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James Reichert
Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
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)
Research Area(s) Description
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
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, Boys’ Love comics, and Japanese Romanticism.