Research Area(s)
Japan

Leron Harrison

Years in Fellowship:
2012-2013
Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Culture, University of California, Irvine

Leron Harrison has a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literature from U.C. Irvine, with a dissertation on "Remembrance(s) of Immortals Past: Kasen as memory and Polemic in Japanese Court Poetry." His diverse interests include Heian and Kamakura waka poetry and poetics, interactions of Chinese and Japanese poetry and poetics, Japanese imperial court music, Japanese animation, Asian martial arts, and critical theory and philosophy. 

Leron  Harrison