Conrad Schirokauer, was a German-American historian and writer. Born on April 29, 1929, in Leipzig, he died in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 19, 2018.[1][2] His father, Arno Schirokauer, was a German-Jewish literary scholar and philologist.
Schirokauer's family left Germany when he was six years old, 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, Maryland. He graduated high school from Williston Academy in 1946 as the valedictorian.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts in history at Yale College in 1950 and his PhD in history at Stanford University in 1960 with a dissertation on 12th century Chinese political thought.[3] From 1962 to 1991, he taught history, first as an assistant professor, then as an associate and from 1977 as full professor, at the City College of New York.[3] He specialized in East Asian historiography, particularly Chinese and Japanese history.[4]
Conrad Schirokauer married Lore Strich in November 1956. They had met as children in Italy in the mid-thirties.
Bibliography edit
Schirokauer is the author of books including:
- A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations,[5] also published separately as A Brief History of Chinese Civilization[6] and A Brief History of Japanese Civilization[7]
- Chu Hsi's political career: A study in ambivalence[8]
With Robert P. Hymes, he is the co-editor of:
- Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China (1993)[9]
He is also the translator of a book by Ichisada Miyazaki:
- China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China[10]
References edit
- ^ Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan (eds.), The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78238-985-9, pages 13, 35‒35, 431‒432 (including a short biography and bibliography).
- ^ "Conrad M. Schirokauer '46 | In Memoriam". November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Conrad M. Schirokauer – Columbia Global". beta.global.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ Daum, Andreas W. (2016). The Second Generation. Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide. New York: Berghahn. pp. 431–32.
- ^ Reviews of A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations: JSTOR 2053913; JSTOR 491160; JSTOR 602619; JSTOR 41930369
- ^ Review of A Brief History of Chinese Civilization: JSTOR 23729050
- ^ Review of A Brief History of Japanese Civilization: JSTOR 494651
- ^ Review of Chu Hsi's political career: JSTOR 24608099
- ^ 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
- ^ Reviews of China's Examination Hell: JSTOR 615369; JSTOR 41930517; JSTOR 2756133; JSTOR 27582267
Further reading edit
Andreas W. Daum, "Refugees from Nazi Germany as Historians: Origins and Migrations, Interests and Identities," in The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians. With a Biobibliographic Guide, ed. Andreas W. Daum, Hartmut Lehmann, James J. Sheehan. New York: Berghahn Books, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78238-985-9, pages 1‒52.