Home > People : Ann B Waltner
Specialties
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ritual
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law
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religion
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traditional Chinese social history
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law
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gender
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analysis of historical documentation
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rumor
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gossip
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chinese history
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world history
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feminism
Educational Background
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Ph.D.: Chinese History, University of California, Berkeley, 1981.
Publications
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Family: A World History. Waltner, Ann, Mary Jo Maynes, Oxford University Press, Co-Author, 2012.
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Temporalities and Periodization in Deep History: Technology, Gender, and Benchmarks of “Human Development": Waltner, Ann, Mary Jo Maynes, Social Science History, 36:1 59-83, 2012.
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Performing the Map and Music of Matteo Ricci: Waltner, Ann, Linda Pearse, Qin Fang, Ming Studies, 62 1-20, 2010.
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“Tanyangzi in her own Words and those of Wang Shizhen“ : Waltner, Ann, edited by Joan Judge and Hu Ying, University of California Press, Beyond Exemplar Tales: Women’s Biography in Chinese History, 2011.
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“Remembering the Lady Wei: Eulogy and Commemoration in Ming Dynasty China“ : Waltner, Ann, Ming Studies, 55 75-103, 2007.
Research Activities
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Transition from Girlhood to Adulthood in China and Europe: collaborative project with MJ Maynes, fall 2012 - ongoing
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Religion and kinship in late Ming dynasty China: the Story of Tanyangzi
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Spatial impropriety and other transgressions in Shen Fu's Six Records of a Floating Life
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Family scandal and political crisis in the domestic life of the sixteenth-century literatus Wang Shizhen, as shown in eulogies and letters
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comparative family history
Creative Activities
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The Map and Music of Matteo Ricci: Performance with Sacabuche an early music ensemble, using text pulled from seventeenth century sources, December 2010 - ongoing
Professional Activities
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Associate Dean for Academic Programs: 1997 - 2000
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Editor, Jounal of Asian Studies: 2000
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Co-chair, Program Committee, American Historical Association: 1996 - 1997
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Member, Program Committee, American Historical Association: 1995 - 1996
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Member of the Board, Association for Asian Studies: 2000 - present
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Chair, Levenson Prize Committee: 1995 - 1996
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Chair, CLA Committee on Curriculum, Instruction and Advising: 1996 - 1997
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Director, Institute for Advanced Study: 2005 - ongoing
Awards
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Graduate School Grant-in-Aid, 2001 - 2002
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Graduate Research Partnership Program, Summer 2002
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Graduate School Grant-in-Aid, 1990 - 1995
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Graduate Research Partnership Program, Summer 2001
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American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1986 - 1987
Courses Taught
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All 5920 - Topics in Asian Culture
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Hist 5940 - Topics in Modern Chinese History
Alternative Output Formats