AWARDS
Awards and Distinctions
Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2002
Internal Academic Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Indiana University, 1995-96
Residential Fellow, 2008-Present
Citation Award, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for a group of ten items prepared in connection with the conference "The World of Genji: Perspectives on the Genji Monogatari," co-organized and co-chaired, Indiana University, August 17-21, and art exhibition "Genji: The World of a Prince," July 14-August 29, 1982, both in Bloomington, IN.
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Grants and Fellowships
National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant, 1993-1997, 2003-09, 2010-13, 2016-20
Toshiba International Foundation Collaborative Research Grant, 2001-03, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2015-16
Japan Foundation Professional Research Fellowship, 1989-90 and 1998-99
Suntory Foundation Collaborative Research Grant, 1995-97
Japan Foundation Conference Grant, 1995
American Council of Learned Societies and Social Science Research Council Preparatory Meeting Grant, June-August 1992
Lilly Endowment and Center for Philanthropy Fellowship for Course Development, 1991-92
Harvard University Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute Fellowship, 1982-83
Harvard University Japan Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982-83
American Council of Learned Societies, and Social Science Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1982-83; May-December 1990
National Endowment for the Humanities, Japan Foundation, and Indiana Committee for the Humanities Conference and Art Exhibition Grants, 1981-82
Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellowship, 1981-82
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Stipend, 1980
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Stipend, 1979
Chief Academic Appointments
Indiana University, Residental Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, 2008-Present
Indiana University, Assistant Professor to full Professor, Comparative Literature, and East Asian Languages and Cultures, 1979-2006
Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Visiting Research Fellow, 1998-99
International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Visiting Professor, 1997-98
Conference Grant, Japan Foundation, for conference on “Sexuality and Edo Culture,” Bloomington, 1995, in addition to funding as part of collaborative ongoing research grants from the Suntory Foundation and the NEH, 1993-97.
The project was launched by a Preparatory Meeting Grant, Joint Committee on Japanese Studies, American Council of Learned Societies and Social Science Research Council, June-August 1992 ($6,300)
The University of Tokyo, Visiting Research Fellow, Comparative Literature, May 1989 - December 1990
Harvard University, Mary Ingraham Bunting Fellow and Japan Postdoctoral Fellow, 1982-83