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Professor Peter Kornicki

Fellowship Type
College Position
Emeritus Fellow
University Position
Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies
Department
East Asian Studies
Degrees
MA in Japanese, MSc in Applied Social Studies, DPhil in Japanese Literature, DLitt (all University of Oxford).
Research Interests
Early modern history of East Asia
Awards & Prizes
Fellow of the British Academy (2000); member of Accademia Ambrosiana (Milan) (2011); Honorary Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford (2004); Japan Foundation Special Prize (1992); Yamagata Banto Prize (2013); The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2017)
Teaching Interests
History of East Asia, Japanese language and literature
Other Interests
Hiking, ski-ing, travel, languages