Susan L. Burns | Center for East Asian Studies

Susan L. Burns Areas of Study:

Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Committee on Japanese Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Department of History

Office: 1126 E. 59th St.
Social Sciences 221
Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773) 702-8934 Email Interests:

Early modern and modern Japanese history, late Tokugawa intellectual and cultural history, medicine and public health, gender

James Westfall Thompson Professor of History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College; Department Chair

Professor Burns focuses on 19th-century Japanese history, specifically the period between the Tokugawa era and the end of the Meiji period, and also the role of Western medicine in the lives of Japanese women.