Alan Tansman is an American Japanologist. He is a professor of Japanese studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[1]
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Biography
editTansman 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
edit- ^ a b "Tansman Alan". ealc.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ Columbia College Today. New York, N.Y.: Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. October 2009.
- ^ "Cultural Responses to Atrocity—interview with Alan Tansman". Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ "UC Berkeley suspends professor accused of sexual harassment". AP NEWS. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ Asimov, Nanette (2019-02-20). "UC Berkeley suspends prominent professor accused of sexual harassment". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Alan Tansman Appointed New Director of the Townsend Center | Townsend Center for the Humanities". townsendcenter.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ "Townsend Center: incubating inspiration in the humanities". University of California. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ Chou, Andreana (2019-02-22). "UC Berkeley professor suspended over sexual harassment allegations". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
- ^ "UC Berkeley Suspends Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved 2022-05-14.