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After completing an undergraduate degree in Economics at Keio University, Ryūichi Abé acquired a master’s degree from School of Advanced International Affairs, the Johns Hopkins University. He then turned to Religious Studies and was awarded an M. Phil...
Printed Maps in Late Ming Publishing Culture: A Trans-Regional Perspective
Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan, 1600-1900
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). His work seeks to understand how the intrinsic, literary dynamics of early modern texts interacted...
A Hall of Mirrors: Film Regulation and Industry Strategy in Colonial Korea, under Empire and its Aftermath
The Power of Ritual: An Integrated History of Medieval Kôfukuji
Carolyn Bell studies the visual and material culture of premodern Japan, focusing on intersections between tea ceremony, the global textile trade, and Buddhist art. She received her BA in Asian Studies and History from Cornell University, where she wrote...
Du Fu: Poet Historian, Poet Sage
Rural Japanese Gothic: The Topography of Horror in Modern Japanese Literature
Peter K. Bol is the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. His research is centered on the history of China’s cultural elites at the national and local levels from the 7 th to the 17 th century. He is the author of "This...