Tag Archives: East Asian Studies

“Fresh from the Archives” (A New Series on Chinese History Dissertation Reviews)

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Thomas Mullaney

As everyone well knows who works in the field of history, archives are at once the most rewarding and frustrating parts of the job. They are sites of epiphany and of bureaucracy in equal measure, with their internal workings changing … Continue reading →

Posted in Archival Collections, China, East Asia | Tagged Archival Reviews, Archives, Asian Studies, China, Chinese History, Dissertation, East Asian Studies, Graduate School, History, Ph.D. | Leave a comment

20 New Dissertation Reviews Scheduled for 2011

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Thomas Mullaney

Chinese History Dissertation Reviews is proud to announce that over 20 new dissertations are set to be featured during the 2011-12 academic year, the majority of which will be reviewed by new members of the CHDR network. New authors and reviewers … Continue reading →

Posted in China, East Asia, Forthcoming Reviews | Tagged 2011-12 academic year, Asian Studies, CHDR, China, Chinese History, Chinese History Dissertation Reviews, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Forthcoming Reviews, Graduate School, History, People's Republic of China, Ph.D., Qing, Qing Dynasty, Republican China, University | Leave a comment

Coming in Fall 2011: Japan Studies Dissertation Reviews

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Thomas Mullaney

It is with great pleasure that we announce the forthcoming launch of “Japan Studies Dissertation Reviews,” set to go live in Fall 2011. In the tradition of CHDR

Posted in East Asia, Forthcoming Reviews, Japan | Tagged Asian Studies, Dennis Frost, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Graduate School, History, Japan, Japan Studies, Japan Studies Dissertation Reviews, Japanese Anthropology, Japanese History, Japanese Sociology, Ph.D. | Leave a comment

Coming in Fall 2011: Korean Studies Dissertation Reviews

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Thomas Mullaney

It is with great pleasure that we announce the forthcoming launch of “Korean Studies Dissertation Reviews,” set to go live in Fall 2011. In the tradition of CHDR

Posted in East Asia, Forthcoming Reviews, Korea | Tagged Asian Studies, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Graduate School, Korea, Korean Anthropology, Korean History, Korean Social Sciences, Korean Studies, Laura Nelson, Nancy Abelmann, Ph.D. | Leave a comment

See You in 2011 (and links to the first 10 reviews)

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

These last two months have been an exciting start for Chinese History Dissertation Reviews. Since our launch date on October 18th, we’ve posted 10 reviews of dissertations defended at eight different institutions, covering a wide array of topics and subfields. We … Continue reading →

Posted in China, East Asia, Fields, Forthcoming Reviews | Tagged 2008 Dissertations, 2009 Dissertations, Asian Studies, China, Chinese History, Christopher Leighton, Columbia University, David Luesink, Dirt Market, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, East India Company, Esherick, Graduate School, Hegel, History, Islam, Jeremy Brown, Law, Legal History, Li Chen, MIT, Montesquieu, Number One Historical Archives, Oral History, People's Republic of China, Ph.D., Pickowicz, Qing, Qing Dynasty, Republican China, Republican Period, Simon Fraser, Staunton, Tianjin, Tianjin Municipal Archives, UBC, UCSD, University, University of British Columbia, University of California San Diego, Wenshi ziliao, Zhihong Chen | Leave a comment

Saintly Brokers: Uyghur Muslims, Trade, and the Making of Qing Central Asia, 1696-1814. By KWANGMIN KIM (Review by Loretta Kim)

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Saintly Brokers: Uyghur Muslims, Trade, and the Making of Qing Central Asia, 1696-1814. By KWANGMIN KIM. University of California, Berkeley, 2008. 485 pp. Primary Advisors: Wen-hsin Yeh, Yuri Slezkine, and Patricia Berger. Kwangmin Kim’s dissertation is a significant contribution to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advisors, Alma Mater, Archival Collections, Berger, Patricia, Number One Historical Archives (Beijing), Slezkine, Yuri, University of California Berkeley, Yeh, Wen-hsin | Tagged 2008 Dissertations, Asian Studies, Berkeley, C. Patterson Giersch, China, Chinese History, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Economic History, Eurasia, First Historical Archive in Beijing, Graduate School, History, Islam, James Millward, Johan Elverskog, John Herman, Joseph Fletcher, khojas, Kwangmin Kim, Loretta Kim, merchant imperialism, Ming, Native Chieftain, Patricia Berger, People's Republic of China, Ph.D., Qing, Republican China, Russia, Tribute, Tribute System, University, Uyghur, Uyghurs, Wen-hsin Yeh, Xinjiang, Yuri Slezkine, Zunghar | 1 Comment

International and Wartime Origins of the Propaganda State: The Motion Picture in China, 1897-1955. By MATTHEW DAVID JOHNSON (Review by Kevin Carrico)

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

International and Wartime Origins of the Propaganda State: The Motion Picture in China, 1897-1955. By MATTHEW DAVID JOHNSON. University of California, San Diego, 2008. 485 pp. Primary Advisors: Joseph W. Esherick and Paul G. Pickowicz. Last autumn, the 60th anniversary … Continue reading →

Posted in Advisors, Alma Mater, Esherick, Joseph, Pickowicz, Paul, University of California San Diego | Tagged 2008 Dissertations, A Border Region Labor Hero, anti-colonialism, Asian Studies, China, Chinese film industry, Chinese History, colonialism, communism, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Esherick, film, film history, film industry, Graduate School, History, Kevin Carrico, Matthew Johnson, People's Republic of China, Ph.D., Pickowicz, propaganda, Qing, Qing Dynasty, Republican China, Republican Period, UCSD, University, University of California San Diego | 1 Comment

Stretching the Skin of the Nation: Chinese Intellectuals, the State, and the Frontiers in the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937) (Author: Zhihong Chen | Reviewer: James Leibold)

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Stretching the Skin of the Nation: Chinese Intellectuals, the State, and the Frontiers in the Nanjing Decade (1927-1937). By Zhihong Chen. University of Oregon, 2008. 304 pp. Primary Advisor: Bryna Goodman. In Stretching the Skin of the Nation, Zhihong Chen … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, China, East Asia, Fields, Goodman, Bryna, University of Oregon, Year of Defense | Tagged 2008 Dissertations, Asian Studies, Bianjiang, Bianjiang yanjiu, Bianshi yanjiu, Borderlands, Bryna Goodman, China, Chinese History, Chinese Social Sciences, Dao bianjiang qu, Develop the West, Dili zazhi, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Dixue zazhi, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, ethnicity, Frontier Affairs Research, Frontier Research, Frontiers, Geo-Science Magazine, geobody, Geographical Review, Geography, Go to the Frontier, Goodman, Graduate School, Gu Jiegang, Han, Han Chinese, History, History of Social Sciences, Islam, James Leibold, La Trobe University, LaTrobe University, Leibold, Manchurian Incident, margins, Nanjing Decade, Nation-State, Nationalism, New Asia, Pan-Asianism, Pan-Islamism, People's Republic of China, Ph.D., Qing, Qing Dynasty, Republican China, Republican Period, Territoriality, territorialization, The Evolution of Chinese Geography, Thongchai Winichakul, University, University of Oregon, Xin yaxiya, Yugong, Zhang Qiyuan, Zhihong Chen, Zhu Kezhen | 2 Comments

Gu Hongming and the Re-invention of Chinese Civilization (Author: Chunmei Du | Reviewer: Hyungju Hur)

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Gu Hongming and the Re-invention of Chinese Civilization. By CHUNMEI DU. Princeton University, 2009. 293 pp. Primary Advisor: Benjamin Elman. This dissertation illuminates the life and thought of Gu Hongming (辜鸿铭 1857-1928), a cosmopolitan scholar of the late Qing and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, Academia Sinica, Advisors, Alma Mater, Archival Collections, China, Daitō Bunka (University in Tokyo), East Asia, Elman, Benjamin, Fields, National University of Singapore Archives, Number One Historical Archives (Beijing), Number Two Historical Archives (Nanjing), Princeton University, University of Edinburgh Archives, Year of Defense | Tagged 2009 Dissertations, Academia Sinica, Anti-Westernism, Archives at the National University of Singapore, Asian Studies, Benjamin Elman, China, Chinese History, Chineseness, Chunmei Du, Confucianism, Daitō Bunka University, Diaspora, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Graduate School, Gu Hongming, History, Hyungju Hur, May Du, May Fourth, Modernity, Number One Historical Archives, Number Two Historical Archives, Orientalism, Ph.D., Princeton University, Qing, Qing Dynasty, Republican China, Republican Period, University, University of Edinburgh, University of Illinois | 1 Comment

Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900 (Author: Li Chen | Reviewer: David Luesink)

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900. By LI CHEN. Columbia University, 2009. 622 pp. Primary Advisor: Madeleine Zelin. Li Chen’s dissertation title is too modest. The dissertation goes a long way toward demonstrating not … Continue reading →

Posted in 2009, Advisors, Archival Collections, British Library, China, Columbia University, East Asia, East India Company Factory Records, Fields, Number One Historical Archives (Beijing), Year of Defense, Zelin, Madeleine | Tagged 2009 Dissertations, Asian Studies, China, Chinese History, David Luesink, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, East India Company, Graduate School, Hegel, History, Law, Legal History, Li Chen, Montesquieu, Number One Historical Archives, Ph.D., Qing, Qing Dynasty, Staunton | 1 Comment

Next on CHDR: Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth-Century China (Author: Jeremy Brown | Reviewer: Christopher Leighton)

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Chinese History Dissertation Reviews will soon feature Christopher Leighton’s review of Jeremy Brown’s dissertation, “Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth-Century China.” Please stay tuned.

Posted in Forthcoming Reviews | Tagged Asian Studies, China, Chinese History, Christopher Leighton, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Graduate School, History, Jeremy Brown, MIT, Ph.D., Simon Fraser, UCSD, University, University of California San Diego | Leave a comment

Next on CHDR: Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900 (Author: Li Chen | Reviewer: David Luesink)

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Chinese History Dissertation Reviews will soon feature David Luesink’s review of Li Chen’s dissertation, “Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900.” Please stay tuned.

Posted in Forthcoming Reviews | Tagged Asian Studies, China, Chinese History, Columbia University, David Luesink, Dissertation, Dissertation Reviews, Doctorate, East Asian Studies, Graduate School, History, Law, Legal History, Li Chen, Ph.D., Qing, Qing Dynasty, UBC, University, University of British Columbia | Leave a comment

Coming November 2010

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Thomas Mullaney

Set to go live on November 1, 2010, Chinese History Dissertation Reviews is a new site that features overviews of recently defended, unpublished doctoral dissertations in the field of Chinese history. Our goal is to offer readers a glimpse of … Continue reading →

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