Peter Kornicki#
| Membership Number: | 3308 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/general_info/biographies/japanese/Kornicki.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2012 Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge
- Since 2008 Deputy Warden, Robinson College, Cambridge
- 2006-2012 Professor of East Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge
- 2000 to 2006 Professor of Japanese history and bibliography at the University of Cambridge
- 1978 to 1982 Associate Professor at the Humanities Research Institute of Kyoto University
Fields of Scholarship
- History of the book in East Asia
- History of the book in Japan
- History of the book in Korea
- History of the book in Vietnam
- Manuscripts in the age of print
- Cultural translation in East Asia
- Japanese bibliography
Honours and Awards
- 1992 Japan Foundation Special Prize (with Hayashi Nozomu)
- 1993 Japan Festival Award (with Richard Bowring)
- 2000 Elected Fellow of the British Academy
- 2004 Elected Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford
- 2011 Doctor of Letters, University of Oxford
