Past Member
Stephen H West
Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Chinese History and Literature of the Tenth to Sixteenth Centuries
Website
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Stephen West is researching the transitional period from the last days of the Jin dynasty to the reign of Kubilai Khan in the Yuan dynasty and investigating how conquest functioned as a catalyst for human re-engagement with the material, cultural, and social world through the act of writing.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
University of Michigan
Ph.D.
1972
Appointments
Arizona State University
2004–2020
Foundation Professor of Chinese
University of California, Berkeley
1986–2004
Louis Agassiz Professor of Chinese Language and Culture
University of Arizona
1972–1986
Asst., Assoc. and Full Professor
