James Reichert
Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Bio
Prof. Reichert's field of specialization is Meiji-Taishô literature. He is especially interested in looking at the way that male-male sexuality is represented in literary texts from this period. His dissertation examines the treatment of male sexuality found in such works as Okamoto Kisen's Sawamura Tanosuke akebono zôshi (1880), Yamada Bimyô's Shintaishika Wakashu sugata (1886), Natsume Sôseki's Nowaki (1907) and Mori Ogai's Vita Sexualis (1909). Prof. Reichert is currently working on an article about the aesthetics of decadence and perversion found in the work of mystery writer Edogawa Ranpo.
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Administrative Appointments
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Research Fellowship, EALC (2012 - 2012)
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Professor, SCTI (2011 - 2011)
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Visiting Professor, KCJS (2007 - 2007)
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Research Fellowship, Japan Foundation (2003 - 2004)
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Fellow, John Philip Coghlan (2002 - 2004)
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Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center (1999 - 2000)
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Predoctoral Fellowship, Rackham (1993 - 1994)
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Dissertation Research Fellowship, Japan Foundation (1992 - 1993)
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Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies (1990 - 1991)
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Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies (1989 - 1990)
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Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies (1988 - 1989)
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Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, Michigan University (1993 - 1994)
Honors & Awards
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Dean’s Award, Dean’s Award (2005)
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Nominee, University of Michigan Distinguished Dissertation Award (1998)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Premajor Advisor, Stanford University (2011 - 2013)
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Graduate Advisor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University (2007 - Present)
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Organizer, Green Library Special Collections: 19th-century Japanese Book Exhibit, Stanford University (2010 - 2010)
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Organizer,, FSI Film Series: Japan 1960: Classic Film Meets the New Wave, Stanford University (2007 - 2007)
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Organizer, Green Library Special Collections: Edo Book Exhibit, Stanford University (2005 - 2005)
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Organizer, IIS Film Series: The Films of Kinuyo Tanaka, Stanford University (2005 - 2005)
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Organizer, CEAS Film Series: The Films of Yasujiro Ozu, Stanford University (2003 - 2003)
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Co-Organizer, CEAS Spring Colloquium Series: Premodern Japanese Literature and Culture, Stanford University (2001 - 2001)
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Organizer,, Public Reading and Lecture by Edmund White, Stanford University (2001 - 2001)
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Organizer, CEAS Spring Colloquium Series: Contemporary Japanese Popular Culture, Stanford University (1999 - 1999)
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Undergraduate Advisor (Japanese Language and Literature), Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2000 - 2002)
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Undergraduate Advisor (Japanese Language and Literature), Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
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Graduate Advisor, Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2000 - 2003)
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Graduate Student TA Supervisor, Department of Asian Languages, Stanford University (2003 - 2006)
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MA Advisor, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University (1998 - 2006)
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Committee Member, Institute of International Studies Japan Fund, Stanford University (2002 - 2003)
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Committee Member, Institute of International Studies Japan Fund, Stanford University (2005 - 2006)
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Committee Member, Personnel and Promotions Committee, Division of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Stanford University (2004 - 2005)
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Application Evaluator, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University (2001 - 2003)
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Application Evaluator, IIS Japanese Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Stanford University (1998 - 2010)
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Member, Stanford Lesbian Gay Bisexual Community Center Advisory Board, Stanford University (1997 - 2002)
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Member, Hoover East Asia Collection Advisory Board, Stanford University (1997 - 2000)
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Stanford University Representative, Kyoto Center of Japanese Studies Advisory Board (2006 - Present)
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Manuscript Reviewer, Stanford University Press
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Manuscript Reviewer, Duke University Press
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Manuscript Reviewer, University of Minnesota Press
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Manuscript Reviewer, PM Press
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Article Reviewer, Journal of Japanese Studies
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Article Reviewer, Japanese Language and Literature
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Tenure Reviewer, Swarthmore College
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Tenure Reviewer, Indiana University
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Tenure Reviewer, University of Michigan
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Tenure Reviewer, University of California, Berkely
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Tenure Reviewer, Boston University
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Tenure Reviewer, Rutgers University
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Tenure Reviewer, Wesleyan University
Program Affiliations
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Center for East Asian Studies
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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Professional Education
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B.A., Carleton College, Latin (1984)
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Graduate Research Student, University of Tokyo, Research for dissertation (1994)
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M.A., University of Michigan, Japanese Literature and Language (1991)
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Ph.D., University of Michigan, Asian Languages and Cultures (Japan) (1998)
2024-25 Courses
- Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
JAPAN 138, JAPAN 238 (Win) - Modern Japanese Short Stories
JAPAN 239 (Aut) - Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
JAPAN 396 (Spr) - Senior Colloquium
EALC 198 (Win) -
Independent Studies (6)
- Graduate Directed Reading
EASTASN 300 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Graduate)
EALC 200 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Individual Studies in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Undergraduate)
EALC 199 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Master's Thesis or Qualifying Paper
EALC 299 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research (Capstone Essay)
EALC 198C (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research (Honors Thesis)
EALC 198H (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Graduate Directed Reading
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Prior Year Courses
2023-24 Courses
- Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia
CHINA 24, COMPLIT 44, HUMCORE 133, JAPAN 24, KOREA 24 (Win) - Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
JAPAN 138, JAPAN 238 (Win) - Readings in Premodern Japanese
JAPAN 265 (Aut) - Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
JAPAN 396 (Spr)
2022-23 Courses
- Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia
CHINA 24, COMPLIT 44, HUMCORE 133, JAPAN 24, KOREA 24 (Spr) - Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
JAPAN 138, JAPAN 238 (Win) - Modern Japanese Short Stories
JAPAN 239 (Win) - Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature
JAPAN 396 (Spr)
2021-22 Courses
- Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia
CHINA 24, COMPLIT 44, HUMCORE 133, JAPAN 24, KOREA 24 (Spr) - Introduction to Modern Japanese Literature and Culture
JAPAN 138, JAPAN 238 (Win) - Readings in Premodern Japanese
JAPAN 165, JAPAN 265 (Spr)
- Humanities Core: How to be Modern in East Asia
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Rosaley Gai, Harumi Maeda, Katherine Whatley -
Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor (AC)
Lin Meng Walsh -
Doctoral (Program)
Jason Beckman, Harumi Maeda, Andrew Nelson, Ryo Nomura, Lin Meng Walsh
All Publications
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Oyama and Anxieties about the Feminization of Japanese Film
POSITIONS-ASIA CRITIQUE
2014; 22 (2): 371-402
View details for DOI 10.1215/10679847-2413835
View details for Web of Science ID 000336641500004
- Disciplining the Erotic-Grotesque in Edogawa Ranpo’s Demon of the Lonely Isle The Culture of Japanese Fascism edited by Tansman, A. Duke University Press. 2009
- In the Company of Men: Representations of Male-Male Sexuality in Meiji Literature Stanford University Press. 2006
- Henge buyô in the Asakeno Episode of Kyokutei Bakin’s Hakkenden 2005: 105–10
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Tsubouchi Shoyo's 'Tosei shosei katagi' and the institutionalization of exclusive heterosexuality
HARVARD JOURNAL OF ASIATIC STUDIES
2003; 63 (1): 69-114
View details for Web of Science ID 000183631800002
- Godzilla: The Monster Made in Japan 2003: 63–69
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Male homosexuality in modern Japan: Cultural myths and social realities. (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF JAPANESE STUDIES
2002; 28 (1): 157-161
View details for Web of Science ID 000173880700008
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Cartographies of desire: Male-male sexuality in Japanese discourse, 1600-1950. (Book Review)
JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES
2001; 60 (1): 224-226
View details for Web of Science ID 000168347000049
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Deviance and social Darwinism in Edogawa Ranpo's erotic-grotesque thriller Koto no oni
JOURNAL OF JAPANESE STUDIES
2001; 27 (1): 113-141
View details for Web of Science ID 000166920100004
View details for PubMedID 20039478
- Samurai Fantasies in Late-Nineteenth-Century Japan 2001: 73–90
- Cultural Ambivalence and Sexuality in Tsubouchi Shôyô’s Tôsei shosei katagi Proceedings of the Midwest Association for Japanese Literary Studies 1998; 4: 396-405
- Natsume Sôseki Nowaki ni okeru otoko-dôshi no aijô no imi (The Significance of Male Love in Natsume Sôseki’s Autumn Wind) Bungaku 1995; 6 (1): 84-96