Incoming Member
James A Millward
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
East Asian and Central Asian History
Website
James A. Millward is a historian of China and Inner (Central) Asia. At IAS, he will complete a historiographic critique of tropes in Chinese history that bolster Han-centric narratives and obscure the fabulous diversity of the Chinese past: “sinicization,” “the tribute system,” and “Chinese dynasties.”
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
–
Spring
Degrees
Stanford University
Ph.D.
1993
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
M.A.
1985
Harvard University
B.A.
1983
Honors
on-going
Academic editor of the series “Silk Roads” for the University of Chicago Press.
2010
President, Central Eurasian Studies Society
Appointments
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
1996
Professor