John Whittier Treat
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John Whittier Treat is Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University, where he teaches Japanese literature and culture. He is co-editor the Journal of Japanese Studies. He has published numerous essays and several books on Japan-related topics.
[edit] Education
- BA, Amherst College, 1975
- MA, Yale University, 1979
- PhD, Yale University, 1982
[edit] Major Publications
- Great Mirrors Shattered: Homosexuality, Orientalism, and Japan. Oxford University Press, 1999.
- With Alan Tansman and Dennis Washburn, eds. Studies in Modern Japanese Literature: Essays and Translations in Honor of Edwin McClellan. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1997. ISBN 0-9395-1284-X (cloth)
- Editor. Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture. Curzon Press/University of Hawaii Press, 1996.
- Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb. University of Chicago Press, 1996.
- Pools of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse Masuji. University of Washington Press, 1988.
[edit] Awards and Honors
- 1998: Social Science Research Council Grant
- 1997: John Whitney Hall Prize
- 1996-97: Mary Weeks Senior Fellowship, Center for the Humanities, Stanford University
- 1994: NEH Summer Stipend
