EAST 1942: Queer Japan + Beyond

Course Guide - EAST 1942: Queer Japan + Beyond

Professor Sam Perry (Fall 2025)   

This course guide is intended as a starting point for research for EAST 1945: Queer Japan + Beyond. The Brown University Library has a variety of relevant resources available for this course, including special collections of Japanese and Korean LGBTQ+ magazines. Some of the following links might be helpful as you begin to explore the Library's holdings:

• A complete list of Special Collections' LGBTQ Collections; 
• The Brown Library's Gender + Sexuality Studies research guide; 
• The first issue of the Japanese magazine Adonis, digitized from our collection;
• An outline of Special Collections' Global Lavendar Voices Strategic Collecting Direction;
• Information on using Special Collections. Please note that reading room appointments must be made at least three days in advance.