David L. McMullen

David L. McMullen is a British sinologist, specialising in medieval China. He was Professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge from 1989 to 2006, and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1994.

Career

McMullen was first introduced to Chinese during National Service with the Royal Air Force in Hong Kong at the end of the 1950s. He was part of the effort to intercept and translate Chinese military communications from the British listening station on top of Victoria Peak. He already had a place to read Classics at Cambridge, but his experiences in Hong Kong, and the knowledge of Chinese that he had acquired, caused him to switch to studying Chinese. ^{[1] [2]}

McMullen completed his undergraduate degree at St John's College in 1962, and then studied for his Ph.D. under Edwin G. Pulleyblank. He joined the then Faculty of Oriental Studies ^[a] at Cambridge in 1968, as assistant lecturer, lecturer and finally Professor of Chinese, a post that he held from 1989 to 2006. ^[3]

He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1994. ^[4]

Selected works

• Wright, Arthur F.; Twitchett, Denis Crispin, eds. (1973). "Historical and Literary Theory in the Mid-Eighth Century". Perspectives on the T'ang. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-608-11729-4. ^[5]
• Concordances and Indexes to Chinese Texts. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center. 1975.
• State and Scholars in T'ang China. Cambridge University Press. 27 May 1988. ISBN   978-0-521-32991-0. ^{[6] [7]}
• McMullen, David L. (1989). "The Death of Chou Li-chen: Imperially Ordered Suicide or Natural Causes?". Asia Major . 2 (2): 23–82. ISSN   0004-4482. JSTOR   41645436. ^[8]
• McMullen, D. L.; McMullen, David (2001). "Recollection without Tranquility: Du Fu, the Imperial Gardens and the State". Asia Major . 14 (2): 189–252. ISSN   0004-4482. JSTOR   41645580.

Notes

1. Since 2007, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

References

1. Buchanan, Emily (4 February 2010). "BBC News - The school leavers sent to spy on China". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
2. Forestier, Katherine (17 April 2004). "From eavesdropping across the border to Tang dynasty lectures". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. "Professor David McMullen". www.joh.cam.ac.uk. St John's College, University of Cambridge . Retrieved 22 January 2025.
4. "Professor David McMullen FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
5. Schafer, Edward H. (1975). "Perspectives on the T'ang - review" . Journal of the American Oriental Society . 95 (3): 472–473. doi:10.2307/599357. ISSN   0003-0279. JSTOR   599357.
6. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (1989). "Review of State and Scholars in T'ang China" . Pacific Affairs . 62 (2): 244–246. doi:10.2307/2760587. ISSN   0030-851X. JSTOR   2760587 . Retrieved 22 January 2025.
7. Ebrey, Patricia (1989). "Review of State and Scholars in T'ang China" . History of Education Quarterly . 29 (2): 313–315. doi:10.2307/368321. ISSN   0018-2680. JSTOR   368321 . Retrieved 22 January 2025.
8. Köhn, Livia (1991). "Review of "The death of Chou Li-chen: imperially ordered suicide or natural causes?" Asia Major 2". Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie. 9: 63. ISSN   0080-2484. JSTOR   44160489 . Retrieved 23 January 2025.

External links

• From the Air Force to Cambridge - Prof. David McMullen on YouTube
• Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge