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Anthony Barbieri-Low

Current Courses

Winter 2013 (current)

History 184A
History of China (Ancient Era to 589 CE) [cross listed]

Spring 2013 (tentative)

History 184B
History of China (589 CE to 1600 CE) [cross listed]
History 184DR
Directed Readings in Pre-Modern Chinese History

Department Fields

Announcements

Personal Research Website
This site contains my biography, current cv, summaries of published and current research, course syllabi, upcoming public talks, and sample lectures with audio and video.

Computer- Assisted Reconstruction of the Wuzhaishan Site
This is a virtual reality tour of a Chinese family cemetery dated to about 150 CE.

Current Graduate Students

Social, Economic, Legal, and Material Culture History of Ancient China

Associate Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2001

Office: HSSB 4225
Hours:
Phone: No phone Fax: (805) 893-8795
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I have wide-ranging interests in many aspects of Early China, including technology, organization of production, labor history, gender and social relations, legal process, material culture, and state formation. I teach undergraduate courses in East Asian civilization, world civilization, and early Chinese history, and graduate courses in specialized topics related to ancient China. For some of my research results, see the link under "Announcements" at the left.

Research and Teaching Interests

Ancient China
I specialize in the social, legal, economic, and material-culture history of early imperial China.
Chinese Archaeology and Epigraphy

Current Projects

“Law, State, and Society in Early Imperial China: Translation and Study of the Zhangjiashan Legal Texts.”
This is a multi-year, collaborative project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation. My collaborator, Robin D.S. Yates and myself will translate and study a group of legal texts excavated from a tomb.
"Views of the Qin"
This is a book-length project which will examine the Qin Dynasty of China from a variety of perspectives, including the views from archaeology, literature, and modern popular culture.
"Using Video Game Engines for Archaeological Site Reconstruction"
This is an ongoing project which experiments with using the latest in video game technology to provide more realistic reconstructions of archaeological sites.

Selected Publications

Artisans in Early Imperial China (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007)
A contextualized social history of artisans from the Qin and Han periods (ca. 221 BCE - 220 CE). Winner of the 2008 Breasted Prize (AHA), Morey Prize (CAA), & Levenson Prize (AAS), and ICAS Prize (IIAS)
Recarving China’s Past: Art, Architecture, and Archaeology of the “Wu Family Shrines.” New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005.
Winner of the Honorable Mention for the 2005 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award given by the Art Libraries Society of North America.
“Wheeled Vehicles in the Chinese Bronze Age (c. 2000-741 B.C.).” Sino-Platonic Papers 99 (February 2000).

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

History 80: East Asian Civilization

Honors and Professional Activities

Getty Villa Residential Scholar, Getty Research Institute, 2011
Winner of the 2009 Joseph Levenson Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies
Winner of the 2009 ICAS Book Prize, International Convention of Asia Scholars
Winner of the 2009 Charles Rufus Morey Book Prize of the College Art Association
Winner of the 2008 James Henry Breasted Book Prize of the American Historical Association
National Endowment for the Humanities, Collaborative Research Grant, 2007-9
National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowship for University Teachers, 2004-5
Honorable Mention for the 2005 George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award
Getty Foundation, Collaborative Research Grant, 2002-4
China Times Cultural Foundation, Young Scholar Award, 2000-2001