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  Jeffrey A. Dym

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Title Professor of History

Office Hours

Mondays & Wednesdays 9:00-9:45; 1:30-2:30, and by appointment

Office Telephone
Office FAX 		(916) 278-4425
(916) 278-7476
E-Mail Dym@csus.edu
Mailing Address: Department of History
CSU, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6059



courses ::

FALL 2009

  • History 50: World Civilizations (MWF 10:00-10:50; MRP 1000)   syllabus - PDF
  • History 146A: Cultural History of Japan to 1800 (MW 12:00-1:15; BRH 218; GE C-1) syllabus - PDF
  • History 192C: Seminar in Recent Interpretations of Asian History (MW 3:00-4:15; Lib 126) syllabus - PDF  

SPRING 2010

  • History 6: Asian Civilizations   (MW 12:00-1:15; MRP 1000; GE C-1)
  • History 146B: Modern Japan, 1800-present   (MW 3:00-4:15; BRH 210; GE D1B)
  • Asia 177/HRS 177: Modern East Asian Cinema (W 6:00-8:50; GE C4/Writing Intensive)

SUMMER 2010 (2ND SESSION)

  • Asia 177/HRS 177 (ASIA 140/HIST140): Modern East Asian Cinema (W 6:00-8:50; GE C4/Writing Intensive)

FALL 2010 (Tentative)

  • History 50: World Civilizations (MWF 10:00-10:50; GE C-1)
  • History 146A: Cultural History of Japan to 1800 (MW: 3:00-4:15; GE C-1) 
  • History 146C: The History of Manga NEW!!! (MW 12:00-1:15; GE C-4)

SPRING 2011 (Tentative)

  • History 6: Asian Civilizations   (MW 12:00-1:15; MRP 1000; GE C-1)
  • History 146B: Modern Japan, 1800-present   (MW: 3:00-4:15; GE D1B)
  • HRS 174: Modern Japanese Literature and Culture (W: 6:00-8:50; GE C-4)

 

PREVIOUS


education ::

 Ph.D. History - University of Hawaii

M.A. Asian Studies - University of Michigan

B.A. East Asian Studies - Colby College

Research Scholar - Kyoto Gakuen Daigaku

Research Student - Waseda University


publications ::

 A Brief History of Benshi. About Japan: A Teacher's Resource.

Kamishibai: What is it? Some Preliminary Findings, Kamishibai for Kids.

Benshi, Japanese Silent Film Narrators, and Their Forgotten Narrative Art of Setsumei: A History of Japanese Silent Film Narration. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press, 2003.

"Tokugawa Musei: A Portrait Sketch of One of Japan's Greatest Narrative Artists." In In Praise of Film Studies: Essays and Translations in Honor of Makino Mamoru, edited by Aaron Gerow and Abe Markus Nornes. Yokohama: Kinema Club, 2001.

"Benshi and the Introduction of Motion Pictures to Japan." Monumenta Nipponica, 55:4 (Winter 2000): 509-536. (Also available at About Japan).


reviews ::

The Cinema of Naruse Mikio: Women and Japanse Modernity, by Catherine Russell. In Pacific Affairs Forthcoming.

Hip-Hop Japan: Rap and the Paths of Cultural Globalization, by Ian Condry. In Canadian Journal of History 42 (Winter 2007): 581-583.

Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture: An Illustrated Sourcebook, edited by Stephen Addiss, Gerald Groemer, and J. Thomas Rimer. In Education About Asia 12:3 (2007): 71.

Tolerance, Suspicion, and Hostility: Changing U.S. Attitudes toward the Japanese Communist Movement, 1944-1977, by Henry Oinas-Kukkonen.   In American Communist History 4:1 (2005).

Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan, by Frederik L. Schodt. In Canadian Journal of History 39 (August 2004): 446-448.

The Human Tradition in Modern Japan, edited by Anne Walthall. In Journal of World History 15: 1 (March 2004): 99-101.

Japan: A Modern History, by James L. McClain. In The Historian 65: 5 (Winter 2003): 1214-1215.

Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War, by J. D. Coleman. In The Historian 64: 3 & 4 (Spring and Summer 2002): 787-788.

Writing in Light: The Silent Scenario and the Japanese Pure Film Movement, by Joanne Bernardi. In Monumenta Nipponica, 56:3 (Autumn 2001): 430-432.

 

professional associations ::
  • American Historical Association
  • ASPAC: Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast
  • Association of Asian Studies
  • California Faculty Association
  • Phi Alpha Theta Historical Society
  • Phi Beta Delta: Honor Society for International Scholars

    • last updated: 11/6/2010