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Dr James McMullen FBA

Oriental and African Studies East Asia Japan History of a specific country Japan

Elected 2001

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

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