Asian Languages & Cultures
History of medicine and science in China; Chinese conceptions of time across the imperial era; food culture, in particular premodern uses of dairy.
mdbrown@umich.edu
Office Information:
202 S. Thayer, Suite 6111; Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
phone: 734.615.7036
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2002
About
Miranda Brown teaches various aspects of Chinese history and the History of Medicine in China. She is currently working on a series of essays on conceptions of time from the Warring States period (ca. 453-221 BC) through the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). She has completed a book,The Art of Medicine in Early China: The Ancient and Medieval Origins of a Modern Archive (2015), which examines the formation of the classical medical tradition during the early imperial period.
In addition, she is the editor of Fragments: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Ancient and Medieval Pasts, published through MPublishing. For a list of her publications, please see her homepage.
Check out her blog on Chinese food history.
Recent Courses Taught
Introduction to Chinese Civilization
Science in Premodern China
Acupuncture: Historical and Contemporary Transformations
Affiliation(s)
- Asian Languages and Cultures
