Luke Roberts

Luke Roberts's picture
Visiting Senior Research Scholar in East Asian Studies (September - December, 2019)
Institution: 
University of California, Santa Barbara
Areas of interest : 
History of the Japanese Islands from 16th-19th Centuries
Region: 
Japan

Professor Roberts teaches history of the Japanese islands from ancient to modern times. He enjoys teaching and uses many visual and literary documents to help integrate social and cultural history with the economic and political. Professor Roberts likes to get students to think creatively about doing history. His research mostly focuses on the period between the late 1500’s and the late 1800’s, and his graduate teaching focuses on history during this period.