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Professor Gordon Berger is a Professor Emeritus at USC Dornsife, specializing in the history of 20th century Japan and psychoanalysis. His original research focused on Japanese political institutional history and the management of male anxiety in the 19th century. He is also recognized as a leading expert on the history of sumo wrestling and its social significance. With over 15 years of experience as the director of the East Asian Studies Center, he dedicated his efforts to developing a Korean Studies program and managing the Korean Heritage Library collection at USC. His academic contributions have been acknowledged through various prestigious awards, including the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon from the Government of Japan in 2009, the Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award in 2000, and the General Education Teaching Award in 1997.
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