Brigid MacAoud

MA Student
brigid.macaoud@mail.utoronto.ca

Areas of Interest

  • Modern Japanese literature and culture

  • Politics of literature

  • Literary and political theory

Biography

Brigid MacAoud is a MA student in the Department of East Asian Studies focusing on modern Japanese literature and culture. Her current research explores representations of suicide in Japanese literature written during the First and Second World Wars. In particular, Brigid examines the sociopolitical and cultural intersections embedded in suicidal narratives to situate them within a wider historical lineage of suicide in Japan. She is also broadly interested in historical treatments of death and the supernatural in Japanese literature and artwork. Outside of academia, Brigid enjoys spending her time reading with a freshly made cup of tea and going for leisurely walks around the city.

Awards

  • 2025 Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Program, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

Education

BA (Hons), East Asian Studies, University of Alberta