Dr Mark Strange
B.A. Hons (Durham); M.St., D.Phil. (Oxon)
Senior Lecturer
Mark Strange is a Sinologist with interests in the intellectual history of pre-modern China, especially between the third and eleventh centuries CE. His particular focus is the historiography, political thought, and philosophy of Northern Song (960-1127). He has taught Chinese history and Literary Chinese language at the Universities of Warwick, Oxford, and Cambridge. He joined the Australian National University in 2012.
Research Interest
Pre-modern Chinese intellectual history (esp. Song political thought and philosophy)
Chinese traditional historiography (esp. Zi zhi tong jian 資治通鑑 and Shi tong 史通)
Pre-modern Chinese political history
Textual scholarship
I am currently working on the current projects:
- History and empire in eleventh-century China: a reading of Sima Guang's Zi zhi tong jian [a monograph study of the historiography and political thought of Zi zhi tong jian]
- A Comprehensive Mirror to Aid Orderly Rule (Zi zhi tong jian): a translation of juan 1-8, with historical and critical commentary
- The political thought of Zi zhi tong jian: a translation and study of Sima Guang’s comments as historian
- 'Zi zhi tong jian and the ritual crisis of 1061-1062' [English-language article]
- ‘Jie du Song Shen zong “Zi zhi tong jian xu”’ [Chinese-language article: ‘A Reading of Song Shen zong’s ‘Preface to Zi zhi tong jian’]
- 'The circulation of historical knowledge and writing in China and beyond: the case of Zi zhi tong jian' [a series of articles on the reception history of Zi zhi tong jian in China, Japan, and Korea]
- with Esther S. Klein: edited volume on Liu Zhiji and medieval historiography
Expertise Area(s)
Chinese traditional historiography
Textual scholarship
Intellectual History
Sinology
Medieval Chinese political history