Christopher Hewitt Award
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Edition 6 (2018) Winner
John Whittier Treat
ジョン・ウィッティア・トリート
John Whittier Treat
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-08-10 （New Haven, Connecticut, United States）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English, Japanese
- Residence History
- New Haven, Connecticut, United States - primary residence and place of work → Amherst, Massachusetts - during undergraduate studies
Career
- Occupations
- Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Scholar, Translator, Author
- Active Years
- 1975-
- Affiliations
- Yale University (Professor Emeritus), Journal of Japanese Studies (co-editor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | Asian Studies | — | BA | 1971–1975 | United States |
| Yale University | East Asian Languages and Literatures | — | MA | 1977–1979 | United States |
| Yale University | East Asian Languages and Literatures | — | PhD | 1979–1982 | United States |
Amherst College
Asian Studies
Degree:
BA
Period:
1971–1975
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Yale University
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Degree:
MA
Period:
1977–1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
United States
Yale University
East Asian Languages and Literatures
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1979–1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | John Whitney Hall Book Prize | — | — | Association for Asian Studies | 受賞 |
| 1994 | NEH Summer Stipend | — | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | 助成 |
| 1996 | Mary Weeks Senior Fellowship | — | — | Center for the Humanities, Stanford University | フェロー |
| 1998 | Social Science Research Council Grant | — | — | Social Science Research Council | 助成 |
John Whitney Hall Book Prize
1997
Organization:
Association for Asian Studies
Result:
受賞
NEH Summer Stipend
1994
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
助成
Mary Weeks Senior Fellowship
1996
Organization:
Center for the Humanities, Stanford University
Result:
フェロー
Social Science Research Council Grant
1998
Organization:
Social Science Research Council
Result:
助成
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Pools of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse Masuji
1988 Nonfiction (literary criticism)A study of the works of Ibuse Masuji, analyzing his literary significance and position within postwar Japanese literature.
postwar literaturememory and representationatomic bomb literature
Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture
1995 Nonfiction (cultural studies)A multi-faceted examination of contemporary Japanese popular culture, discussing interactions between literature, media, and everyday culture.
popular culturesubculturemedia studies
Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb
1995 Nonfiction (literary criticism)Examines representations and narrative structures of atomic bomb literature in Japan, addressing issues such as documentary claims.
atomic bomb literaturememorynarration
Great Mirrors Shattered: Homosexuality, Orientalism, and Japan
1999 Nonfiction (gender and cultural studies)Explores issues of cultural representation and identity through discussions of homosexuality and Orientalism in Japan.
genderorientalismcultural representation
The Rise and Fall of Modern Japanese Literature
2018 Nonfiction (literary history)An overview of the development and transformation of modern Japanese literature from a longue durée perspective, analyzing causes of its rise and decline.
literary historymodernizationcultural change
The Rise and Fall of the Yellow House
2015 FictionA work of fiction addressing themes of social and personal memory and transformation (summary limited due to scant public detail).
memorysocial change
Bibliography
- Pools of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse Masuji (1988)
- Contemporary Japan and Popular Culture (1995)
- Writing Ground Zero: Japanese Literature and the Atomic Bomb (1995)
- Great Mirrors Shattered: Homosexuality, Orientalism, and Japan (1999)
- The Rise and Fall of the Yellow House (2015)
- Maid Service (2020)
- First Consonants (2022)
Translations by Author
- Translation/introduction of Yi Kwangsu's "Maybe Love" (1909) published in Azalea (2011)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- interdisciplinary comparative-cultural analysisemphasis on historical contextapplication of critical theory
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and traumapolitics of representationmodernization and its effects
Legacy
A scholar who made significant contributions to studies of modern Japanese literature, atomic bomb literature, popular culture, and gender; through teaching and research at Yale he contributed to the development of Japanese literary studies in the United States.
Academic Societies
- Association for Asian Studies (associated)
Trivia
- Professor Emeritus of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University.
- Has served as a co-editor of the Journal of Japanese Studies.
- In 2011 he translated and introduced Yi Kwangsu's short story "Maybe Love," published in Azalea.