Dr John Makeham
Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
Reader, China & Korea Centre
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John Makeham BA (Hons) (ANU), MA (ANU), PhD (ANU) teaches Chinese language courses and courses in Chinese thought.
He is currently also serving as Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Asian Studies.
He is happy to supervise students on a broad range of topics in modern and pre-modern Chinese intellectual history.
Research Interests
Chinese Philosophy; Chinese intellectual history; the history of the formation and development of modern academic disciplines in China; the relationship between 'Confucianism' and Chinese cultural identity; the historical and social roles of intellectual orthodoxies; relations between majority and minority cultures and societies, with particular reference to mainland China and Taiwan; the historian's and the philosopher's differing approaches to traditional scholarship in China; the relationship between commentarial traditions and cultural memory.
The Formation and Development of Academic Disciplines in China Project
Selected Publications
| Lost Soul: "Confucianism" in Contemporary Chinese Academic Discourse |  |
| Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan |  |
| Transmitters and Creators:Chinese Commentators and Commentaries on the Analects Awarded the 2005 Joseph Levenson Book Prize by the Association for Asian Studies |
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| New Confucianism: A Critical Examination |  |
| Balanced Discourses |  |
| Name and Actuality in Early Chinese Thought |  |