Dr Alan Cummings has 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.
After a BA in Japanese and Law at SOAS, and an MA in Japanese Literature at Waseda University, Tokyo, Alan returned to SOAS to complete his PhD on the 19th century kabuki dramatist Kawatake Mokuami.
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
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
Kawatake Mokuami, Money Is All The Matters In This World [Translation]
Cummings, Alan (2017). In: Jones, Sumie, (eds.) and Inouye, Charles Shirō, (eds.), A Tokyo anthology : literature from Japan's modern metropolis, 1850-1920. Honolulu, Hawai'i: University of Hawaii Press, pp 233-246
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.3 : Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, pp 290-317
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
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
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
