Past Member
Constantine Vaporis
Starr Foundation East Asian Studies Member
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Japanese History (Early Modern Period)
Website
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Constantine Vaporis is working on a collection of biographies of samurai from 1600 to 1868. Through the lives of fourteen individuals, this book project aims to capture the larger story of the transformation of the samurai from largely illiterate, landed warriors to an urban, cultured, and primarily stipended bureaucratic elite.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
1987
Honors
2016-20
ASIANetwork Speakers Bureau
2014-present
Smithsonian Journeys Expert
2013-16
UMBC Presidential Research Professor
2013
Franklin R. Buchanan Prize (AAS) for Curricular Materials
Appointments
University of Maryland Baltimore County
2008–2020
Professor of History
University of Maryland Baltimore County
2011–2017
Founding Director, Asian Studies Program
University of Pennsylvania
2010
Visiting Professor
International Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
2003–2004
Visiting Research Professor
Johns Hopkins University
2002–2003
Visiting Professor