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Michael Nylan is the Jane K. Sather History Chair at the University of California, Berkeley's Department of History. He specializes in early empires in China, with a strong emphasis on philosophy, art, and archaeology. His current projects include reconstructing Han-era documents and a general-interest study of influential historians. Nylan has published several significant works, including 'Chang'an 26 BCE: Augustan Age China,' which offers substantive comparisons to the Roman Empire. He has contributed numerous translations and edited volumes surrounding classic Chinese thought and texts. Nylan's research interests extend into the dynamics of political culture during early China and contemporary interpretations of historical contexts. Additionally, he explores aesthetics, gender history, and emotional histories within Chinese historical narratives, further developing the discourse around the political good in early Chinese societies.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Teaching and conducting research in early Chinese history, philosophy, and archaeology.
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