Barak Kushner


Barak Kushner is an American historian, orientalist, and translator. He is a Professor of East Asian History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He has written and edited numerous books and articles and has spoken on a range of East Asian history topics including Japanese imperial propaganda, the Japanese empire in East Asia, Japanese war crimes, and justice in East Asia. He has also written on other subjects, ranging from Godzilla and Japanese humor to ramen and the Chinese influence on early twentieth century notions of modern cuisine in Japan. Kushner is married to Mami Mizutori Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. He speaks and reads Chinese, English, French, Japanese.

Education

, Brandeis University, 1990
PhD, Princeton University, 2002

Monographs

  • "", 416 pages.
  • "",. Traditional Chinese translation, 顧若鵬『』, 264 pages.
  • "", 242 pages. Japanese translation: バラク・クシュナー『』, 420 pages.

    Edited volumes

  • "", 334 pages, with Sherzod Muminov.
  • "", 338 pages, with Funabashi Yoichi. Japanese translation:『』, 488 pages.

    Translated Books

, 320 pages.

Awards and honors