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Dr James McMullen FBA

Oriental and African Studies East Asia Japan History of a specific country Japan
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2001
Sections
Africa, Asia and the Middle East
Website
https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/people/james-mcmullen#/

Current post

Emeritus Fellow, Pembroke and St Antony's Colleges, University of Oxford

Past appointments

Pembroke College University of Oxford Emeritus Fellow

2006 -

Pembroke College University of Oxford Fellow

1989 - 2006

St Antony's College University of Oxford Fellow

1972 - 1989

University of Oxford University Lecturer in Japanese, Oriental Institute

1972 - 2006

Publications

The worship of Confucius in Japan forthcoming

Rulers or fathers: a casuistical problem in early modern Japan Past and Present 1987

Genji Gaiden: the origins of Kumazawa Banzan's commentary on the Tale of Genji 1991

Idealism, protest and the Tale of Genji 1999

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Jane Duckett FBA

Contemporary Chinese government and politics; Chinese health and social policy, poverty and inequality; comparative politics

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Professor Margaret Hillenbrand FBA

Literature, art history, and visual media in modern and contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, especially cultures of protest and secrecy

Professor Margaret Hillenbrand FBA

Professor Megan Vaughan FBA

History, African Languages and Literature, Social History in Africa, Economic History in Africa, History of Medicine in Africa.

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