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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 Karin Barber FBA

I am an anthropologist with a particular interest in popular culture, religion, and the verbal arts, both oral and written. Most of my research has been in the Yoruba-speaking area of Nigeria, and I am currently working on early Yoruba print culture.

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Professor Lynn Meskell FBA

Lynn Meskell FBA has published extensively on the archaeology of Egypt and Turkey; heritage violence in South Africa, India and the Middle East; the histories of colonialism, Cold War conflicts and espionage; and politics and ethics.

Lynn-Meskell-FBA

Professor Elizabeth Anne Lambourn FBA

Material culture and history of the Indian Ocean world before 1500

Elizabeth Anne Lambourn (credit Mikael Wallerstedt)

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