Mary Elizabeth Berry

Academic Appointments

University of California, Berkeley, 1978 to present.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1974-1978.

Kyoto University, Visiting Scholar, 1978-1979, 1986-1987.

Stanford University, Visiting Professor, 2004-2005

Major Professional Service

Chair, Department of History, 2007-2012 

President, Association for Asian Studies (elected), 2004-05
Vice-President, 2003-04

Institute of East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, Interim Director, 2001

Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, UC Berkeley, Chair, 1998-2000

Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley, Chair, 1991-95, 1997-98

Japan Foundation
American Advisory Committee, 1999-
Chair, Doctoral Fellowship Sub-Committee, 2002-
Chair, Full Committee, 2004-

Journal of Japanese Studies
Editorial Board, 1989-2006
Advisory Board, 1987-89

Society of Japanese Studies
Board of Directors, 1987-2001, 2002-

Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (Yokohama)
Board of Directors, 1991-2002
Steering Committee, 1995-96
Selection Committee for Head, 1995

American Historical Review
Board of Editors, 1997-2000

American Historical Association
Nominating Committee (elected), 1995-98
Selection Committee, Award for Scholarly Distinction, 1997

Association for Asian Studies
Board of Directors, 1983-86 (elected)
Northeast Asian Regional Council, 1983-86 (elected)
Publications Committee, 1986-88

Journal of Asian Studies
Japan Book Review Editor, 1983-85
Assistant Editor, 1985-87

National Endowment for the Humanities
Panel of Reviewers, Division of Research Programs, 1994-95

Fulbright, Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Screening Committee in East Asian History and Literature, 1990-92
Chair, 1991-92

Mombusho (Japan's Ministry of Education),
Scholarship Selection Committee, 1988

Urasenke Foundation of Northern California
Chair, Board of Directors, 1993-2002

Japan Society of Northern California
 Advisor, 1993-95

Yale University, East Asian Prize Fellowships
 Committee of Examiners, 2003

Ohio State University, Referee
"Selective Investment Proposal," Department of History, 1999

University of Pennsylvania, External Review Committee
Department of History, 1994-95

Dallas Museum of Art, Historical Advisor to Japan's Golden Age: Momoyama Exhibition sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Culture
 Catalogue published by Yale University Press, 1995-96.

Townsend Center for the Humanities
Board of Directors, 1996-1999
Fellows Selection Committee, 1997
Working Groups Funding Committee, 1998

Work as a Referee
A. University Presses: California, Harvard, Princeton, Michigan
B. Journals: American Historical Review, Canadian Journal of History, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Japanese Studies, Monumenta Nipponica
C. Organizations: International Predissertation Fellowship Committee of SSRC, National Endowment for the Humanities, University of British Columbia Hampton Fund

Honors

Appointment as a Senior Faculty Fellow, Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley, 1993-94

Berkeley Book Prize for The Culture of Civil War in Kyoto, 1995

Distinguished Teaching Award, Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society and the Graduating History Majors, UC Berkeley, 1995

Appointment as Distinguished Lecturer on Japan, Association of Asian Studies, 1995-96

Appointment as Lawrence Stone Lecturer, Princeton University, Spring 2002

Appointment as Edwin McClellan Lecturer, Yale University, Spring 2002

Appointment as Yamato Ichihashi Visiting Professor of Japanese History and Civilization, Stanford University, 2004-2005

Appointment as Dean's Professor of East Asian History, University of California, Berkeley, 2005

Appointment as Class of 1944 Professor of History, 2007

Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009