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Jansen then pursued his PhD at Harvard University, studying under [[John King Fairbank]] and [[Edwin O. Reischauer]]. After receiving his PhD, Jansen taught at the University of Washington beginning in 1950, before moving back to Princeton in 1959, where he was hired as a professor of History and Oriental Studies. When the university established its department of East Asian Studies in 1969, Jansen served as its first head, and remained at Princeton until 1992, when he retired and became Professor Emeritus.
Jansen then pursued his PhD at Harvard University, studying under [[John King Fairbank]] and [[Edwin O. Reischauer]]. After receiving his PhD, Jansen taught at the University of Washington beginning in 1950, before moving back to Princeton in 1959, where he was hired as a professor of History and Oriental Studies. When the university established its department of East Asian Studies in 1969, Jansen served as its first head, and remained at Princeton until 1992, when he retired and became Professor Emeritus.
Over the course of his career, he was also prominent and active in a number of major organizations, including involvement in the Fulbright Commission, and terms as president of the Association for Asian Studies and as chair of the American Committee of the Japan Foundation. He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1985, and in 1999 became the first non-Japanese to be awarded the Prize for Distinguished Cultural Merit (''Bunka Kôrôshô'').
He passed away in 2000, at age 78.
He passed away in 2000, at age 78.
==Selected Bibliography==
==Selected Bibliography==
Jansen published over 20 works on Japan over the course of his career.
*''The Japanese and Sun Yat-sen'' (1954)
*''The Japanese and Sun Yat-sen'' (1954)
*''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration'' (1961)
*''Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration'' (1961)
*''Studies in the Institutional History of Early Modern Japan'' (co-edited with [[John Whitney Hall]], 1968)
*''Japan and China, From War to Peace: 1894-1974'' (1975)
*''Japan and China, From War to Peace: 1894-1974'' (1975)
*''Japan and Its World: Two Centuries of Change'' (1981)
*''Japan and Its World: Two Centuries of Change'' (1981)
*''China in the Tokugawa World'' (1992)
*''[[Warrior Rule in Japan]]'' (1995)
*''The Making of Modern Japan'' (2000)
==References==
==References==
*"[http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/00/q4/1213-jansen.htm Professor Marius Berthus Jansen, scholar of Japanese history, dies]," News from Princeton University, 13 December 2000.
*Wolfgang Saxon, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/26/world/marius-b-jansen-78-scholar-of-japanese-history-and-culture.html Marius B. Jansen, 78, Scholar Of Japanese History and Culture]," ''New York Times'', 26 December 2000.
*Wolfgang Saxon, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/26/world/marius-b-jansen-78-scholar-of-japanese-history-and-culture.html Marius B. Jansen, 78, Scholar Of Japanese History and Culture]," ''New York Times'', 26 December 2000.
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[[Category:Historians]]