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Mark Halperin Associate Professor, Chinese Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1997) Email: mhalperin@ Phone: (530) 752-0337 Office: 304 Sproul Hall

Research Interests
Medieval Chinese literature, religion, and literati culture; Han Chinese accounts of border peoples.

Current Projects

1. An examination of the ties between Buddhist monks and local gods in late Tang and Song China
2. An examination of the depiction of doctors (yi) in medieval literature.

Major Publications

• Out of the Cloister: Literati Perspectives in Sung China, 960-1279, Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006.
• "Domesticity and the Dharma: Portraits of Buddhist Laywomen in Sung China" in T'oung Pao 92.1-3 (2006): 50-100.
• "Buddhist Temples, the War Dead, and the Song Imperial Cult," in Asia Major, 3rd ser. 12.2 (1999): 71-99.

Honors and Awards

• ASUCD Teaching Award, 2003-4
• Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Fellowship, 2003-5
• University Seed Grant, The Ohio State University, 2001-2

Courses Taught

• Great Books of China (CHN 11)
• Classical Chinese I (CHN 114)
• Classical Chinese II (CHN 115)
• Classical Chinese III (CHN 116)
• Daoist Traditions (CHN 100A)
• Traditional Chinese Literature (CHN 107)