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Timothy Brook

Timothy James Brook(Chinesename: Bặc chính dân; born January 6, 1951) is a Canadianhistorian,sinologist, and writer specializing in the study ofChina(sinology).[1][2][3][4]He holds the Republic of China Chair, Department of History,University of British Columbia.

Timothy Brook
BornTimothy James Brook
(1951-01-06)January 6, 1951(age 74)
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
OccupationSinologist, historian, writer
LanguageEnglish,Chinese,French,Japanese
Education
GenreHistory
SubjectSinology; cultural, economic, legal and social history; world trade and globalization
Notable worksBooks by the author
Website
www.timothybrook

His research interests include thesocialandcultural historyof theMing Dynastyin China; law and punishment inImperial China;collaborationduring Japan'swartime occupation of China,1937–45, theNanjing massacre,and Japanesewar crimestrials; global history; andhistoriography.

Early life and education

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Timothy Brook was born on January 6, 1951, inToronto,OntarioinCanada,grew up in that city and currently lives in Vancouver.[1][5]

After graduating from theUniversity of Toronto Schools,Brook received abachelor'sdegree in English literature at theUniversity of Torontoin 1973; amaster's degreein Regional Studies–East Asia atHarvard Universityin 1977, and in 1984 received aPh.D.in History andEast Asian Languagesat Harvard University, where his dissertation advisor wasPhilip A. Kuhn.[6]

Academic positions

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From 1984–86 Brook was a MacTaggart Fellow at theUniversity of Alberta;from 1986–97 he progressed from Assistant to Full Professor at the University of Toronto; from 1997–99 he was Professor of History atStanford University,and 1999–2004 he was Professor of History at the University of Toronto,[6]andShaw Professor of Chineseat theUniversity of Oxford.[7]He came toUniversity of British Columbiain 2004, and was Principal,St. John's College2004–2009.[4][6]He is also Academic Director of the Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program at the University of British Columbia'sInstitute of Asian Research.[8] He was elected President of theAssociation for Asian Studies2015.

Selected honors

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Editorial positions

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American Historical Review,2012--;Handbook of Oriental Studies,Brill, Leiden;Studies in Comparative Early Modern History,University of Minnesota, Minneapolis;International Journal of Asian Studies,University of Tokyo;Journal of Ming Studies,Taipei;Ming Studies,Society for Ming Studies, New Mexico State University;ShilinSử lâm (Historical studies), Shanghai. Since 2008, he has been Editor-in-chief ofThe History of Imperial China,a six-volume series published byHarvard University Press.[10]


Publications

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Brook's scholarly publications in the fields ofAsiansocial,economicandlegal historyandinternational tradeinclude:

Books written

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  • Geographical Sources of Ming-Qing History.Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies,University of Michigan,1988. Second expanded edition, 2002.
  • Quelling the People: The Military Suppression of the Beijing Democracy Movement.New York:Oxford University Press,Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1992; Stanford:Stanford University Press,1998.[11][12][13][14][15]
  • Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China.Cambridge: Council on East Asian Studies,Harvard University,1993.[16][17][18][19]
    • (in Chinese)Wei quanli qidao: fojiao yu wan Ming Zhongguo shishen shehui de xing cheng.Nanjing: Jiangsu renmin chubanshe, 2005.[10]
  • The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China.Berkeley:University of California Press,1998. Winner of theJoseph Levenson Book Prizeof 2000.[20]
    • (in Czech)Čtvero ročních dob dynastie Ming: Čína v období 1368–1644.Prague: Vyšehrad, 2003.
    • (in Chinese)Zongle de kunhuo: Mingdai de shangye yu wenhua.Beijing: Sanlian, Taipei: Linking, 2004.
    • (in Korean)K'waerak ǔi hondon: Chungguk Myǒngdaeǔi sangǒp kwa munhwa.Seoul: Yeesan, 2005.[10]
  • Collaboration: Japanese Agents and Local Elites in Wartime China.Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press,2005.[21][22][23][24][25]
  • The Chinese State in Ming Society.London:RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.[26][27]
  • Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World.New York: Bloomsbury; Toronto:Penguin;London: Profile, 2008.[3][4]
    • (in French)Le chapeau de Vermeer: Le XVIIe siècle à l'aube de la mondialisation.France: Payot, 2010.
    • (in Italian)Il cappello di Vermeer: il Seicento e la nascita del mondo globalizzato.Turin: Einaudi, 2015.
  • Death by a Thousand Cuts,with Jérôme Bourgon and Gregory Blue. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008.[28][29]
  • The Troubled Empire: China in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties.Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2010; Cambridge, Massachusetts:Belknap Press,2013.[30][31][32]
  • Mr. Selden's Map of China. Decoding the Secrets of a Vanished Cartographer.New York, Bloomsbury, 2013.ISBN978-1-62040-143-9
    • (in Italian)La mappa della Cina del signor Selden: il commercio delle spezie, una carta perduta e il Mar Cinese Meridionale.Turin: Einaudi, 2016.
  • Great State: China and the World.London, Profile Books, 2019.ISBN978-1-78125-828-6<https://profilebooks /great-state.html>

Books edited

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  • The Asiatic Mode of Production in China.Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1989.
  • National Polity and Local Power: The Transformation of Late Imperial China,by Min Tu-ki. Co- edited withPhilip Kuhn.Cambridge: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1989.
  • Culture and Economy: The Shaping of Capitalism in Eastern Asia.Co-edited with Hy Van Luong. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997.
  • Civil Society in China.Co-edited with B. Michael Frolic. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1997.
  • China and Historical Capitalism: Genealogies of Sinological Knowledge.Co-edited with Gregory Blue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
    • (in Chinese)Zhongguo yu lishi zibenzhuyi: hanxue zhishi de xipuxue.Taipei: Chu liu tushu gongsi, 2004. Simplified character edition: Shanghai: Xin xing chubanshe, 2005.
  • Documents on the Rape of Nanking.Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999.
    • (in Chinese)Expanded Chinese translation:Nanjing datusha yingwen shiliao ji.Taipei: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2007.[10]
  • Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities.Co-edited with Andre Schmid. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
    • (in Chinese)Minzu de gou gian: Yazhou jingying ji qi minzu rentong,2008.[10]
  • Opium Regimes: China, Britain, and Japan, 1839–1952.Co-edited with Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
  • The History of Imperial China(6 vols). Cambridge: Harvard University Press (2008-). Editor-in-chief from 2008 to date.[10]

Awards

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In 2009,Vermeer's Hatwon Brook theMark Lynton History PrizefromColumbia UniversityinNew York,worth $10,000 (U.S.). The prize is one of theLukas Prize Projectawards.[5][33]The book was described as a "bold, original and compulsively readable work of history."[5]

Death by a Thousand Cutswas a finalist and received an honourable mention for the Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of theAssociation of American Publishers2008 PROSE Award, in the World History and Biography/Autobiography category.[34][35]

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