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35-582: American scholar and translator of Japanese literature Dennis Washburn (born July 30, 1954) is an American academic and translator. He's the Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor of Asian Studies at Dartmouth College where he has taught since 1992. He has served as chair of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures and is currently chair of
70-802: A brilliant widow 1,000 years ago" . Washington Post . ^ Ian Buruma (20 July 2015). "A New Translation of "The Tale of Genji" - The New Yorker" . The New Yorker . Authority control databases [REDACTED] International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National Germany United States France BnF data Czech Republic Netherlands Latvia Poland Israel Belgium Artists MusicBrainz Other IdRef Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Washburn&oldid=1250688697 " Categories : 1954 births Dartmouth College faculty Yale University alumni Harvard University alumni Alumni of
105-632: A campus protest calling for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement . The article included the fact that ICE did not respond to a request for comment, leading to backlash from Harvard student groups who said that reaching out to ICE endangered Harvard students. The Crimson stood by its reporting and received support from journalistic ethics experts. During the COVID-19 pandemic , The Crimson abruptly switched to an internet-only format in March 2020. Paper editions were later restored during
140-413: A full-page editorial announcing " magenta is not now, and... never has been, the right color of Harvard." This particular issue, May 21, 1875, also included several reports on athletic events, a concert review, and a call for local shopkeepers to stock the exact shade of crimson ribbon, to avoid "startling variations in the colors worn by Harvard men at the races". The Crimson included more substance in
175-499: A president, managing editor, and business manager. In 1991, student reporters for The Crimson, including Josh Gerstein, who decades would later break the news of the Supreme Court's plan to overturn Roe v. Wade , were the first to break the news that Harvard had selected former Neil Leon Rudenstine , then Princeton University 's provost, to succeed Derek Bok as the university's president. The reporters, who had learned of
210-530: A publication established by ex-editors represented serious challenges to the Crimson ' s viability. In 1943, the banner on the paper read Harvard Service News , and the stories focused almost exclusively on Harvard's contribution to World War II . Under the authority of so-called wartime administrative necessity, alumni discouraged the Service News from editorializing. The paper was administered during
245-468: A secret meeting in New York City, got their confirmation when they approached a surprised Rudenstine on his plane ride back to Boston . The story appeared in an extra bearing the dateline "Somewhere Over New England." Throughout the 1990s, there was a great deal of focus on making the staff of the paper more inclusive and diverse. Over time, a financial aid program was instituted to try to address
280-418: A so-called humor magazine." The two organizations occupy buildings within less than one block of each other; interaction between their staff has included pranks, vandalism, and romance. Currently, The Crimson publishes two weekly sections in addition to its regular weekly paper: an Arts section on Tuesdays and a magazine called Fifteen Minutes on Thursdays. Issues of Fifteen Minutes come periodically in
315-488: A tumultuous semester in office. In May 2024, the newspaper announced it has raised $ 15 million through a capital campaign launched in 2020. The goal was to get $ 6 million for innovation, $ 6 million for its financial aid program and $ 3 million for building renovations, which had not seen a major renovation in 35 years. The funds will be stored in an organizational trust managed by Crimson alumni. The Crimson commissioned its headquarters building at 14 Plympton Street in
350-561: Is contested by other college newspapers. The Crimson traces its origin to the first issue of The Magenta , published January 24, 1873, despite strong discouragement from the Dean. The faculty of the College had suspended the existence of several previous student newspapers, including the Collegian , whose motto Dulce et Periculum ("sweet and dangerous") represented the precarious place of
385-498: Is the student newspaper at Harvard University , an Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The newspaper was founded in 1873, and is run entirely by Harvard College undergraduate students. The Harvard Crimson was one of many college newspapers founded shortly after the end of Civil War . The paper describes itself as "the nation's oldest continuously published daily college newspaper", although this description
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#1732782771863420-625: The Associated Press . Not even a staff writer yet, Lukas had arrived at the university with Joseph McCarthy 's home number in his pocket. His father was an opponent of McCarthy's and a member of the American Jewish Committee , the group that produced Commentary magazine. In 1966, The Harvard Crimson, Inc. was incorporated as a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation. The incorporation was involuntarily revoked, then revived, in 1986. The paper's key leadership include
455-492: The Harvard Square area in 1915. It was designed by Jardine, Hill & Murdock , and has been called "stolid, institutional and boring. All the things the Crimson isn't." Any student who volunteers and completes a series of requirements known as the "comp" is elected an editor of the newspaper. As such, all staff members of The Crimson , including writers, business staff, photographers, and graphic designers, carry
490-408: The 1880s, as the paper's editors were more eager to engage in a quality of journalism like that of muckraking big-city newspapers; it was at this time that the paper moved first from a biweekly to a weekly, and then to a daily in 1885. The paper flourished at the beginning of the 20th century with the commission of its own building in 1915, located at 14 Plympton Street in Cambridge , which remains
525-697: The Comparative Literature Program. Washburn has published extensively on Japanese literature and culture and is an active translator of both modern and classical Japanese fiction. In 2004 he received the Japanese Foreign Ministry 's citation for contributions to cross-cultural understanding, and in 2008 he received the Japan-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize for translating Tsutomu Mizukami 's The Temple of
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595-1230: The Wild Geese (雁の寺, Gan no tera) and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen (越前竹人形, Echizen takeningyō), two novellas by Tsutomu Mizukami , Dalkey Archive Press, 2008. Laughing Wolf (笑い狼, Warai okami) by Yūko Tsushima , Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2011. The Tale of Genji (源氏物語, Genji monogatari) by Murasaki Shikibu (unabridged with annotations and with an introduction), New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2015. References [ edit ] ^ "Dennis Charles Washburn" . dartmouth.edu . ^ Oransky, Ivan (1 June 1992). "EALC Professor Denied Tenure By University" . The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved 29 July 2015 . ^ "Japanese honor Washburn" . dartmouth.edu . Vox of Dartmouth. 17 May 2004 . Retrieved 29 July 2015 . ^ "Donald Keene Center" . keenecenter.org . ^ "The Tale of Genji (unabridged)" . wwnorton.com . ^ "Book review of The Tale of Genji - Open Letters Monthly - an Arts and Literature Review" . openlettersmonthly.com . ^ Steven Moore (23 July 2015). " 'The Tale of Genji': The work of
630-546: The Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen . Education [ edit ] Harvard University : BA (June, 1976) – While at Harvard University, Dennis studied with some notable figures in American literature, such as Elizabeth Bishop . Pembroke College, Oxford University : MA (August, 1979) Waseda University : Monbusho Fellow (October, 1983 to March, 1985) Yale University : Ph.D. (June, 1991) – Along with Alan Tansman , Dennis earned his Ph.D under
665-488: The beginning of 2004 The Crimson began publishing with a full-color front and back page, in conjunction with the launch of a major redesign. The Crimson no longer prints in-house but used to print over fifteen other publications on its presses. The Crimson has a rivalry with the Harvard Lampoon , which it refers to in print as a "semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish
700-451: The fall 2021 semester. In July 2022, the paper announced that it was changing from daily to weekly issues that fall as part of a shift to digital-first journalism. On April 29, 2022, the paper editorialized support for the BDS movement . In a May 1, 2022 editorial, the editors wrote, "We are proud to finally lend our support to both Palestinian liberation and BDS — and we call on everyone to do
735-417: The form of glossies. The Crimson is a nonprofit organization that is independent of the university. All decisions on the content and day-to-day operations of the newspaper are made by undergraduates. The student leaders of the newspaper employ several non-student staff, many of whom have stayed on for many years and have come to be thought of as family members by the students who run the paper. The Crimson
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#1732782771863770-432: The leadership of a political party which has inflicted damage on the universities of Germany through measures which have struck at principles we believe to be fundamental to universities throughout the world." The Crimson defended it, "That political theories should prevent a Harvard student from enjoying an opportunity for research in one of the world's greatest cultural centers is most unfortunate and scarcely in line with
805-469: The liberal traditions of which Harvard is pardonably proud." The paper returned to its traditional civilian version in 1946, and it grew larger, more financially secure, more diversified, and began more extensive coverage of the world outside the campus during the early Cold War era. While financially independent and independent of editorial control by the Harvard University administration,
840-533: The newspaper remained under the university's administrative control with its student staff subject to university rules and discipline. Radcliffe women on staff were forced to follow curfews to which Harvard men were not subject, and that interfered greatly with the late hours required in producing a newspaper. Throughout the 1950s, The Crimson and various university officials exchanged letters debating these restrictions. Crimson editors pushed for later curfews for their female writers, who grew increasingly involved in
875-421: The newspaper's daily operations. Under president Phillip Cronin ('53), women became staff members rather than Radcliffe correspondents. Crimson writers were involved in national issues, especially when anti- communist investigative committees came to Harvard. Future Pulitzer Prize –winning writer Anthony Lukas ' stories, including an interview with HUAC witness Wendell H. Furry , were sometimes picked up by
910-427: The outgoing guard. This process is referred to as the "turkey shoot" or the "shoot". The unsigned opinions of ' " The Crimson Editorial Board" are decided at triweekly meetings that are open to any Crimson Editorial editor (except those editors who plan to write or edit a news story on the same topic in the future). The Crimson is one of the only college newspapers in the U.S. that owns its own printing presses. At
945-442: The paper's headquarters, and its purchase of Harvard Illustrated Magazine and the establishment of an editorial board in 1911. The Illustrated ' s editors became Crimson photographers, and thereby established the photographic board. The newspaper's president no longer authored editorials single-handedly, and the paper took stronger editorial positions. During 1930s and 1940s, reduced financial resources and competition from
980-607: The problem of a lack of socioeconomic diversity. Today, some 90 editors participate in the financial aid program every semester. Crimson editors repeated their scoop of Harvard's presidency in 2001, beating out national media outlets to report that Lawrence Summers would succeed Rudenstine, and again in 2007, being the first to report Drew Gilpin Faust 's ascension to the presidency. On January 12, 2004, The Crimson printed its first color edition after obtaining and installing four new Goss Community color presses. The date also marked
1015-498: The same." The paper's editorial board admitted that where it previously held a "skeptical" stance on the matter, it has now shifted to fully supporting the BDS campaign, insisting that, "The weight of this moment — of Israel 's human rights and international law violations and of Palestine's cry for freedom — demands this step". In 2024, The Crimson scooped national outlets to the news that Claudine Gay would be resigning her post after
1050-409: The student press at Harvard University in the late 19th century. The Magenta ' s editors declined Dean Burney's advice and moved forward with a biweekly paper, "a thin layer of editorial content surrounded by an even thinner wrapper of advertising". The paper changed its name to The Crimson in 1875 when Harvard changed its official color by a vote of the student body—the announcement came with
1085-596: The subpoena, stating that it would not comply with ConnectU's demands for documents. On April 23, 2006, The Crimson was the first to allege that portions of Harvard student Kaavya Viswanathan 's highly publicized debut young adult novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life had been plagiarized from two bestselling books by novelist Megan McCafferty . Further allegations were later made that Viswanathan's novel had drawn inappropriately from other novels as well. In 2019, The Crimson came under fire from some Harvard student groups after an article on
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1120-527: The title of editor. If an editor makes news, they are referred to in the paper's news article as a " Crimson editor", which, though important for transparency, also leads to characterizations such as "former President John F. Kennedy '40, who was also a Crimson editor, ended the Cuban Missile Crisis." Editorial and financial decisions rest in a board of executives, collectively called a "guard", who are chosen for one-year terms each November by
1155-1154: The tutelage of Edwin McClellan . Selected works [ edit ] Academic studies [ edit ] Translating Mount Fuji: Modern Japanese Fiction and the Ethics of Identity , New York: Columbia University Press, 2006. The Dilemma of the Modern in Japanese Fiction , New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. As editor [ edit ] Converting Cultures: Ideology, Religion, and Transformations of Modernity (Editor with A. Kevin Reinhart), Leiden: Brill, 2007. Word and Image in Japanese Cinema (Editor with Carole Cavanaugh), New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Translations from Japanese [ edit ] Shanghai (上海, Shanhai) by Riichi Yokomitsu , Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 2001. The Temple of
1190-793: The unveiling of a major redesign of the paper itself. In 2004, The Crimson filed a lawsuit against Harvard University to force the Harvard University Police Department to release more complete records to the public. The case was heard before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in November 2005. In January 2006, the court decided the case against The Crimson and in favor of the university. In November 2005, The Crimson had its records subpoenaed by ConnectU in relation to its lawsuit against Facebook . The Crimson challenged
1225-444: The war by a board of Harvard University administrators, alumni, and students. In 1934, The Crimson defended a proposal by Adolf Hitler 's press secretary, Ernst F. Sedgwick Hanfstaengl , to donate to Harvard a prize scholarship to enable a Harvard student to attend a Nazi university. The Harvard Corporation voted unanimously to refuse the offer: "We are unwilling to accept a gift from one who has been so closely identified with
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