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Robert Borgen Professor of Japanese and History Ph.D., University of Michigan Email: rborgen@ Phone: (530) 752-4127 Office: 302 Sproul Hall Office Hours

Research Interests
Early Japanese history and literature

Major Publications

• Sugawara no Michizane and the Early Heian Court (Harvard, 1986; paperback edition, University of Hawaii, 1994)
  

Current Projects
My current research focuses on early Japanese pilgrims to China and the cult of Tenjin worship

Honors and Awards

• James Henry Breasted Prize (awarded by The American Historical Association, 1990)

Courses Taught

• Japanese Literature in Translation: Early Period (JPN 101)
  
• Japanese Literature in Translation: Middle Period (JPN 102)
• History of East Asian Civilization (History 9B)
• Aristocratic and Feudal Japan (History 194A)