Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History Director of Undergraduate Studies, 2023-24
Shigehisa Kuriyama received his A.B. degree from Harvard's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 1977 and an A.M. degree in 1978. After...
Professor of the Practice of Japanese Language Director of the Japanese Language Program
Professor Wesley Jacobsen was born in Tokyo and raised largely in Japan, returning to the U.S. in his later high school years. After graduating from...
Department Chair Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese 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...
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History On Leave Spring 2024
Andrew Gordon’s teaching and research focus primarily on modern Japan but he has also taught Japan’s premodern history and courses on comparative history...
