Professor John Makeham
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Professor of Chinese Studies,
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John Makeham BA (Hons) (ANU), MA (ANU), PhD (ANU) teaches Chinese language courses and courses in Chinese thought.
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
