Faculty (CEAS)

Susan L. Burns

Professor Department of History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, The College; Chair, Department of History Susan Burns

Phone(773) 702-8934

Emailslburns@uchicago.edu

Location1126 E. 59th St. Social Sciences 221 Chicago, IL 60637

Area of Study

Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

Committee on Japanese Studies

Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Department of History

Susan L. Burns

Professor Department of History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, The College; Chair, Department of History

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.