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Danica Truscott

Lecturer on Classical Japanese (Bungo) and Kanbun

Danica Truscott is a scholar of premodern Japanese literature who specializes in works from the early and classical periods (710-1185). She received her...

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Vanserg 206
p: (617) 495-2529
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-2:00 including on 8/29 and 8/31.
Nakatani Maiko

Maiko Nakatani

Language Instructor in Japanese
5 Bryant Street #101
p: 617-496-8244
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 2:00 - 3:00 pm (room 101 - if online is preferred, please let me know in advance)
Daniel Koss

Daniel Koss

Associate Senior Lecturer on East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Research Scholar in East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Daniel Koss studies political parties in East Asian politics. His first book, published in 2018, investigates the...

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2 Divinity Avenue, #227
Cambridge, MA 02138


p: (617) 495-5498
Office Hours: Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
David Atherton

David Atherton

Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

David C. Atherton is a scholar of literature, focusing primarily on Japan’s early modern period (also known as the Edo or Tokugawa period, ca. 1600-1867...

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2 Divinity Avenue, room 229
p: (617) 495-8374
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Wednesday 1:00-2:30 pm
Karen Thornber

Karen Thornber

Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Chair, Regional Studies East Asia M.A. Program

Karen Thornber is Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Acting Director...

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CGIS S222, 1730 Cambridge St,
Spring 2024: Tuesday10:30-11:30 am and by appointment. Email thornber@fas.harvard.edu to set up a time during office hours.
Tomiko Yoda

Tomiko Yoda

Takashima Professor of Japanese Humanities
Director of Graduate Studies, 2022-23

 

Tomiko Yoda received her B.A. in Religion from Wesleyan University, M.A. in Oriental Philosophy at Nagoya University, and her M.A. and...

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2 Divinity Ave. #217
p: (617) 495-4816
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Thursday 3-4 and by appointment
Melissa McCormick

Melissa McCormick

Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture
Harvard College Professor
On leave 2023-24

Melissa McCormick earned a dual B.A. in art history and Japanese language and literature from the University of Michigan (1990), her Ph.D. in Japanese Art...

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2 Divinity Ave. #219
p: (617) 496-2276
Office Hours: Spring 2023: Tuesdays 12:30pm-2:30pm by appointment. To schedule a fifteen-minute slot, visit https://calendly.com/mccorm.

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