#  David Atherton 

Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

 

 

 



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 location\_on 2 Divinity Avenue, room 229 

 smartphone [(617) 495-8374](<tel:(617) 495-8374>) 

 email <datherton@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Website: David Atherton EALC Faculty ](https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/people/david-atherton) 

 

 



 

*Research interests*: Japanese literature and culture, popular fiction and theater; literature of early modern (Edo or Tokugawa) period.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## People Terms
    
     [Field of study: Japan](/people-terms/field-study-japan) [Faculty](/people-terms/faculty)