Barak Kushner


Barak Kushner is 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

, Princeton University, 2002
BA, Brandeis University, 1990

Monographs

, 320 pages.

Honors and Grants

John K. Fairbank Prize for best book in East Asian History
Cambridge Humanities Research Grant for Digital Humanities,
Cambridge DAAD German Research Hub Award,
Toshiba Foundation Grant,
Sophie Coe Prize for Food History,
European Research Council Five-Year Grant,
Newton Trust Small Research Grant,
British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship,
Japan Foundation Endowment Committee Grant,
Japan Ministry of Education Collaborative Young Scholars Grant,
British Academy Short Term Grant,
Taiwanese Ministry of Education Foreign Summer Grant,
British Academy Conference Grant,
Anglo-Japanese Daiwa Foundation Grant,
Taiwanese Ministry of Education Foreign Summer Grant,
Abe Fellowship,
Japan Foundation Endowment Committee Grant,
Freeman Foundation Grant,
David L. Boren National Security Education Program Graduate International Fellowship,
Fulbright IIE Dissertation Graduate Fellowship to Japan