Valerie Hansen Explained

Valerie Hansen
Occupation:Professor, historian, author
Alma Mater:Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania

Valerie Hansen is an American historian.[1]

Career

After graduating from Kent School in 1975, Harvard University in 1979 and receiving her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, she joined Yale University in 1988 as assistant professor and became a professor in 1998. Hansen spent one year in Shanghai on a Fulbright grant from 2005–06; 2008–09 and 2011–12, teaching at Yale's joint undergraduate program with Peking University; and fall semester 2015 teaching at Yale-NUS college in Singapore.[2]

Valerie Hansen became the Stanley Woodward Professor of History in 2017.[3] At Yale, she teaches History of Traditional China, The History of World History, and seminars on Silk Road history.[4]

Works

Hansen's first book was Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1279, which was published in 1990.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Her second book, Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China, 600-1400, appeared in 1995.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

In 2000, she published, The Open Empire. A second edition of the book was published in 2015. The book argues, contrary to the widespread view that no outsiders ever influenced traditional China, that Indian Buddhists and northern nomadic peoples shaped traditional China throughout its long history.[17] [18]

In 2012, Hansen published The Silk Road: A New History, which argued that the Silk Road trade was small-scale and usually involved local goods.[19] The book received positive reviews from critics.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

In April 2020, The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began was published to mostly favorable reviews.[27] [28] [29] [30] In a review in Early Medieval Europe Søren Michael Sindbæk wrote that she "expends five pages pursuing a paper-thin case for Maya reliefs showing Norse captives. Hansen is a conscientious scholar, and admits to alternative interpretations; yet she opts to promote the one story that fits the book’s vision of globalization, knowing that it is a fringe theory. The fleeting moment of Norse explorations in North America is thus emphasized out of all proportion.[31]

Bibliography

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China's Great Game: Road to a new empire. Financial Times.
  2. Web site: The Silk Road.
  3. Web site: Valerie Hansen Department of History . 2023-01-07 . history.yale.edu . en.
  4. Web site: Valerie Hansen.
  5. Teiser. Stephen F.. 1997. Review of Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276. Journal of Song-Yuan Studies. 27. 137–147. 23495573. 1059-3152.
  6. Waltner. Ann. 1992-12-01. Valerie Hansen. Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127–1276. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1990. Pp. xii, 256. $37.50. The American Historical Review. en. 97. 5. 1574–1575. 10.1086/ahr/97.5.1574-a. 0002-8762.
  7. von Glahn. Richard. 1993. Review of Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 53. 2. 616–642. 10.2307/2719463. 2719463. 0073-0548.
  8. Haar. Barend J. ter. 1996. Review of Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276. T'oung Pao. 82. 1/3. 184–194. 4528691. 0082-5433.
  9. Ebrey. Patricia. 1991. Review of Changing Gods in Medieval China, 1127-1276. The Journal of Asian Studies. 50. 4. 909–910. 10.2307/2058566. 2058566. 0021-9118.
  10. Zelin. Madeleine. 1997. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts, 600-1400. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 28. 1. 173–175. 10.2307/206226. 206226. 0022-1953.
  11. Lamouroux. Christian. 1996. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China — How Ordinary People Used Contracts 600-1400. Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient. 83. 462–465. 43731443. 0336-1519.
  12. McDermott. Joseph P.. 1998. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts, 600-1400. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 58. 1. 282–287. 10.2307/2652656. 2652656. 0073-0548.
  13. Buoy. Thomas. 1998. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts 600-1400. The Historian. 60. 2. 411–412. 24451772. 0018-2370.
  14. McKnight. Brian E.. 1997. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts 600-1400. The American Historical Review. 102. 4. 1204–1205. 10.2307/2170739. 2170739. 0002-8762.
  15. Jay. Jennifer W.. 1996. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts, 600-1400. The Journal of Asian Studies. 55. 3. 718–719. 10.2307/2646465. 2646465. 147198348 . 0021-9118.
  16. Werblowsky. R. J. Zwi. 1996. Review of Negotiating Daily Life in Traditional China: How Ordinary People Used Contracts. Numen. 43. 3. 323. 10.1163/1568527962598881. 3270373. 0029-5973.
  17. Book: Hansen, Valerie. The Open Empire: A History of China to 1800. W. W. Norton & Company. 2015. 978-0-393-93877-7. New York City. Second.
  18. Murck. Alfreda. 2003. Review of The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 13. 2. 269–272. 25188376. 1356-1863.
  19. Web site: Why A Rules-Based Multilateral Trade Régime Is Crucial To Growth And Peace -- Part I. Forbes.
  20. Web site: The Silk Road: A New History . Library Journal.
  21. Web site: The Silk Road: A New History.
  22. Elverskog. Johan. 2015-04-01. Book Review: Valerie Hansen, The Silk Road: A New History. The Medieval History Journal. en. 18. 1. 166–169. 10.1177/0971945814565731. 163940202. 0971-9458.
  23. Assandri. Friederike. 2016. Review of The Silk Road: A New History. Journal of Asian History. 50. 2. 329–334. 10.13173/jasiahist.50.2.0329. 10.13173/jasiahist.50.2.0329. 0021-910X.
  24. GROSHOLZ. EMILY. 2013. Hessler. Peter. Mahoney. Rosemary. Albinia. Alice. Hansen. Valerie. Painting the Rivers: Travel Books about the Yangtze, Nile and Indus. The Hudson Review. 66. 1. 175–182. 43488689. 0018-702X.
  25. Rose. Jenny. 2013. Review of The Silk Road: A New History with Documents. Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 27. 163–164. 44758612. 0890-4464.
  26. Liu. Xinru. 2013. Review of Silk Road: A New History. The Journal of Asian Studies. 72. 4. 993–995. 10.1017/S0021911813001356. 43553258. 162459295. 0021-9118.
  27. News: Bird. Christiane. 2020-04-14. When Globalization Really Began. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-12-11. 0362-4331.
  28. News: Altenberg. Karin. 2020-05-22. 'The Year 1000' Review: Setting the Globe Spinning. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2020-12-11. 0099-9660.
  29. Web site: The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—and Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen . 2023-01-05 . www.publishersweekly.com.
  30. Web site: Gulliver . Katrina . 2020-04-09 . Globalisation is scarcely new: it dates back to the year 1000 . 2023-01-07 . The Spectator . en-US.
  31. Sindbæk . Søren Michael . The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began. By ValerieHansen. [s.l.]

    Viking. 320 pp. £20. ISBN 024135126X. ]

    . Early Medieval Europe . November 2022 . 30 . 4 . 645–647 . 10.1111/emed.12589 . en . 0963-9462.
  32. Web site: Four faculty awarded international book prizes.
  33. Web site: ICAS 8 READING COMMITTEE ACCOLADES.
  34. Web site: Valerie Hansen . 2023-01-05 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.

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