After a BA in Japanese and Law at SOAS, and an MA in Japanese Literature at Waseda University, Tokyo, I returned to SOAS to complete my PhD on the 19th century kabuki dramatist Kawatake Mokuami.
I have been teaching at SOAS since 2000 in a broad range of areas ranging from East Asian cultural history, pre-modern Japanese language and literature, Japanese classical theatre, and translation.
Cummings, Alan (2022). In: Consortium for, Global Japanese Studies, (ed.), After/ With コロナの「国際日本研究」─ヨーロッパからの報告 Global Japanese Studies after/with COVID-19: Reports from Europe. Kyoto, Japan: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, pp 137-148
Gerstle, Andrew and Cummings, Alan (2017). In: Guo, Nanyan, (ed.), 世界の日本研究2017: 国際的視野からの日本研究. Kyoto: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, pp 128-147
Gerstle, Andrew and Cummings, Alan (2016). In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (eds.) and Kornicki, Peter, (eds.), Japanese Studies in Britain: A Survey and History. Folkestone: Rennaisance Books, pp 187-211
Cummings, Alan (2013). In: Jones, Sumie, (eds.) and Watanabe, Kenji, (eds.), An Edo Anthology: Literature From Japan's Mega-City, 1750-1850. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 301-321
Cummings, Alan and Emmert, Richard (2003). In: Brandon, James R., (eds.) and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 4: Restoration and Reform, 1872-1905. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 302-325
The Three Kichisas and the New Year’s First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters [Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai]
Cummings, Alan and Hibino, Kei (2002). In: Brandon, James R., (eds.) and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.3 : Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press
Cummings, Alan (2002). In: Brandon, James R., (eds.) and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.1 : Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 288-313
The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest [Sanmon Gosan no Kiri]
Cummings, Alan (2002). In: Brandon, James R., (eds.) and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.2 : Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 72-81
Cummings, Alan (2002). In: Brandon, James R., (eds.) and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.3 : Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 290-317
The Revenge at Tengayamura [Katakiuchi Tengayamura]
Cummings, Alan (2002). In: Brandon, James R., (eds.) and Leiter, Samuel L., (eds.), Kabuki Plays on Stage. Vol.2 : Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 134-171
Review of Unspeakable Acts: The Avant-Garde Theatre of Terayama Shūji and Postwar Japan. By Fisher Sorgenfrei Carol. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. Pp. 340. ISBN 0824827961.
Cummings, Alan (2007). International Journal of Asian Studies (4) 2, pp 304-305
