A prospective doctoral student interested in the anthropology of Japan recently inquired about what schools I'd recommend. I posted a list last year but thought I'd update it for 2007:
Ph.D. Granting Institutions with Japan Faculty)
- Canada: University of British Columbia - Prof. Millie Creighton
- USA: Boston University - Prof. Merry White
- USA: Columbia University - Prof. Marilyn Ivy
- USA: Duke University - Prof. Anne Allison
- USA: Harvard University - Prof. Theodore Bestor
- USA: Stanford University - Prof. Miyako Inoue
- USA: University of Hawai'i (Manoa) - Prof. Christine Yano
- USA: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) - Profs. Nancy Abelmann and Karen Kelsky
- USA: University of Iowa - Prof. Scott Schnell
- USA: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) - Prof. Jennifer Robertson
- USA: Yale University - Profs. William Kelly, Karen Nakamura*
* Italics = denotes junior faculty member who may or may not be taking on graduate students.
M.A. Programs
I'll keep updating this list, if you have any suggestions, additions, corrections, feel free to e-mail me or drop a comment below. Last updated: 2007/09/23