A Short Discussion on Rebellions in Official Chinese Histories

Author(s) This reflection was written post-mortem in 2021: Writing the midterm essay was my first...

The Scope of “China”: The identity of Historical Vietnamese Dynasties

Author(s) I have always been captivated by the self-identification of historical peoples and...

Women and Financial Power in the Song Dynasty

Author(s) I’ve always been interested in understanding the experiences of women in Ancient...

The Forgotten Buddha: Manichaeism and Buddhist Elements in Imperial China

Author(s) Growing up and seeing the diverse pantheon of deities on the altars at my...

Literature Review – Historiography of Women and Gender Equality in Both Taiping Ideology and Practice.

Author(s) The Taiping Rebellion is often recognised by historians as the beginnings of feminism...

Emasculated Patriarchs: Contesting Class in the Ming Dynasty through Castration

Author(s) It was precisely how little we know about eunuchs and the lower echelons of imperial...

Comparison of the Roman and Chinese conceptions of universalistic rule and of their utilization by ‘Barbarian’ polities

Author(s) As a descendant of the first Ming era Catholics, it was natural for me to continue the...