#  David Howell 

Executive Committee; Faculty Associate (on leave 2025–2026). 

Chair; Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Professor of Japanese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

 

 

 



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 location\_on 2 Divinity Avenue, Room 224, Cambridge, MA 02138 

 smartphone [(617) 495-8367](<tel:(617) 495-8367>) 

 email <dhowell@fas.harvard.edu> 

 



 

**Research interests:** The social history of Japan in the Tokugawa (1603–1868) and Meiji (1868–1912) periods.



 

 

 





 

 

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