Laura Nenzi

Research and teaching interests:

Professor Laura Nenzi specializes in early modern Japanese history (1600-1868), social and cultural. Her primary research is about travel, with particular concentration on the construction of identity in the travel diaries of women. She has carried out extensive archival research in Tokyo and Kyoto, and was recently invited to give a paper on “The Open Road and the Blank Page, Diaries of Traveling Women in the Edo Period” at Cambridge University (UK).

One of our popular young teacher/scholars, Professor Nenzi was recently surprised to be honored as a guest in the annual ‘Bring Your Favorite Professor to Dinner’ of the College of Arts and Sciences. She offers courses in world history, “East meets West,” Japanese history, the history of East Asia, the urban history of Edo/Tokyo, and specialized graduate seminars on culture and authority in East Asia.

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	Laura Nenzi Assistant Professor (Early Modern Japanese History: social and cultural, East Asia) University of California at Santa Barbara, Ph.D. 2004 DM 385C Tel. (305) 348-6212 nenzil@fiu.edu
Research and teaching interests: Professor Laura Nenzi specializes in early modern Japanese history (1600-1868), social and cultural. Her primary research is about travel, with particular concentration on the construction of identity in the travel diaries of women. She has carried out extensive archival research in Tokyo and Kyoto, and was recently invited to give a paper on “The Open Road and the Blank Page, Diaries of Traveling Women in the Edo Period” at Cambridge University (UK). One of our popular young teacher/scholars, Professor Nenzi was recently surprised to be honored as a guest in the annual ‘Bring Your Favorite Professor to Dinner’ of the College of Arts and Sciences. She offers courses in world history, “East meets West,” Japanese history, the history of East Asia, the urban history of Edo/Tokyo, and specialized graduate seminars on culture and authority in East Asia. Curriculum Vitae History Home