Center for Japanese Studies

New book from Professor H. Mack Horton and IEAS Publications

November 5, 2019

Tessa Machida

Rhetoric of Death

The Death of Sōgi (Sōgi shūenki, 1502), by Sōchō, and The Death of Master Bashō (Bashō-ō shūenki, 1694), by Kikaku, are among the most important death accounts in the premodern Japanese literary corpus. Written by preeminent disciples of the poets, these accounts provide vital information about the careers of two of Japan’s most iconic literary figures and their...

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JASC 2020 - Applications Now Open!

October 1, 2019

Tessa Machida

Deadline: February 1, 2020 The Center for Japanese Studiesgrants full scholarships to the Japan-American Student Conference for Berkeley undergraduate and graduate students. Awards are open to any full-time student with an interest in Japan. The...

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Professor Emerita Mary Elizabeth Berry Receives Award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association

October 8, 2019

Tessa Machida

In 1984 the American Historical Association (AHA) Council established the American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction to honor senior historians and their lifetime achievements in the United States. We are pleased to announce that Professor Emerita Mary Elizabeth Berry has been selected as a winner for the 2019 prize.

Congratulations, Professor Berry...

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New book by Professor Grace Lavery

September 24, 2019

Tessa Machida

Quaint, Exquisite Book Cover From the opening of trade with Britain in the 1850s, Japan occupied a unique and contradictory place in the Victorian imagination, regarded as both a rival empire and a cradle of exquisite beauty. Quaint, Exquisite explores the enduring impact of this dramatic encounter, showing how the rise of Japan led to a...