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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.

Biography

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

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. He was also a former director of Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities.

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

References

  1. ^ "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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