Japan

Adam Mahler is a doctoral candidate in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where he specializes in medieval and early modern Iberian literature as well as environmental and ethnorepresentative writing. His articles have appeared or...

• Regions: China; Eurasia; Europe; Iberia; Japan; Low Countries
• Times: 16th to 18th centuries
• Themes: Cultural History; History of the Book; History of Religion; History of Science; Intellectual History

Daniel Said Monteiro received his Ph.D. in...

Region: Africa; Atlantic World; Britain; Caribbean; China; Eastern Mediterranean; England; Eurasia; Europe; France; Holy Roman Empire; Iberia; Italy; Japan; Mediterranean; Middle East; Pacific World; South Asia
Time: 14th century; 15th century; 16th...

• Regions: China; Japan; Pacific World
• Times: 17th century; 18th century; 19th century
• Themes: Global History; Environmental History; Economic History; History of Empire; Colonialism; History of Science; History of the Book

Jonas Rüegg is a...

• Region: Japan
• Time: 18th Century
• Theme:  Art History

After obtaining a Master’s degree in Japanese literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Leah Justin-Jinich entered the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations’ PhD...

• Region(s): Japan
• Time Period(s): 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): social history

Professor David L. Howell grew up in Hilo, Hawai'i. After graduating from the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, he studied at Hokkaido University in Sapporo and...

• Region(s): Japan
• Time Period(s): 15th century; 16th century
• Theme(s): Japanese Art; Social History; Artistic Production; History of the Book

   

Melissa McCormick earned a dual B.A. in art history and Japanese language and literature from...

• Region(s): Japan
• Time Period(s): 13th century; 14th century; 15th century; 16th century; 17th century; 18th century
• Theme(s): Japanese Art; Japanese Architecture

  Yukio Lippit’s research and teaching interests center around Japanese painting...

David Atherton specializes in the study of Japanese literature and culture of the early modern (Edo or Tokugawa) period, with an emphasis on popular fiction and theater. He is particularly interested in the ways popular literature and drama interacted...