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Amy Stanley is a historian specializing in early modern and modern Japan, with particular interests in global history, women's history, and narratives. She is the Orrington Lunt Professor of History and the Director of the Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies at Northwestern University. Stanley completed her Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University in 2007. She has received several prestigious fellowships, including those from the Japan Foundation and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Her major works include the award-winning book 'Stranger in the Shogun's City' published by Scribner in 2020 and 'Selling Women: Prostitution, Markets, Household in Early Modern Japan.' Her scholarly articles have been published in prominent journals like the American Historical Review and the Journal of Asian Studies. Stanley teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Japan's twentieth century as well as early modern global history, and she actively accepts graduate students focusing on Edo and Meiji Japan.
Northwestern University • Evanston, IL
Directs the Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies and teaches courses in history.
Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.