Guzman and A. Zamora.
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos-Glendon College, York University, 2015

★“Leaving the Landscape: Mapping Elsewhereness in Canadian City Literature," in Literary Cartographies: Spatiality, Representation, and Narrative. Ed. R. Tally.
Myles Chilton, Single work, pp. 145-166, Myles Chilton
Palgrave-Macmillan, 2014

★“Global Englishes, Literary Studies, and the Japanese Academy,” in World Literature and the Politics of the Minority. Ed. J. Han.
Joint work, pp. 67-90
Rawat, 2013

★“Atwood’s Cat’s Eye and Toronto as the Urban Non-place," in The Image of the City in Literature, Media, and Society. Eds. W. Wright and S. Kaplan.
Myles Chilton, Single work, pp. 154-160, Myles Chilton
The Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado State University–Pueblo, 2003

★“Canada and the U.S. and Japan: A Cross-Cultural Comparison.”
Myles Chilton
Special lecture. Japan Women’s University, Tokyo, Jul. 2026, Invited

★“How Canada’s Cold War Cultural Diplomacy Undermined CanLit.”
Myles Chilton
Asian Studies Conference Japan, Sophia University, Tokyo, Jul. 2026, Invited

★“Yoko Tawada’s The Emissary: The World after Big Science.”
Myles Chilton
Commission on Science and Literature (CoSciLit) conference, Ghent University, Belgium (online), Jun. 2026, Invited

★“Is the Practical the Enemy of the True? Teaching Reading for a New World.”
Myles Chilton
The Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan, Tokyo, Jun. 2026, Invited

★“Tawada’s The Emissary and Atwood’s Maddaddam Trilogy: The Anthropocene after Cold War Big Science.”
Myles Chilton
Unsettling Dystopias in the Anthropocene symposium, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, May 2026

★“The End of the Anthropocene in Tawada’s The Emissary”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association Congress. Montreal, QC, Canada, Mar. 2026, Invited

★"Creative Production: Learning English with Poetry"
Myles Chilton
Super Global Class Series Global Seminar. Nihon University High School, Yokohama, Feb. 2026, Invited

★"From Cold War New Media to AI: Shaping English Literary Studies in Japan"
Myles Chilton
English Language and Literature Association of Korea, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea, Dec. 2025, Invited

★“Reanimation, Gender, and the Nonhuman.” Panel chair
Frankenstein in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Adaptation, Intermediality, Translation symposium, Meiji University, Surugadai Campus, Tokyo, Oct. 2025

★“Canada’s Cold War Cultural Diplomacy and the Nicheness of CanLit.”
Myles Chilton
International Comparative Literature Association Congress. Donggkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Jul. 2025, Invited

★“Making It Personal: What’s Good about Bad Reading.”
Myles Chilton
The Eleventh Annual Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan, Tokyo, Jun. 2025, Invited

★“Language through Literature”
Super Global Class Series Global Seminar. Nihon University High School, Yokohama, Jan. 2025, Invited

★“Trust, Truth, and the Stakes of Scientific Knowledge in Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy”
Myles Chilton
International Symposium: Science with/in Literature. Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea, Dec. 2024, Invited

★“Science Against Itself: On the Speculative Fictions of Atwood and Ishiguro”
Myles Chilton
Rethinking the Global in English Studies conference. English Language and Literature Association of Korea, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Dec. 2024, Invited

★“Subjectification and the Moral Dimension of Literary Education”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2024. Seikei University, Tokyo, Jun. 2024, Invited

★“Romantic Resonances and Collaborative Pedagogy”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2024. Seikei University, Tokyo, Jun. 2024, Invited

★"Teaching Tension"
Myles Chilton
The Tenth Annual Conference on Global Higher Education, Lakeland University Japan, Tokyo, Jun. 2024, Invited

★“Atwood’s Speculative Fiction: The Third Culture, Trust, and Truth.”
Myles Chilton
Creativity and Change in Anglo-American Literature and Culture conference. The Chukyo University English Society and the Nagoya University American Literature/Culture Society. Chukyo University, Nagoya, Mar. 2024, Invited

★“Renewing Romanticism through Japanese Anime.”
Myles Chilton
Romantic Studies Association of Australasia conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 2023, Romantic Studies Association of Australasia, Invited

★“‘This is not the worst the world has been’: Artificial Humans in the Literature Classroom.”
Myles Chilton
IGH-MBAPS Joint Conference, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea., Jun. 2023, Invited

★「「トランスボーダー文学日系文学」の研究基盤構築と世界的展開」, Discussant
Myles Chilton
Asian American Literature Association, The 147th Meeting (online), Mar. 2023, Invited

★“High School Collaborative Learning Project with Dr Chilton: Westernization, Nature, Love and Destiny in Your Name.”
Myles Chilton
Super Global Class Series Global Seminar. Nihon University High School, Yokohama, Feb. 2023, Invited

★"The Degree of English"
Myles Chilton
Modern Language Association 2023 Convention. San Francisco, CA, USA, Jan. 2023, Invited

★"Why Study Literature?"
Myles Chilton
Special seminar, Institute of Transcultural Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Dec. 2022, Institute of Transcultural Studies, Invited

★“Nation, Genre, and the Poetics of Nowhere: Atwood’s Ustopian Fictions.”
Myles Chilton
International Comparative Literature Association Congress (online), Jul. 2022, Invited

★“Sukyung Huh’s Global Blues: Reading Past.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2022 conference (online), Jun. 2022, Invited

★Academic Writing Across Languages, Disciplines and Cultures: A Symposium; “The Futures of Academic Writing.” Roundtable chair and panelist
College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University (online), Nov. 2021, Myles Chilton, Tomoko Kanda, Isabelle Lavelle, Hironori Watari, Not invited

★“Global English’s Centers of Consecration”
Myles Chilton
2021 Coalition of English Departments in Asia Conference. National Taiwan University (online), Sep. 2021, Coalition of English Departments in Asia, Invited

★“Global English’s Centers of Consecration.”
Myles Chilton
Modern Language Association 2021 Convention (online), Jan. 2021, Invited

★“Amateur vs Professional: Pluralistic Approaches to Literary Pedagogy.”
Myles Chilton
2020 Joint International Conference (PKETA, KALS, NKAELL), Pusan National University, Republic of Korea (online), Oct. 2020, Not invited

★“Universalist Pedagogy and the Future of Cultural Studies.”
Myles Chilton
Exploring Cultural Intersections, 4th Annual Conference on Language, Literature and Translation. Sultan Qaboos University. Muscat, Oman (unable to attend), Feb. 2020, Invited

★“Teaching and Learning New Writing in the Digital Age.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, The Institute of Global Humanities Colloquium. Gyeongsang National University. Jinju, Republic of Korea, Oct. 2019, Invited

★“South Korean English Studies 5.0 (?): New Humanities and New English Studies in the Digital Age.” Roundtable panelist.
Myles Chilton
The Institute of Global Humanities 1st Annual International Conference. Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies. Seoul, Republic of Korea, Oct. 2019, Invited

★“New Writing in the Digital Age.” Keynote Lecture.
Myles Chilton
The Institute of Global Humanities 1st Annual International Conference. Hangkuk University of Foreign Studies. Seoul, Republic of Korea, Oct. 2019, Invited

“Comparative Anglophonism and Consecratory Regimes.”
Myles Chilton
International Comparative Literature Association Congress. Macau SAR, China (unable to attend), Aug. 2019, Invited

“Global English’s Centers of Consecration.” Presentation for the Asian English: Histories, Texts, and Institutions Panel
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2019. Seikei University, Tokyo, Jun. 2019, Invited

“The Canon De/centered: English Studies Around the World.” Panel organizer and chair.
Myles Chilton
Modern Language Association 2019 Convention. Chicago, IL, USA, Jan. 2019, Invited

Respondent
Myles Chilton
The Humanities in the 21st Century Symposium, University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus, Jun. 2018, Not invited

“Global English’s Centers of Consecration.” Re-Centering English and the Humanities in the Asian University in the 21st Century. Plenary panelist.
Myles Chilton
The Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities. Kobe, Apr. 2018, Invited

“Global/Provincial: The Futures of Anglophone Literary Studies.”
Myles Chilton
Anglo-American Literature/Culture and Education Conference, Nagoya University, Mar. 2018, Not invited

“Words, Patterns, Grammars and Gradients of Reality.”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2018. Seikei University, Tokyo, Feb. 2018, Invited

“Possibilities of English Studies in Japan: Relevance, Critical Thinking, and Utility.” Panelist
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2018. Seikei University, Tokyo, Feb. 2018, Invited

“Amateur, Professional, Passionate, Useless: The Humanities and Those Who Teach Them.” Guest speaker
Myles Chilton
The Humanities Café, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, Jan. 2018, Not invited

“History, Story, Narrative – Constructing History.”
Myles Chilton
Plenary panel, LibrAsia 2017 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Kobe, Mar. 2017

“Fiction’s ‘Alternative Facts.’”
Myles Chilton
LibrAsia 2017 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Kobe, Mar. 2017, Invited

“Big, Beautiful Walls and Literary Study in North America.”
Keynote speaker, North American Literature and Culture Conference, Nagoya University, Mar. 2017, Invited

“A Fine Balance: Demystifying the Discipline of Literary Studies.”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2017. Tokyo Women’s Christian University, Feb. 2017, Invited

“The Global English Department: Teaching Beyond the Anglo-American Canon.”
Myles Chilton
Roundtable discussion. Modern Language Association 2017 Convention. Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jan. 2017, Invited

“Walking the City: Journeys in World Literature.”
Myles Chilton
Guest Speaker, IAFOR International Conference on the City, Barcelona, Spain, Jul. 2016, Invited

“Literature and Justice: Text, Teaching.”
Myles Chilton; A. Robert Lee
Plenary presentation, LibrAsia 2016 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, Kobe, Apr. 2016, Invited

“The Center and Beyond: The Expansion of the Global English Department.”
Myles Chilton
Roundtable discussion. Modern Language Association 2016 Convention. Austin, TX, USA, Jan. 2016, Invited

“Reading and Writing, Reading as Writing.”
Myles Chilton
Nihon University English Literature Society, Tokyo, Dec. 2015, Invited

“English Power.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, ACE 2015 – The Asian Conference on Education, Kobe, Oct. 2015, Invited

“Global English: Disciplining the Discipline.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, LibrAsia 2015 – The Asian Conference on Literature, Osaka, Apr. 2015, Invited

“Overcoming History in the Japanese English Department.”
Myles Chilton
Modern Language Association 2015 Convention. Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jan. 2015, Invited

“Transformative Reading and the Great Divide: Literary Pedagogy in a Post-Romantic Age.”
Myles Chilton
Romantic Connections Conference. University of Tokyo, Jun. 2014, Invited

“The Conflicts of Teaching English Literature: Language, Literariness, and the Great Divide.”
Myles Chilton
LibrAsia 2014 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Osaka, Apr. 2014, Invited

“Models and Goals in English Language Literature Classrooms.”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2014, Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokane Campus. Tokyo, Feb. 2014, Invited

“Limits and Potentials: Remapping the Anglophone Literary World.”
Myles Chilton
International Comparative Literature Association Congress. Paris, France, Jul. 2013, Invited

“De-authorizing the Native and Exploding the Center: The Rebirth of English Literary Studies in Asia.”
Myles Chilton
The Future of English in Asia: Perspectives on Language and Literature. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Apr. 2013, Not invited

“Shifting Spaces of Modernity: Ambivalence and the Literary City.”
Myles Chilton
LibrAsia 2013 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Osaka, Apr. 2013, Invited

“Gaps and Connections: Towards a Literary Meta-Pedagogy.”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2013, Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokane Campus. Tokyo, Feb. 2013, Invited

“Space, Place, Modernity: From Canada to Beyond.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Nihon University English Literature Society, Dec. 2012, Invited

“Global English and the Changing Status of English Literature in the Japanese Academy.”
Myles Chilton
The Institution of Literature: 250 Years of English Studies and Cultural Transfer, Gottingen University, Germany, Sep. 2012, Invited

“Liminal Authority, Textual Power and Deterritorialized Anglophone Literature.”
Myles Chilton
LibrAsia 2012 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Osaka, Apr. 2012, Invited

“Learning as Teaching, Teaching as Learning: Study Guides, Collaborative Assignments, and the Pleasures of Teaching the Text.”
Myles Chilton
Liberlit 2012, Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokane Campus. Tokyo, Feb. 2012, Invited

“Make It Sing! A Defense of Literary Education.”
Myles Chilton
ACE 2011 – The Asian Conference on Education. Osaka, Oct. 2011, Invited

“World Literature and/in Japan.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama campus, Oct. 2011, Invited

“Walking in the Global City: Tactical Journeys in World Literature.”
Myles Chilton
LibrAsia 2011 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Osaka, May 2011, Invited

“Provincialized Anglophonism: The New Discipline of Comparative English.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2011 conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada, Apr. 2011, Invited

“Maybe Not in this World: A World Literature Pedagogy Test Case.”
Myles Chilton
Modern Language Association 2011 Convention. Los Angeles, CA, USA, Jan. 2011, Invited

“From the Rome of Methodism to the ‘One True Multiculture’: Literary Toronto as an Index of Canadian Diversity.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Institute of American and Canadian Studies, Sophia University, Nov. 2010, Invited

“Reconfiguring the Humanities for a Globalizing World.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan Conference, Tokyo, Sep. 2010, Invited

“Where the Vocational Meets the Humanistic: Reconfiguring the Humanities for the Globalizing World.”
Myles Chilton
International Comparative Literature Association Congress 2010. Chun-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 2010, Invited

“The Death of the English Department?: Reconceptualizing English Studies Outside of the Anglosphere.”
Myles Chilton
The Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities 2010. Osaka, Jun. 2010, Invited

“Migrating English: Dislocating Cultures of Origin, Multiplying Dynamics of Reception.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Migrating Words Symposium, Chiba University, Jun. 2010, Invited

“The World in the Nation: Reflections on World Literature in the Japanese Academy.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2010 Conference. New Orleans, LA, USA, Apr. 2010, Invited

“Teaching Canadian Literature in Japan: Updates and Reflections.”
Myles Chilton
Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan Conference, Tokyo, Nov. 2009, Invited

“Canadian Literature and Processes of Diversity.”
Myles Chilton
Keynote speech, Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan & Canada Project in Kyushu 2009 Spring Conference, International University of Kagoshima, May 2009, Invited

“Critical Pedagogy in the World Literature Classroom.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2009 Conference. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Mar. 2009, Invited

“Literary Residues of Empire: The Postcolonial Colonizing of London.”
Myles Chilton
Keynote speech, City, Country and Postcolonialism Symposium, Chukyo University, Nagoya., Dec. 2008, Invited

“Bridging Gaps and Altering Assumptions: Teaching Canadian Literature in Japan.”
Myles Chilton
Association of Canadian Teachers in Japan Conference, Tokyo, Sep. 2008, Invited

“Modes of Belonging in the Age of Global Cities.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2008 Conference. Long Beach, CA, USA, Apr. 2008, Invited

“‘The Driving Sense of the Global’ and the Urban Turn in Modern Canadian Fiction.”
Myles Chilton
Modern Language Association 2007 Convention. Chicago, IL, USA, Dec. 2007, Invited

“Global Cities and World Literature: Registering Rearticulations of the Urban Consciousness.”
Myles Chilton
History of Culture Workshop, University of Chicago, IL, USA, Jan. 2007, Invited

“Yoshimoto Banana and Tokyo as the City of Play.”
Myles Chilton
Midwest Modern Language Association 2006 Conference. Chicago, IL, USA, Nov. 2006, Invited

“Self-Assessment: Strategies for Improving Your Teaching.”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Center for Teaching and Learning, Workshop on Teaching in the College, University of Chicago, IL, USA, Sep. 2006, Invited

“Global Cities, Local Subjects: Literature and the Problem of the ‘Universal Global.’”
Myles Chilton
Invited speaker, Sophia University, Tokyo, Dec. 2005, Invited

“Authority and Ethics in the Classroom: Establishing Your Role as a Teacher.”
Myles Chilton
Plenary Session, Center for Teaching and Learning, Workshop on Teaching in the College, University of Chicago, Sep. 2005, Invited

“Bleeding London and Re-Mapping It: Local Empire in a Global City.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2005 Conference. The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA., Mar. 2005, Invited

“Memoir and Historiography: Self, City and Memory in Atwood’s Cat’s Eye.”
Myles Chilton
American Comparative Literature Association 2004 Conference. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Apr. 2004, Invited

“Yoko Tawada’s ‘Where Europe Begins’: Writing a Postnational Body.”
Myles Chilton
(Dis)Locating Identity in the 20th Century: An International Conference. University of South Carolina-Columbia, SC, USA, Apr. 2004, Invited

“Dis-placing and Re-placing Toronto in the Canadian Cultural Imaginary.”
Myles Chilton
32nd Annual 20th Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, KY, USA, Feb. 2004, Invited

“Atwood’s Cat’s Eye and Toronto as the Urban Non-place.
Myles Chilton
Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Annual Conference. Colorado Springs, CO, USA, Mar. 2003, Invited

2018 - Present
Institute of Global Humanities, Gyeongsang National University

2006 - Present
Modern Language Association of America

2004 - Present
American Comparative Literature Association

2019
Nihon University English Literature Society, executive and steering committees officer

Cold War East Eurasian Cultural Diplomacy and the Geopolitics of Anglo-American Literature
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2028
Yoshihara Yukari

Students beliefs about the uses and value of studying literature
Life-Wide Learning and Education Research Group, School of International Studies and Education, University of Technology Sydney, May 2024 - Jun. 2025
Dr. Don Carter, Dr. Myles Chilton, Dr. Thomas McClean, Dr. Alex Watson

The Age of Hyper-Connection: Refashioning Korean Humanities Traditions into a Useful Past for Global Humanities Studies
National Research Foundation of Korea/Gyeongsang National University, Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2023

★PMLA; Humanities; Palgrave Macmillan; Routledge; Cambridge University Press; Lexington Books
Peer review
Present

★Conference panel co-organizer, “Cold War East Eurasian Cultural Diplomacy and the Geopolitics of Literature.” Asian Studies Conference Japan 2026. Sophia University
Planning etc
Myles Chilton, Yukari Yoshihara, 05 Jul. 2026

★Chair of Organizing Committee, “Humanities at the Crossroads,” The 13th Annual Liberlit. Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences
Planning etc
13 Jun. 2026

★Conference panel co-organizer, “Cold War East Eurasian Cultural Diplomacy and the Geopolitics of Literature.” International Comparative Literature Association 2025 Congress. Seoul, South Korea
Planning etc
Myles Chilton, Yukari Yoshihara, 29 Jul. 2025

★Conference co-organizer, “Core Concepts, Key Ideas: What Really Matters in Literary Studies?” The 12th Annual Liberlit Conference. Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences
Planning etc
Myles Chilton, Rie Makino, 14 Jun. 2025

★Conference panel organizer, “A.I. and the Disruption of ‘Disruption.’” Liberlit 2024. Seikei University, Tokyo
Planning etc
15 Jun. 2024

★Symposium organizer, "European Cultures/Pacific Histories: Asia-Pacific/Pacific Rim Cultural Relations, Histories, and Representations." Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences
Planning etc
Myles Chilton, Thomas Schwarz, 06 Oct. 2023

★Conference co-organizer, “Academic Writing Across Languages, Disciplines and Cultures: A Symposium.” Nihon University, College of Humanities and Sciences (online)
Planning etc
12 Nov. 2021

★Conference panel organizer, chair, “Asian English: Histories, Texts, Institutions.” Modern Language Association 2021 Convention (online)
Planning etc
08 Jan. 2021

★Conference panel organizer, chair, “Asian English: Histories, Texts, Institutions.” Liberlit 2019. Seikei University, Tokyo
Planning etc
01 Jun. 2019

★Conference panel organizer, chair, “The Canon De/centered: English Studies Around the World.” Modern Language Association 2019 Convention. Chicago, IL, USA
Planning etc
06 Jan. 2019

★Conference organizing committee co-chair, “Re-Centering English and the Humanities in the Asian University in the 21st Century.” The Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities. Kobe
Planning etc
01 Apr. 2018

★Conference panel organizer, chair, “Possibilities of English Studies in Japan: Relevance, Critical Thinking, and Utility.” Liberlit 2018. Seikei University, Tokyo
Planning etc
19 Feb. 2018

★Conference panel organizer, chair, “History, Story, Narrative – Constructing History.” LibrAsia 2017 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Kobe
Planning etc
31 Mar. 2017

★Conference panel organizer, chair, “A Fine Balance: Demystifying the Discipline of Literary Studies.” Liberlit 2017. Tokyo Women’s Christian University
Planning etc
20 Feb. 2017

★Conference panel co-organizer, “The Global English Department: Teaching Beyond the Anglo-American Canon.” Modern Language Association 2017 Convention. Philadelphia, PA, USA
Planning etc
08 Jan. 2017

★Conference panel co-organizer, co-chair,“The Center and Beyond: The Expansion of the Global English Department.” Modern Language Association 2016 Convention. Austin, TX, USA
Planning etc
10 Jan. 2016

Plenary panel organizer, panelist, “Literature and Justice: Text, Teaching.” LibrAsia 2016 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship. Kobe
Planning etc
08 Apr. 2016