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2009-2010 Appointments

Please welcome new Lecturers/Associates/Visiting Professors, and Staff.  More

Andrew Wright, Ph. D., FRSL, Professor Emeritus of English Literature (UCSD Literature Department 1963-1991). Many of us knew Andy and we are saddened by the loss of an important person in the history of the Department of Literature.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Andy graduated from Harvard College, majoring in English and earned advanced degrees at Ohio State University. He authored Jane Austen’s Novels: A Study in Structure (1953), Joyce Cary: A Preface to His Novels (1958), Henry Fielding: Mask and Feast (1965, Blake’s ‘Job’: A Commentary (1972), Anthony Trollope: Dream and Art  (1983), and Fictional Discourse and Historical Space; Defoe and Theroux, Austen and Forster, Conrad and Greene (1987).

 Andy was a reviewer for the London Times Literary Supplement and other scholarly journals. He served on editorial boards, compiled the well-known Selective Bibliography for the Study of English and American Literature (with Richard D. Altick; 1979) and A Reader’s Guide to English & American Literature (1972), and was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright Fellowship twice each. Andy was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, and an honorary member of the Phi Beta Kappa.

On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 4:00 p.m., the Department of Literature and the Geisel Library, Mandeville Collection will host a service in memoriam for Andy, in the Seuss Room at the Library.

Masao Miyoshi, Ph. D., holder of the Hajimi Mori endowed Chair in Japanese Language and Literature (UCSD Literature Department 1986-2004). This past week-end we learned of the passing of our colleague and friend, Masao Miyoshi Ph.D., holder of the Hajime Mori Endowed Chair in Japanese Language and Literature, (UCSD Literature  Department 1986-2004). Many of us knew Masao and we are deeply saddened by the loss of an important person in the history of the  Department of Literature.

Born May 14, 1928, Masao graduated from the University of Tokyo, majoring in English, and  earned advanced degrees at New York University. He was a very respected and prolific scholar, who authored "the Divided Self: A Perspective on  the Literature of the Victorians" (1969), "Accomplices of Silence: The
Modern Japanese Novel (1975), "As We Saw Them: The First Japanese Embassy to the United States (1860)" (1979), "Off Center : Power and Culture Relations Between Japan and the United States" (1991), and "The University in 'Globalization' : Culture, Economy, and Ecology  (2003), as well as a great number of scholarly articles. He also  edited and co-edited many other books of essays on globalization, post- modernism, and the future of area studies. A number of his books and articles have been translated in several languages. Throughout his long and illustrious career, Masao received invitations to lecture around the world, and to contribute articles to many journals and edited volumes. As holder of the Hajime Mori Endowed Chair in Japanese Language and Literature, he lectured, presented papers and organized panels at major international conferences concerned with Japanese and East Asian cultural affairs. He was one of the  most high profile members of our faculty, and he will be very much  missed.

Please join us as we send our heartfelt condolences to Masao's  family and friends.