RIJS People
Associates in Research:
D - F
Brett de Bary (Cornell University/Professor of Asian Studies and Comparative Literature; Director, Society for the Humanities) – Comparative study of women writers (Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil, Morisaki Kazue, Tawada Yuko); Translation theory.
bmd2(at)cornell.edu
http://lrc.cornell.edu/asian/faculty/bios/debary
Wiebke Denecke (Barnard College, Columbia University/Assistant Professor of Chinese and Japanese Literature, Dept. of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures) – Book project examining how early Japanese authors and ancient Roman authors conceived of their own literature in the presence of an overwhelming reference culture (China and Greece, respectively).
wd2118(at)columbia.edu, wdenecke(at)barnard.edu
http://www.barnard.edu/amec
Frederick R. Dickinson (U. of Pennsylvania/Associate Professor of History, Dept. of History) – Political, diplomatic, and cultural impact of the Great War in 1920s Japan.
frdickin(at)sas.upenn.edu
http://www.history.upenn.edu
Rachel DiNitto (The College of William and Mary/Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures) – Nationalism and popular culture in Heisei Japan.
rxdini(at)wm.edu
http://www.wm.edu/modlang/
Sharon H. Domier (U. of Massachusetts, Amherst/ East Asian Studies Librarian, University Libraries). Research on Japanese library history 1868-1945, with an emphasis on censorship and thought control; Writing a handbook on how to use Japanese libraries and information resources.
sdomier(at)library.umass.edu
http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian
James Dorsey (Dartmouth College/Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Dept. of Asian & Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures) – Researching the writer, Sakaguchi Ango; Jse. national identity in 1930s and 1940s; wartime culture broadly conceived (incl. literature, film, music, etc.); sub-cultures and politically motivated folk music of Japan’s 1960s and 1970s.
james.dorsey(at)dartmouth.edu
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~damell/department/dorsey.html
John W. Dower (MIT/Ford International Professor of History, Dept. of History) – Development of “visualizing Japan” websites.
Office telephone: (617) 253-4445
Edward R. Drott (Dartmouth College/Lecturer, Department of Religion) – The connection between religion, medicine and the body, particularly with regard to aging in medieval Japan.
religion(at)dartmouth.edu
www.dartmouth.edu/~religion
Alexis Dudden (University of Connecticut/Associate Professor of History, Dept. of History; Program in Humanitarian Studies/Director) – Collaborative research on humanitarian issues throughout the modern world, with focus on famine, politics of food and feeding societies in crisis.
alexis.dudden(at)uconn.edu
http://www.history.uconn.edu/faculty/dudden.html
Joe Earle (Japan Society/Vice President; Japan Society Gallery/Director) – Shibata Zeshin (exhibit planned for spring 2008); Japanese Bamboo Art (exhibition planned for fall 2008)
jearle(at)japansociety.org
http://www.japansociety.org
Steven J. Ericson (Dartmouth College/Associate Professor, Department of History) – Matsukata financial reform and socio-economic development in Meiji Japan.
steven.ericson(at)dartmouth.edu
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~history
Erik Esselstrom (The University of Vermont/Assistant Professor, Department of History)—The Japanese anti-war movement in China during the Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.
erik.esselstrom(at)uvm.edu
http://www.uvm.edu/~history
William R. Farrell (Dynamic Strategies Asia/Chairman) – Social and Political Change in Japan from Perry’s visit to end of Boshin War.
wrfarrell(at)aol.com
Lawrence A. Fouraker (St. John Fisher College/Associate Professor, Dept. of History) – Mobilization of ethnic Koreans and Taiwanese for the imperial Japanese army.
lfouraker(at)sjfc.edu
http://home1.sjfc.edu/history/fouraker.html
Matthew Fraleigh (Brandeis University/Assistant Professor of East Asian Literature and Culture, Dept. of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature) - Japanese literature of the early modern period onward, especially Kanshibun.
fraleigh(at)brandeis.edu
www.brandeis.edu/departments/grall
Ronald Frank (Pace University/Associate Professor, Department of History) – Sengoku Law Project.
rfrank2(at)pace.edu
Sarah A. Frederick (Boston University/Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Dept. of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature) – The life and fiction of Yoshiya Nobuko (1896-1973).
sfred(at)bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/mfll/people/frederick.html
Naomi Fukumori (Ohio State U./Associate Professor, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures) – Literary renderings of rituals and ceremonies in mid-Heian period texts.
fukumori.1(at)osu.edu
http://www.deall.osu.edu
