JAMES ADAMS
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855-5950
EDUCATION
Received a Ph.D.
degree from the Department of History. My fields of study included:
Late Imperial China, Modern China, Pre-modern Southeast Asia, and High Medieval
Europe.
Attended classes in
the graduate history program of NTU as a recipient of the UW-Taida exchange fellowship. Collected
materials for thesis research and consulted
with Song specialists at the National Central Library and the Academia Sinica.
Received MA degree from the Department of History in the fields of
Modern
Studied Chinese history, political thought, and economic reform.
Studied in the
department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. My undergraduate
curriculum included Chinese language classes and yearlong tutorials on various
aspects of Chinese history and culture.
DISSERTATION
TOPIC
“Frontier
Management and Tribute Relations along the Empire's Southern Border:
My project involved a
documentary and archaeological study of tribute missions, court ceremonies, and
other state rituals associated with the mechanism of Sino-Vietnamese tribute
relations. I examined a network of symbols
and ritual acts that supported and legitimized the Chinese claim to regional
control. Local Vietnamese leaders
employed these symbols to perform within the Chinese tribute system in such a
way as to establish regional independence while containing Chinese
aggression. I completed the dissertation
in the spring of 1999.
LANGUAGES
Excellent Chinese language skills,
Modern and Classical.
Fluency in Swedish, reading, writing
and speaking.
Strong reading ability in French.
Good reading and speaking abilities in Modern
Vietnamese.
Two years of Modern Japanese language training. Strong reading ability.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
Teach HIS 215: Civilizations of Asia,
HIS 383: Chinese History to 1800, HIS 216: Modern Asia (Writing Intensive), HIS
384: Modern Transformation of China, and HIS 588: Silks and Spices (a
upper-level seminar that covers material and cultural exchange along the Silk
Road and Spice Trade routes of the pre-modern era). HIS 588-01: East Asian History: Selected Topics: The Wars
of
INSTRUCTOR,
Taught HSTAS 221, an intensive one-month survey of Southeast Asian
history.
INSTRUCTOR,
Taught
HIS 3785, a modern history of
INSTRUCTOR,
Taught BLS 493A: an advanced level
course on the history of Sino-Vietnamese relations and BLS 334: a survey course
on Chinese history through 1840.
INSTRUCTOR,
Taught HST 211: a
survey course on the history of Chinese civilization.
TEACHING ASSISTANT,
Organized
and conducted weekly discussion sections in courses on Chinese and European
history.
FELLOWSHIPS
AND ACADEMIC HONORS
CIES (U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program) fellowship for research at the the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, PRC, September 2006-July 2007. Work on my current research project, Monks and Merchants on the Gold and Silver Road: Trade and Pilgrimage along Middle Period China’s Southern Frontier
Luce Fellowship at the
UNCG Summer Excellence
Research Award, June-July 2000.
Research at the
UNCG New Faculty Grant, May-June 2000.
Research at the
Title VI Foreign Languages and Area
Studies Fellowship, 1998-99.
Dissertation research, making use of Chinese, Sino-Vietnamese, and
Japanese language materials.
ACLS/Chiang Ching-kuo
Foundation Fellowship, January-March 1998.
Dissertation research at the
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Fellowship, December 1996- June 1997.
Dissertation research
at the Sino-Nom Sinological Institute in
Hsiao Fellowship of the
Dissertation research at the
Hsiao Fellowship of the
Dissertation research at the
Fritz Scholarship for International Exchange to
Dissertation research in the
Ford Small Research Grant in Southeast Asian Studies,
October-December 1995.
Dissertation research at the Sino-Nom Sinological
Institute in
Pacific Cultural Foundation Research Grant, 1995-96.
Dissertation research at the Center for Chinese Studies in the
National Central Library in
Rondeau Evans Travel Scholarship, 1995-96.
Travel
between research sites visited during the 1995-96
academic year.
Title VI Foreign Languages and Area
Studies Fellowship, 1994-95.
Dissertation research, making use of Chinese, Sino-Vietnamese, and
Japanese language materials.
Foreign Languages and Area Studies Fellowship, Summer
1993.
Intensive Second Year Japanese at the
Schwartz Fellowship for the Study of Non-Western
History, 1992-93 academic year.
Covered tuition costs for one year of study at the
UW-Taida Exchange
Fellowship, 1991-92 academic year.
Covered tuition and living costs for graduate study at
Schwartz Fellowship for the 1990-91 academic year. (I also received the 1991-92
Schwartz Fellowship, but declined this
funding to accept the UW-Taida Fellowship.)
PUBLICATIONS
The
Rebel Den of Nùng Trí Cao:
Eleventh-Century Rebellion and Response along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier.
“’Treacherous Factions’:
Shifting Frontier Alliances in the Breakdown of Sino-Vietnamese Relations on
the Eve of the 1075 Border War” Chapter in Don Wyatt (Ed.) Battlefronts Real and Imagined: War, Border, and
Identity in the Chinese Middle Period (Palgave/St. Martin’s Press, 2008). Forthcoming.
Entries (thirty-five) on Song, Yuan and Ming
Neo-Confucian philosophers and scholarly academies for Yao Xinzhong, The
Encyclopedia of Confucianism (
“Man of Prowess or Errant
Vassal: Nùng Tôn Phúc’s 11th century Bid for Autonomy along the
Sino-Vietnamese Frontier” in Southeast Review of Asian Studies Vol.
22 (2002).
“Monumental
Pride: Sino-Vietnamese Cross-border Commemorations of Nung
Tri Cao” in the Thai-Yunnan Project Bulletin 1 (July 2001).
BOOK REVIEWS
Wolters, O.W. History, Culture, and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives. 2nd Revised Edition.
CONFERENCE
PAPERS
“Political
Alliances and Trade Networks along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier from the Late
Tenth to the Mid-Eleventh Century,” to be presented at the AAS Annual Meeting,
March 2005.
“From Tribute to Trade: Examining a Pivotal Period in
Middle Period Sino-Vietnamese Relations,” presented at in the panel 1-2: “Commodity
Structure of Asian Trade Network (I)” for the 18th IAHA Conference at the Center for
Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, December, 7 2004.
“‘Bandits from beyond our
borders’: Political Alliances and Trade Networks along the Late Tenth-Century
Sino-Vietnamese Frontier,” presented at the Western Conference of the Association for Asian
Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington on September
30-October 2, 2004.
"The Rebel Den of Nung Tri Cao: 11th Century
Rebellion and Response Along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier," presented as a
public talk in the John W. Kluge Center for International Studies at the
Library of Congress (Washington, DC), May 2004.
“The Specter of Southern Power: Nung
Tri Cao’s Insurrection, Court Reaction, and the
Legacy of Nanyue/Nam Viet,” presented at the
Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs Annual meeting at Wittenberg University, in
Springfield, Ohio on Sept. 27-29, 2002.
“Tempting ‘Treacherous Factions:’ The Manipulation of
Frontier Alliances on the Eve of the 1075 Sino-Vietnamese Border War,”
delivered at the AAS Annual Meeting, April 2002.
“Man of Prowess or Errant Vassal: Nung
Ton Phuc’s 11th-century Bid for Self-rule
along the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier,” delivered at the Annual Meeting of the
Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, January 2002.
“The An Nam Chi Luoc as Common Ground: Le Tac's Private History and its Sino-Vietnamese
Audience,” delivered at the AHA Annual Meeting, January 2001.
“Monumental Pride: Public Commemorations of the Rebel Nung Tri Cao along the
Sino-Vietnamese Frontier.” delivered at the New England Regional Association
for Asian Studies conference, September 2000.
“The Poetry of Diplomacy: Viet Assertions of Autonomy
in a Yue Cultural Discourse,” delivered at the AAS
Annual Meeting, March 1999.
“Titles of
Authority and Legitimacy in the Kingdoms of Nung Tri Cao (1025-1055): Language
in the Creation of Political Space and Ethnic Community,” delivered at the AHA
Annual Meeting, January 9, 1998.
“Example of Our Ancestors:
Historical Impressions of the Northern Sung Official, Wang An-shih, and
Concepts of Political Reform during the Ch'ing
Dynasty,” delivered at the UW Student Colloquium on Asian Studies, April 24,
1993.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Appointed member, NCG Faculty
Senate, Fall 2004- present.
I
serve as liaison to the History Department for this university-wide advisory
body.
Member, UNCG Study Abroad
Committee, fall 2004- present.
I
assist with and advise on the activities of the University’s International
Programs office. This past year I was
also asked to join the UNC-Exchange Program’s (UNC-EP) Nordic Committee, which
coordinates the UNC system’s direct institution to institution exchanges with
many Scandinavian universities. I have
also assisted International Programs with that office’s efforts to foster new
partnerships with several Chinese universities.
Member, UNCG Global and
Global Non-Western (GL/GN) General Education Course (GEC) Committee, spring
2002- present.
I
review and recommend changes to courses, for which instructors have requested
GL or GN marker designations.
Member, UNCG Student
Grievances Committee, spring 2002- present.
Member, Research Advisory
Committee of the
We met twice during the 2004 fall semester to
discuss strategies for improving the College’s facilitation of faculty research
projects on campus.
Member, UNCG
History Department’s Graduate Studies Committee, 2004 fall semester.
Member, UNCG History Department’s
Undergraduate Studies Committee, fall 2002- fall 2003.
Member, UNCG History Department’s
Programs Sub-committee, fall 2002- spring 2003.
Member, UNCG History Department’s
Technology Committee, fall 1999- fall 2000, spring 2002.
Member, UNCG History Department’s
Policy Committee, fall 2000, spring 2002.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE RELATED TO
SCHOLARSHIP AND TEACHING
Since the 2004 fall semester I have represented UNCG
at meetings of the Southern Atlantic States Association for
Asian and African Studies (SASASAAS).
I am an active member of both the American Historical
Association and the Association for Asian Studies.
I have become quite involved in various activities
hosted by the Southeast Regional Conference of Association for Asian
Studies. I also participate often in
events hosted by the Triangle East Asian Colloquium.
I currently volunteer as an Alumni Interviewer for
I am served on a panel of advisors for the
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