Marcia A. Butler

Campus: Springfield

Details

Education

PhD, Chinese History, 2007, Cornell University

Teaching

  • Modern World History
  • Pre-modern East Asia History
  • Pre-modern World History
  • Modern East Asia History

Research and professional interests

  • Chinese history
  • Pre-modern Southeast Asia
  • Ritual and violence
  • Ritual, belief and science
  • Cultural exchange
  • Pre-modern military
  • Cultural analysis

Awards and honors

  • Summer Dissertation Writing Grant, June 2004. Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University.
  • John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, 2004. Instructor Stipend for Student Writing Portfolio Award.
  • John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, 2004. Student Wayne Huang. Winner, James E. Rice Award for Excellent Writing (unanimous).
  • John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, 2004. Student Lauren Pearson. Winner, Spencer Prize.
  • Knight Biggerstaff Fellowship, Spring 2003. Department of History, Cornell University.
  • Fulbright Foundation Fellowship (Taibei, Taiwan), 1999-2000.  Visiting researcher, Academia Sinica, Institute of History and Philology.