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Michael Emmerich is a Professor in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he has been affiliated since 2013. Previously, he was a faculty member in East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies at UC Santa Barbara. His research spans Japanese literature across historical periods—from classical Heian-era court poetry to contemporary fiction—with emphasis on translation theory and the materiality of texts.
Education includes a BA from Princeton University, research at Ritsumeikan University (Tokyo), and a Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Columbia University. His scholarly work examines how translations shape literary canons, notably explored in his monograph The Tale of Genji: Translation, Canonization, and World Literature (Columbia University Press, 2013).
Research interests center on Japanese literary evolution, translation methodologies, and the intersection of textual materiality with cultural reception. He maintains active engagement with both scholarly analysis and practical translation, bridging academic and literary communities.
Awards include a Fulbright Scholarship, Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, and postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University’s Society of Fellows (2008-2009). These recognitions support his investigations into cross-temporal and cross-linguistic literary dynamics.
As a translator, Emmerich has produced over a dozen book-length works by authors like Kawabata Yasunari, Yoshimoto Banana, and Kawakami Hiromi. He also edits pedagogical resources for Japanese language learners, including Read Real Japanese: Fiction and New Penguin Parallel Texts: Short Stories in Japanese.
