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David Lurie is the Wm. Theodore and Fanny Brett de Bary and Class of 1941 Collegiate Professor of Asian Humanities and Associate Professor of Japanese History and Literature at Columbia University's Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. His academic credentials include a B.A. in Literature from Harvard University (magna cum laude, 1993), an M.A. (1996), and Ph.D. (2001, with distinction) in Japanese Literature from Columbia University. He teaches courses including Introduction to Kanbun, Mythology of East Asia, and graduate seminars on premodern Japanese literature.
Lurie's research spans the history of writing systems, premodern Japanese literary culture, mythology, and the reception of Chinese texts in Japan. His work explores the technological and cultural dimensions of literacy, with emphasis on: the evolution of kana syllabaries, Japanese lexicography, mythological narratives in early chronicles like the Kojiki, and comparative philology. His monograph Realms of Literacy (2011) received the Lionel Trilling Award for its analysis of writing in early Japan.
Lurie's publications demonstrate consistent focus on script adaptation, mythological hermeneutics, and premodern textual production. Recent works engage with global philology, vernacular theories, and the aesthetics of ugliness in mythology. His contributions to the Cambridge History of Japanese Literature (2015) established foundational frameworks for understanding early Japanese literary traditions.
Awards:
- Lionel Trilling Award (2012) for Realms of Literacy
