Edwina Palmer
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Edwina Palmer | |
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.jpg) Palmer in 2018 | |
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) Chelmsford, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Geoffrey Rice |
| Awards | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Japanese Studies, Geography |
| Institutions | University of Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington |
Edwina Palmer is a former associate professor of Japanese Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Palmer was born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom in 1955. She studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, graduating with a PhD in geography and a BA (Hons) in Japanese language and literature.[1] She lectured at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand from 1984 to 2010, before joining Victoria University in Wellington.
Palmer has written many articles on Japanese culture, focusing on humor and hidden meaning in traditional Japanese texts. She has also worked on the eighth-century document Harima no Kuni Fudoki, analyzing the stories it contains from the perspective of archaeology and orality, humor and hidden meaning.[1] Some of her work is prepared jointly with her husband, the historian Geoffrey Rice.[2]
