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Incoming Member

James A Millward

Starr Foundation East Asian Studies Member

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

East Asian and Central Asian History
James Millward is a historian of China and Inner (Central) Asia. At IAS he will complete a historiographic critique of tropes in Chinese history (sinicization, the tribute system, and Chinese dynasties) that bolster Han-centric narratives and obscure the diversity of the Chinese past. He is also working on silk road musical exchange.

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