AISHA YUSUFU

Last Updated :2026/07/24

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
yusuhiroshima-u.ac.jp

Basic Information

Educational Backgrounds

  • Hiroshima University, Dunhuang Studies
  • Shanghai University, Chinese Linguistics and Literature, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL)

Academic Degrees

  • Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Literature;Chinese literature
  • Humanities;Linguistics;Foreign language education

Research Keywords

  • Chinese Literature and Language
  • Dunhuang Studies
  • Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL)

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  2. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  3. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  4. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  5. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  6. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  7. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  8. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  9. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Basic Chinese I
  10. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  11. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  12. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  13. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  14. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  15. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  16. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  17. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  18. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Basic Chinese II
  19. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Basic Chinese III
  20. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Basic Chinese III
  21. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Basic Chinese III
  22. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 3Term, Basic Chinese III
  23. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Basic Chinese IV
  24. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Basic Chinese IV
  25. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Basic Chinese IV
  26. 2026, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Basic Chinese IV

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. The Institutionalization of Scribal Practice: A Study of Concurrent Official Titles in Dunhuang Xueshilang Colophons, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, 149-168, 202606
  2. A Historical Overview of Colophons Collation in Dunhuang Manuscripts (Part 2), The Journal of Social and Cultural Studies on Asia, 157-175, 202603
  3. Dunhuang Calligraphic Primers in Light of the Acquisition and Application of Hissei (Part 2), 10-18, 202601
  4. Dunhuang Calligraphic Primers in Light of the Acquisition and Application of Hissei, 10-17, 202507
  5. An Aspect of Clan, Religion, and Knowledge in Guiyijun Society as Seen in Xueshilang Colophons, Dunhuang and East Asian Civilization:the Second International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, 347-361, 202506
  6. Historical Overview of Colophons Collation in Dunhuang Manuscripts, The Journal of Social and Cultural Studies on Asia, 202503
  7. ★, Textual Linkage and Transformation: A Comparative study of the Dunhuang practical Ritual Texts Nan yue wen Material Compilation, 36-55, 202412
  8. ★, A Study of Scholars' Colophons in Dunhuang Manuscripts, 202409
  9. Rethinking the Use of shu and xie in Colophons, Proceedings of the First International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, 121-130, 202407
  10. Design of Game-Based Teaching for Elementary-Level Chinese Character Classes for Foreign Learners, 20150422

Publications such as books

  1. 2026/05, The World of Dunhuang Transformation Texts (Bianwen), Popular Sermons, and Folk Beliefs, Bensei Publishing, Scholarly Book, Joint work, 日本語
  2. 2026/06, East Asian Texts and Culture:the Third International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, Taishikaku, Translation editing, 日本語
  3. 2025/06, Studies in East Asian Folklore and Belief: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, Taishikaku, Translation editing, 日本語
  4. 2025/06, Dunhuang and East Asian Civilization: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, Taishikaku, Joint work, 日本語

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Following the Margins and Linking the Brushstrokes: The Function of Lianbian Poems in Dunhuang Manuscripts as Calligraphy Copybooks, Workshop on East Asian Literature, Religion, and Culture The Second Joint Research Meeting of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, and the Department of Chinese Literature, Chung Hsing University, 2026/07/18, Without Invitation, Chinese
  2. The Institutionalization of Scribal Practice: An Examination of Concurrent Official Titles as Seen in the Colophons of Dunhuang Xueshilang, The Third International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, 2026/06/11, Without Invitation, Chinese
  3. Clan, Religion, and Knowledge: An Aspect of Guiyijun Society as Seen through the Colophons of Xueshilang, The Second International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, 2025/06/12, Without Invitation, Chinese
  4. A Review of the Research History of Colophon Compilation in Dunhuang Manuscript Studies, The First Regular Meeting of the China Branch of the Japan Chinese Linguistics Association, Academic Year 2024, Without Invitation, Japanese
  5. From Side Writing to Let No One Take It Away: A Re-examination of the Terms Shu and Xie Used in Colophons, The First International Conference on East Asian Religious Texts and Culture, 2024/07/13, Without Invitation, Chinese
  6. Shu and Xie in the Colophons of Dunhuang Manuscripts: Focusing on the Ce Shu (Side Writing) Found in P.3189, Summer Conference of the Research Group on Medieval Chinese Manuscripts, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 2022/09, Without Invitation, Japanese
  7. The Dunhuang Xueshilang and the Individuals Behind the Title, Summer Conference of the Research Group on Medieval Chinese Manuscripts, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 2021/09, Without Invitation, Japanese