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Victor B. Lieberman

Name: Victor B. Lieberman

Title(s):

  • Marvin B. Becker Collegiate Professor of History

Contact Information: 734.763.4771 , eurasia@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/facstaff/facultydetail.asp?ID=95

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CSEAS
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • History

Education Background: Ph.D., University of London, 1976; B.A., Yale University, 1967

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Southeast Asian Studies

Related Countries:

  • Burma
  • Vietnam

Research/Teaching Specialization: Early modern Southeast Asian history; early modern comparative world history; early Southeast Asian economic history

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Introduction to Southeast Asian History; History of the Vietnam War; Problems in the History of Precolonial Southeast Asia; History of Burma; Strange Parallels: The Historiography of Early Modern Eurasia; History of Precolonial Mainland Southeast Asia; In

Publications:

  • Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context. c. 800-1830. (forthcoming 2009). (Authored Book)
  • The Qing and Their Neighbors: Early Modern China in World History. 2008. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • The Mainland and the World Beyond: Rethinking Assumptions. in press. (Authored Book)
  • Beyond Binary Histories: Re-imagining Eurasia to c. 1830. 1999. (Edited Book)
  • Excising the Mon Paradigm from Burmese Historiography. 2007. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Protected Rimlands and Exposed Zones: Reconfiguring Early Modern Eurasia. 2008. (Refereed Journal Article)
  • Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context. c. 800-1830 . 2003. (Authored Book)
  • Mainland Southeast Asia and Eurasia, c. 800-1800. in press. (Authored Book)
  • Transcending East-West Dichotomies: State and Culture Formation in Six Ostensibly Disparate Areas. 1997. (Refereed Journal Article)