Exploring Body-Mind Interactions and Their Impact on Well-Being

Edited by:   Charlène Clonts, Lorenzo Cardilli, Yoshihara Kazufumi
Imprint:   Medical Information Science Reference
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm, 
ISBN:   9798337335223
Pages:   486
Publication Date:   19 March 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Charlène Clonts is Associate Professor (PhD.) (准教授 Maître de Conférences) at Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities (Japan), where she teaches and performs research since March 2018. She is the Head of the international research-creation project “Well-Being with Arts” (WBA) funded by a grant from Q-AOS (KU Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies). She studies the intersections of 20th-21st c. literatures (esp. Francophone), arts, and health humanities, with a particular focus on intermedia approaches and their transformative potential. She published numerous peer-review articles, chapters, and books, and presented in conferences (also keynotes, invited speeches...) about the performative effects of intermedia practices and the transpoetics related to East Asia and well-being. Recent publications: bilingual chapter “Wifredo Lam and Ghérasim Luca: Apostroph’Apocalypse”, in “Wifredo Lam, Artist’s Books”, Jean-Michel Place, 2025; special issue ed. “Technotext”, National University Taiwan, 2025; specialist book “Ghérasim Luca: Texte, Image, Son”, Peter Lang, 2020; special issue ed. “Origami, le pli dans les littératures et les arts”, Pau University, France, 2021. Within the ALTER research unit at the University of Pau (France), she participated actively as a member of French National Research Agency (ANR)-funded projects centred on the book as a space of creation (2011-2015) and on the European diaspora of the Romanian Avant-gardes (2016-2020), esp. Francophone. She taught as a lecturer at the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Paris Est-Créteil. She also worked during a decade for the French National Education. She obtained the French National Habilitation for Associate Professor (Maître de Conférences) in Aesthetics, Arts, Performance (Section 18) and French Literature and Linguistics (Section 9). Dr. Lorenzo Cardilli is an Associate Professor in Contemporary Italian Literature at the University of Udine, Italy, within the Department of Humanities and Cultural Heritage (DIUM). His research interests include contemporary Italian literature, poetry, intermedia practices, the rhetoric of literary criticism, and the intersection of literature and digital humanities. Dr. Cardilli has been actively involved in various international research projects and has contributed to the academic community through his roles in organizing conferences and symposia. In 2019 he was invited by dr. Charlène Clonts to contribute to the organization of the international symposium ""Body-mind interactions in arts, health, literatures & science: asian and indo-oceanian perspectives"", held at Kyushu University. Dr. Cardilli has published in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, with notable works including his monograph “Figura e ripetizione in Dietro il paesaggio di Andrea Zanzotto” and numerous articles on contemporary Italian poetry and literary criticism. He is also a member of the scientific committee of the journal “L’Ulisse” and vice editor-in-chief of “Configurazioni. Ricerche sulla poesia contemporanea.” In addition to his academic contributions, Dr. Cardilli has been involved in various teaching roles, including adjunct professorships at the Politecnico di Milano and visiting professorships at the Shanghai Publishing and Printing College. He has also delivered invited lectures at prestigious institutions such as Kyoto University and Osaka University. Kazufumi Yoshihara , M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Center for Health Sciences and Counseling at the Kyushu University (Japan), while also maintaining clinical practice at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital. His research encompasses psychosomatic medicine, stress-related disorders, and the biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying mind–body interactions. Dr. Yoshihara has made substantial contributions to both clinical practice and academic research, with numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals aimed at bridging psychological well-being and physical health. He has been actively engaged in advancing integrated approaches to psychosomatic care and has played a pivotal role in fostering the next generation of clinicians and researchers in the field. A board-certified specialist in both General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatic Medicine, Dr. Yoshihara currently serves as a board member for the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, the Japanese Society for Fatigue Science, and the Japan Association of Oriental Psychosomatic Medicine, continuing to bridge the gap between research and clinical application.