Conrad Schirokauer

Conrad Schirokauer, was an American historian and writer. Born on April 29 1929 in Leipzig, he died in Cleveland on September 19, 2018.[1] His family left Germany in 1938, in flight from the Nazi regime, and, after three years in Italy, eventually migrated to the United States where they settled in Tennessee in 1938, and eventually moved to Baltimore, MD. He was valedictorian at Williston Academy in 1946.

His father was the German-Jewish literary scholar and philologist Arno Schirokauer.

Conrad Schirokauer married Lore Strich in November 1956. They had met as children in Italy in the mid-thirties.

Schirokauer obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on 12th century Chinese political thought at Stanford University.

He specialized in East Asian historiography, particularly Chinese and Japanese history.

Schirokauer graduated high school from Williston Academy.[2] He completed his BA in history at Yale, and his PhD in history at Stanford.[3] with a dissertation on 12th century Chinese political thought.

He was a professor of history at the City University of New York.[3]

Bibliography

Schirokauer is the author of books including:

  • A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations,[4] also published separately as A Brief History of Chinese Civilization[5] and A Brief History of Japanese Civilization[6]
  • Chu Hsi's political career: A study in ambivalence[7]

With Robert Hymes, he is the co-editor of:

  • Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China[8]

He is also the translator of a book by Ichisada Miyazaki:

  • China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China[9]

References
  1. "Conrad M. Schirokauer '46 | In Memoriam". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. "Conrad M. Schirokauer – Columbia Global". beta.global.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. Reviews of A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations: JSTOR 2053913; JSTOR 491160; JSTOR 602619; JSTOR 41930369
  5. Review of A Brief History of Chinese Civilization: JSTOR 23729050
  6. Review of A Brief History of Japanese Civilization: JSTOR 494651
  7. Review of Chu Hsi's political career: JSTOR 24608099
  8. Reviews of Ordering the World: JSTOR 4528680; JSTOR 620157; JSTOR 23728749; JSTOR 205859; JSTOR 43730936; JSTOR 2646546; JSTOR 655199; JSTOR 23496055; JSTOR 24630932; JSTOR 24630258
  9. Reviews of China's Examination Hell: JSTOR 615369; JSTOR 41930517; JSTOR 2756133; JSTOR 27582267
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