Kitamura Sae

Kitamura Sae
北村紗衣
Kitamura in 2018, at the Wikipedia:15 event
Born (1983-04-12) April 12, 1983
OccupationsLiterary scholar, Literary critic
Known for英日翻訳ウィキペディアン養成プロジェクト
Awards10th Awards of The Association for Studies of Culture and Representation, 14th Women's History Award
Academic background
Alma materKing's College London
University of Tokyo
Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School
ThesisThe Role of Women in the Canonisation of Shakespeare From Elizabethan Theatre to the Shakespeare Jubilee (2013)
Doctoral advisorAnn Thompson and Hannah Crawforth
Other advisorsShōichirō Kawai and Yasunari Takada
InfluencesWilliam Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde
Academic work
DisciplineBritish literature, Literary criticism
Sub-disciplineWilliam Shakespeare, performing arts, feminist literature
InstitutionsMusashi University
Notable ideasInner Maggie
WebsiteCommentarius Saevus

Kitamura Sae (Japanese: 北村 紗衣; born 12 April 1983) is a Japanese scholar specialising in British literature and a literary critic. A graduate of the University of Tokyo and King's College London, her primary areas of research are William Shakespeare, the history of performing arts, and feminist literature. She is also an active Wikipedian, encouraging students to translate articles from English Wikipedia to Japanese Wikipedia in her classes.

Kitamura has been a professor at Musashi University since 2023. She was formerly a lecturer and associate professor at Musashi University from 2014 to 2023, and a director of the Association for Studies of Culture and Representation in 2019. Some of her works include Women Who Enjoyed Shakespeare's Plays, Sugar, Spice, and Something Explosive, and The Classroom of Critique. She also writes essays about synesthesia.