Alan Tansman
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Alan Tansman is an American Japanologist. He is a professor of Japanese studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]

Biography

Tansman received his B.A. from Columbia University in East Asian Studies,[2] M.S.J. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University in Japanese literature.[1] He was the Chair of Berkeley's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.[3] Tansman is considered an expert in his field of Japanese literature and culture, and has written extensively about Japanese fascism.[4][5]

Tansman was a former co-chair of the editorial board of Representations, an interdisciplinary journal in the humanities published quarterly by the University of California Press.[6] He was also a former director of Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities.[7][8]

In 2019, he was suspended by Berkeley for a two-year term after being accused of sexual harassment by a former student.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tansman Alan". ealc.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  2. ^ Columbia College Today. New York, N.Y.: Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. October 2009.
  3. ^ "Cultural Responses to Atrocity—interview with Alan Tansman". Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  4. ^ "UC Berkeley suspends professor accused of sexual harassment". AP NEWS. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  5. ^ Asimov, Nanette (2019-02-20). "UC Berkeley suspends prominent professor accused of sexual harassment". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  6. ^ "Front Matter". Representations. 116 (1). 2011. doi:10.1525/rep.2011.116.1.fm. ISSN 0734-6018. JSTOR 10.1525/rep.2011.116.1.fm.
  7. ^ "Alan Tansman Appointed New Director of the Townsend Center | Townsend Center for the Humanities". townsendcenter.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  8. ^ "Townsend Center: incubating inspiration in the humanities". University of California. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  9. ^ Chou, Andreana (2019-02-22). "UC Berkeley professor suspended over sexual harassment allegations". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  10. ^ "UC Berkeley Suspends Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
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