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NicolasTackett
NicolasTackett
Professor
Education
PhD,ColumbiaUniversity(2006)
Dissertation:"TheTransformationofMedievalChineseElites"
MA,ColumbiaUniversity(2002)
BS,StanfordUniversity(1998)
ResearchInterests
Chineseelitesociety(7thto12thcenturies),meritocracy/Songpoliticalculture,NortheastAsianinterstaterelations(10th-13thc.),frontiers,nationalism,deathanddeathrituals,Tangcapitalcities
AcademicAppointments
Professor,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(2018-present)
AssociateProfessor,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(2013-2018)
AssistantProfessor,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley(2009-2013)
TeachingFellow,IHUMProgram,StanfordUniversity(2008-2009)
Lecturer,UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville(2006-2007)
SelectedHonors&Awards
ACLSFellowship(2019)
NEHFellowship(2019)
GuggenheimFellowship (2018)
JamesHenryBreastedPrize(2015)
ACLSDigitalInnovationFellowship(2014-2015)
UCPresident'sFacultyResearchFellowship(2011-2012)
IHUMPostdoctoralFellowship,StanfordUniversity(2008-2009)
GettyInstitutePostdoctoralFellowship(2007-2008)
FulbrightHaysDDRAFellowship(2004-2005)
ColumbiaTravelingFellowship(2002-2003)
PhiBetaKappa,StanfordUniversity(1997)
Courses
UndergraduateCourses
History1:GlobalHistoryHistory6A:HistoryofChina:OriginstotheMongolConquestHistory116G:ImperialChinaandtheWorldHistory103:FrontierHistoryHistory103:PrecursorsofModernNationalismHistory103:ChineseNationalismandEthnicityinHistoricalContext
GraduateCourses
History275:TangChinaHistory275:SongChinaHistory280:TheFrontiersofImperialChinaHistory280:AsianNationalismsHistory285U:DigitalApproachestoHistory
Databases
唐五代人物傳記與社會網絡資料庫 (1.0版)(ProsopographicandSocialNetworkDatabaseoftheTangandFiveDynasties,version1.0).Includesdataonover32,000individualsculledfrombiographies,genealogicaltables,andover3,000excavatedtombepitaphs.Onlythisversionofthedatabaseincludesqueriesassociatedwith TheDestructionoftheMedievalChineseAristocracy.
唐五代人物傳記與社會網絡資料庫 (1.5版)(ProsopographicandSocialNetworkDatabaseoftheTangandFiveDynasties,version1.5).Updatedversionofdatabase,nowwith39,204individualsand5,608epitaphs. OnlythisversionofthedatabaseincludesqueriesassociatedwiththeJournalofChineseHistoryarticle"TheEvolutionoftheTangPoliticalEliteanditsMarriageNetwork."
唐宋遼墓葬數據庫 (1.0版)(DatabaseofTang,Song,andLiaoTombs,version1.0).Includesdataonover1,700excavatedtombs(currentlymostlyfromNortheastChina).Guidetothedatabasehere.
Books
TheDestructionoftheMedievalChineseAristocracy
Supplementarymaterials:
ProsopographicandSocialNetworkDatabase. Seeabovefordescriptionofthedatabase.
Tableofcitedepitaphs.
TheOriginsoftheChineseNation: SongChinaandtheForgingofanEastAsianWorldOrder
Supplementarymaterials:
DatabaseofTang,Song,andLiaoTombs.Seeabovefordescriptionandguidetothedatabase.
DatabaseofSongPolicymakersandDiplomats.ContainsbasicdataonNorthernandSouthernSongmembersofthecouncilofstate,aswellasNorthernSongdiplomats(ambassadorsanddeputyambassadorstoLiao,plusescortsaccompanyingLiaoambassadors).Guidetothedatabasehere.
OriginalChineseofalltranslatedtext.
BibliographywithChinesecharacters.
Completeoriginalfootnotes. (withChinesecharacters,moredetailedcitationinformation,andadditionalrandomandextraneousobservations)
Articles
"TheEvolutionoftheTangPoliticalEliteanditsMarriageNetwork."JournalofChineseHistory4.2(2020):277-304.
“Violenceandthe1Percent:TheFalloftheMedievalChineseAristocracyinComparisontotheFalloftheFrenchNobility.”AmericanHistoricalReview124.3(2019):933-937.
ImperialElites,Bureaucracy,andtheTransformationoftheGeographyofPowerinTang-SongChina.”InDieInteraktionvonHerrschernundEliteninimperialenOrdnungendesMittelalters,editedbyWolframDrews,170-190.Berlin:DeGruyter,2018.
"SpatialOrganizationofChineseImperialGovernmentandSociety."InOxfordResearchEncyclopediaofAsianHistory.OxfordUniversityPress,2018.
"晚唐河北人對宋初文化的影響：以喪葬文化、語音、以及新興精英風貌為例"(TheImpactofLateTangHebeiontheDevelopmentofEarlySongEliteCulture).Tangyanjiu唐研究19(2013):251-281.
"TheGreatWallandConceptualizationsoftheBorderundertheNorthernSong." JournalofSongYuanStudies38(2008):99-138.
"GreatClansmen,Bureaucrats,andLocalMagnates:TheStructureandCirculationoftheEliteinLate-TangChina."AsiaMajor3rdser.21.2(2008):101-152.
SelectedPapers&Lectures
“NewNetworks,NewSocieties,andNewPoliticalIdealsduringtheTang-SongInterregnum.”AssociationforAsianStudiesAnnualMeeting,March22,2021.
“TheMechanicsofCulturalChangeinChinainaPeriodofDisunity,”HarvardUniversity,October5,2020.
“ThreeExamplesofTrans-BorderDiffusionin10th-11thc.NorthAsia:MortuaryCulture,EthnicCategories,andConceptionsofImperialSovereignty.”Conference“NorthChinaasPartoftheInnerAsianSystem,10th-15thcenturies,”NationalUniversityofSingapore,December9,2019.
“RelationsSong-Tangoutesauvudesdynamiquespolitiquesdudixièmesiècle”(inFrench).Écoledeshautesétudesensciencessociales,November20,2019.
“TheMechanicsofCulturalChangeinChinaduringPeriodsofDisunity.”Conference“BeliefsandCulturalFlowsofEastAsiainLateAntiquityandtheMedievalPeriod,”INALCO,Paris,October16,2019.
“CreatingHanEthnicityinEleventh-CenturyNortheastAsia:TheImpactofLiaoEthnicPoliticsandSong-LiaoDiplomaticPractice.”UniversityofWashington,May2,2019.
“PoliticalElitesandMarriageNetworksinTangChina(7th-9thc.).”Conferencefor StudiesinLateAntiquity,SantaBarbara,May18,2018.
“PoliticalFragmentation,EliteMigrations,andCulturalChangeacrosstheTang-SongInterregnum.”Tang-SongTransitionWorkshop,ColumbiaUniversity,April7,2018.
“中古中国社会与门阀大族”(MedievalChineseSocietyandtheGreatAristocraticFamilies).BooktalkorganizedbytheSocialSciencesAcademicPress,Beijing,June19,2017.
“唐帝国的覆灭与门阀大族”(TheCollapseoftheTangEmpireandtheGreatAristocraticFamilies).BooktalkorganizedbytheSocialSciencesAcademicPress,Beijing,June18,2017.
“宋辽时代丧葬文化与族群意识”(MortuaryCultureandEthnicConsciousnessduringtheSong-LiaoPeriod).DepartmentofAnthropology,SunYat-senUniversity,June5,2017.
“ApproachestotheGeographyofPoliticalPowerinTangChina.”Conferencefor StudiesinLateAntiquity,SantaBarbara,May20,2017.
“EliteCulture,CosmopolitanTravel,andtheOriginsofaNationalConsciousnessinNorthernSong(960-1127)China.”PrincetonUniversity,January19,2017
“黄巢兵亂後政治精英移民:反映在10世紀與宋初的筆記”(MigrationofPoliticalElitesPost-HuangChaoRebellion:AsReflectedinTenth-CenturyandEarlySong Biji).Tsing-huaUniversity(Taiwan),December18,2016
“唐宋的政治權力地理:數據化歷史的方法”(Tang-SongGeographyofPoliticalPower:ADigitalHistoryApproach).Tsing-huaUniviersity(Taiwan),December16,2016[Transcriptpublishedin早期中國史研究(EarlyandMedievalChineseHistory)]
“TheChangingGeographyofPowerfromtheLateTangtotheTenthCentury.”Conference“MakingConnections:ContemporaryApproachestotheTangDynasty,”Sarasota,FL,November12,2016
“RepresentingtheLocalistTurnwithGIS.”Conference“InSongandStory”atColumbiaUniversity,June2,2016.
“EliteFamilies,PoliticalLegitimation,andtheGeographyofPoweracrosstheTang-SongTransition.”AssociationforAsianStudiesAnnualMeeting,April2,2016.
“TheStructureoftheMedievalChineseAristocracy,withaParticularFocusonMarriageNetworksandGeographicDispersalduringtheTangDynasty(618-907).”PrincetonUniversity,March9,2016.
"Bureaucracy,ImperialElites,andtheGeographyofPoliticalPowerinTang-SongChina."Conferenceon"TheInteractionbetweenRulersandElitesinImperialSystemsbetweenLateAntiquityandtheEarlyModernPeriod,"UniversityofMünster,June12,2015.
"CosmopolitanTravelersandtheOriginsofaNationalConsciousnessamongElitesofNorthernSongChina."UniversityofLeiden,June8,2015.
"Lesvoyageurscosmopolitesetl'origined'uneconsciencenationalechinoise."Écoledeshautesétudesensciencessociales,June3,2015.
"LesfrontièresmilitairesetpolitiquesaucoursduXIesiècle."Écoledeshautesétudesensciencessociales,May22,2015.
"Lapaixetl'espritderevanchedanslesdiscoursdesélitesdesSongduNord."Écoledeshautesétudesensciencessociales,May20,2015.
"Lesréseauxsociauxdesfonctionnaireschinoisauneuvièmesiècle."Écoledeshautesétudesensciencessociales,May13,2015.
"TheGeographyofPowerinLateTangChina."UniversityofMelbourne,July29,2014.
"ANewPerspectiveontheGreatClansoftheLateTang."AustralianNationalUniversity,July21,2014.
"ChineseBureaucraticElites,TheirSocialNetworks,andtheGeographyofPoweracrosstheTang-SongTransition."InternationalMedievalCongress,UniversityofLeeds,July9,2014.
"MappingLocalism:NewDataontheGeographicRedistributionofPoliticalElitesacrosstheTang-SongTransition."ConferenceonMiddlePeriodChina,HarvardUniversity,June6,2014.
"晚唐河北对宋初文化的影响"(TheImpactofLateTangHebeionEarlySongCulture).PekingUniverity,June29,2013.
"十一世纪东北亚的丧葬文化与族群认同"(MortuaryCultureandEthnicIdentityinEleventh-CenturyNortheastAsia).MinzuUniversityofChina,June6,2013.
"晚唐的权力地理"(TheGeographyofPowerintheLateTang)(inChinese).MinzuUniversityofChina,May16,2013.
"DescriptionofTangProsopographicData/UsingDatainResearch."AssociationofAsianStudiesAnnualMeeting,March23,2013.
"SocialNetworksandFactionalStrifeamongtheBureaucraticAristocracyofNinth-CenturyChina."AmericanHistoricalAssociationAnnualMeeting,January5,2013.
"PoliticalPowerandtheSocialNetworkofLateTangElites."ChinaHumanitiesSeminar,HarvardUniversity,October15,2012.
"TheGreatWallinHistoryandMemory."BeijingLanguageandCultureUniversity,June6,2012.
"GeographicRelocationandtheExploitationbyLateTangElitesofCapital-BasedSocialNetworks."AssociationofAsianStudiesAnnualMeeting,March16,2012.
"UpheavalsinMedievalChina:AssessingtheImpactsoftheAnLushanandHuangChaoRebellions."EastAsiaCenter,UniversityofVirginia,November18,2011.
"TangColonialismandSongLocalism:AnAlternativeModelofElite-StateCompetition."MelbourneConferenceonChina(onthemeof"ChineseElitesandtheirRivals),July20,2010.
"TravelersthroughaContestedLandscape:Eleventh-CenturyYanandtheBoundingoftheChineseEcumene."AmericanOrientalSocietyAnnualMeeting,March13,2010.
"DelimitingtheChineseRealm:InternationalBordersinEleventh-CenturyNorthAsia."StanfordUniversity,October29,2009.
"CulturalDiffusionandHybridizationalongtheSong-LiaoFrontier."SilkroadFoundationSeminaronChina'sNorthernFrontier,Chaoyang,LiaoningProvince,July31,2009.
"HarvestingandInterpretingBiographic,Epigraphic,andGenealogicDataforMiddle-PeriodProsopography."FirstInternationalWorkshoponBiographicalDatabasesforChina'sHistory,HarvardUniversity,November21,2008.
"ThePeopleofYan:RegionalIdentityinaTrans-CulturalandTrans-EthnicZone."ConferenceonTranslocalandTransregionalDynamicsinChineseHistory,NationalUniversityofSingapore,May13,2008.
"DemicDiffusionandTrans-CulturalInnovationinMiddlePeriodChineseMortuaryCulture."GettyResearchInstitute,April14,2008.
"TheGreatWall,BorderLinearization,andtheTopographyoftheSongFrontier."UniversityofTennessee,Knoxville,January26,2007.
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