Martin Collcutt

Title
Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Emeritus
Bio/Description

Martin C. Collcutt, Professor of East Asian Studies and History, teaches Japanese intellectual and cultural history. His interests include the history of Buddhism in Japanese society; Medieval society and economy; and Japan's relations with China and the West. Professor Collcutt has just completed an English translation of Kume Kunitake's record of the Iwakura Embassy's visit to the United States in 1872. He is working on a companion volume to be entitled The Iwakura Embassy in the United States: An Inner History. He is also translating "Dialogues in Dreams" by the fourteenth century Zen master Muso Kokushi and editing a collection of papers on Medieval and Early Modern social history.

His regular undergraduate classes include "History of East Asia to 1800" taught with Professor Peterson, "The World of the Tale of Heike: an Introduction to Medieval Japanese Society," and "Ideas and Images in Japanese Culture." He also teaches graduate seminars and reading courses on Ancient and Medieval Japan.

Education

Ph.D., Harvard, 1975 (Medieval Japanese History and Buddhism);
B.A., Cambridge University, Honors (History)

Area of Interest
Cultural History
Intellectual History
Religion
Social History
Home Department & Other Affiliations
History
Field(s)
Period
6th through 14th Centuries
15th & 16th Centuries
17th & 18th Centuries
19th Century
Region
Asia