James Reichert

Bio

James Reichert is Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. He has previously published In the Company of Men: Representations of Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature (Stanford University Press, 2006). His forthcoming book, Literature for the Masses: Japanese Period Fiction, 1913-1941 (University of Hawai'i Press, 2025), explores popular adventure tales about premodern swordsmen. He has also written on prewar Japanese detective fiction, silent Japanese film, Edo- period books, and Boys’ Love comics.

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Administrative Appointments

• Research Fellowship, EALC (2012 - 2012)
• Professor, SCTI (2011 - 2011)
• Visiting Professor, KCJS (2007 - 2007)
• Research Fellowship, Japan Foundation (2003 - 2004)
• Fellow, John Philip Coghlan (2002 - 2004)
• Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center (1999 - 2000)
• Predoctoral Fellowship, Rackham (1993 - 1994)
• Dissertation Research Fellowship, Japan Foundation (1992 - 1993)
• Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies (1990 - 1991)
• Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies (1989 - 1990)
• Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies (1988 - 1989)
• Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, Michigan University (1993 - 1994)

Honors & Awards

• Dean’s Award, Dean’s Award (2005)
• Nominee, University of Michigan Distinguished Dissertation Award (1998)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• Premajor Advisor, Stanford University (2011 - 2013)
• Graduate Advisor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University (2007 - Present)
• Organizer, Green Library Special Collections: 19th-century Japanese Book Exhibit, Stanford University (2010 - 2010)
• Organizer,, FSI Film Series: Japan 1960: Classic Film Meets the New Wave, Stanford University (2007 - 2007)
• Organizer, Green Library Special Collections: Edo Book Exhibit, Stanford University (2005 - 2005)
• Organizer, IIS Film Series: The Films of Kinuyo Tanaka, Stanford University (2005 - 2005)
• Organizer, CEAS Film Series: The Films of Yasujiro Ozu, Stanford University (2003 - 2003)
• Co-Organizer, CEAS Spring Colloquium Series: Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, Stanford University (2001 - 2001)
• Organizer,, Public Reading and Lecture by Edmund White, Stanford University (2001 - 2001)
• Organizer, CEAS Spring Colloquium Series: Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture, Stanford University (1999 - 1999)
• Undergraduate Advisor (Japanese Language and Literature), Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2000 - 2002)
• Undergraduate Advisor (Japanese Language and Literature), Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
• Graduate Advisor, Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2000 - 2003)
• Graduate Student TA Supervisor, Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2003 - 2006)
• MA Advisor, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University (1998 - 2006)
• Committee Member, Institute of International Studies Japan Fund, Stanford University (2002 - 2003)
• Committee Member, Institute of International Studies Japan Fund, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
• Committee Member, Personnel and Promotions Committee, Division of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
• Application Evaluator, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University (2001 - 2003)
• Application Evaluator, IIS Japanese Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (1998 - 2010)
• Member, Stanford Lesbian Gay Bisexual Community Center Advisory Board, Stanford University (1997 - 2002)
• Member, Hoover East Asia Collection Advisory Board, Stanford University (1997 - 2000)
• Stanford University Representative, Kyoto Center of Japanese Studies Advisory Board (2006 - Present)
• Manuscript Reviewer, Stanford University Press
• Manuscript Reviewer, Duke University Press
• Manuscript Reviewer, University of Minnesota Press
• Manuscript Reviewer, PM Press
• Article Reviewer, Journal of Japanese Studies
• Article Reviewer, Japanese Language and Literature
• Tenure Reviewer, Swarthmore College
• Tenure Reviewer, Indiana University
• Tenure Reviewer, University of Michigan
• Tenure Reviewer, University of California, Berkely
• Tenure Reviewer, Boston University
• Tenure Reviewer, Rutgers University
• Tenure Reviewer, Wesleyan University

Program Affiliations

• Center for East Asian Studies
• Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professional Education

• B.A., Carleton College, Latin (1984)
• Graduate Research Student, University of Tokyo, Research for dissertation (1994)
• M.A., University of Michigan, Japanese Literature and Language (1991)
• Ph.D., University of Michigan, Asian Languages and Cultures (Japan) (1998)