ANTHONY DEBLASI

Humanities 210

State University of New York at Albany

Albany, NY 12222

deblasi@albany.edu

 

 

POSITIONS

 

2003 to present: Associate Professor. Department of East Asian Studies. University at Albany.

Department Chair. September 2005 to present.                                                                                                                                      

 

1996 to 2003: Assistant Professor. Department of East Asian Studies. University at Albany.

 

1994 – 1995: Assistant Head Tutor. Harvard University, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

 

1990 – 1996: Departmental Tutor: Harvard University,

 

1988 – 1991: Head Teaching Fellow and Teaching Fellow Harvard University, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations.

 

1990 and 1991: Tour Leader (China). China Educational Tours, Inc. (CET)

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Harvard University. Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Civilizations. June 1996.

 

Areas of Specialization: Middle Period Chinese history, Chinese intellectual history, East Asian history, and Medieval European history.

 

Harvard University. A.M. Regional Studies: East Asia. 1988.

 

Georgetown University. School of Languages and Linguistics. B.S. Summa cum laude in Chinese Language. 1986. Minor: Certificate in Asian Studies.

 

Language Proficiency: Modern Chinese, Classical Chinese, Modern Japanese, German (reading), and Latin (reading)

 

Dissertation: "'To Transform the World:' A Study of Four Mid-Tang Intellectuals." (Peter K. Bol and Stephen Owen, advisors)

 

 

 

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

Fulbright Research Scholar. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Beijing, Jan. – July, 2005.

College Travel Fund Award, University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2004.

College Travel Fund Award, University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Fall 2002.

College Travel Fund Award, University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2002.

College Travel Fund Award, University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2001.

Faculty Research Award Program Research Grant, University at Albany (SUNY), 1997-1998.

Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities. 1986-1988, 1993.

Derek Bok Teaching Center Awards. 1990-91 and 1991-92.

Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS). 1988-89 and 1990-91.

Harvard University Joseph P. Fletcher Seminar Paper Award. 1988.

Georgetown University: Regent's Gold Medal, Joseph Sebes Medal in Asian Studies, and Certificate for Outstanding Scholarship in Chinese. 1986.

Phi Beta Kappa. 1985.

 

 

RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND OTHER SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Current Projects

 

  • The history of Bianzhou from the eighth to the tenth centuries.
  • An analysis of the Changduanjing, an eighth-century text.
  • Monastic reform movements in medieval China.

 

 

Published Works

 

“Region and Nation in Medieval China: The Case of Tang Bianzhou” to be published in the New Perspectives on the Tang conference volume, Yang Lu and Paul Kroll, ed. Forthcoming.

Reform in the Balance: The Defense of Literary Culture in Mid-Tang China. Albany: State University of New York Press. 2002.

“Quan Deyu (759-818) and the Spread of Elite Culture in Tang China” in Kenneth J. Hammond, ed., The Human Tradition in Premodern China. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc. 2002.

“Striving for Completeness: Quan Deyu and the Evolution of the Tang Mainstream.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 61.1 (June 2001): 5-36.

Contributor to Yao Xinzhong, ed. An Encyclopaedia of Confucianism. Curzon Press. 2003.

20 entries: “Bai Juyi,” “Liu Yuxi,” “Niu Sengru,” “Pi Rixiu,” “Xing Bing,” “Su Shi,” “Su Che,” “Lu Dian,” “Wang Yansou,” “Huang Tingjian,” “Peng Ruli,” “Liu Anshi,” “Qin Guan,” “Wang Ping,” “Chen Guan,” “Guo Zhongxiao,” “Fan Jun,” “Chao Yuezhi,” “Zhou Xingji,” and “Cai Yuanzhong.”

“A Parallel World: A Case Study of Monastic Society, Northern Song to Ming.” Journal of Sung-Yuan Studies 28 (1998): 155-176.

Review of Timothy Barrett, Li Ao: Buddhist, Taoist, or Neo-Confucian for the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 56.2 (1996): 485-492.

Review of Chen Jo-shui, Liu Tsung-yüan and Intellectual Change in T'ang China, 773-819 for Chinese Literature: Essays Articles Reviews 16 (1994): 146-152.

Translation Kida Tomoo's review of Japanese scholarship in Shigaku zasshi 97.5 (1988): 233-242 under the title "Review of Japanese Bibliography in 1987: Five Dynasties, Song, and Yuan," Bulletin of Sung-Yuan Studies 21 (1989): 188-215.

 

Paper Presentations

 

“Preliminary Thoughts on Ethical Commitment in New Chinese Media.” Ethics of Commitment: Rethinking the Humanities in Today’s China. Symposium at Skidmore College. February 17, 2007.

“Changduanjing and Tang Political Thought.” 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies. San Diego, CA. March 5, 2004.

“An Imperiled Region: The Roots of a Medieval Chinese Imperial Capital.” 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 2-5, 2002.

“Region and Nation in Mid-Tang China: The Case of Bianzhou.” New Perspectives on the Tang Conference. Princeton University. Princeton, NJ. April 17-20, 2002.

“Visions of Literary Enlightenment During the Tang Dynasty.” 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI May, 2001.

“The Literary Response to the Mid-Tang Crisis.” Columbia University, Traditional China Seminar. New York, NY. May 9, 2000.

“Upholding the Center: Two Mid-Tang Views of the Emperor.” New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Amherst, MA. October 28, 1995.

“Literary Practice and Values in the mid-Tang: The Cases of Liu Zongyuan and Liu Yuxi.” New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting. Hartford, CT. October 1993.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Currently teaching a full load of courses on Chinese, Japanese, and Asian American history at the University at Albany.

Courses Designed and Taught:

            EAS 180 “Asian America” (cross-listed with Geography and Planning)

                        (Semesters taught: Spring 1998, Fall 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)

EAS 205 “East Asian Research and Bibliographic Methods” (team taught usually with Susanna Fessler) (Semester taught: Spring 2004, 2006, 2007)

EAC 379 “History of China I” (writing intensive marked with z; cross-listed with History) (Semesters taught: Fall 1996z, 1997z, 1998z, 2000, 2002, 2006)

EAC 380 “History of China II” (writing intensive marked with z; cross-listed with History) (Semesters taught: Spring 1997z, 1998z, 1999z, 2001, 2003, 2007)

EAJ 384 “History of Japan I” (writing intensive marked with z; cross-listed with History) (Semesters taught: Fall 1996z, 1997z, 1999z, 2001, 2003, 2005)

EAJ 385 “History of Japan II” (writing intensive marked with z; cross-listed with History) (Semesters taught: Spring 1997z, 1998z, 2000z, 2002, 2004, 2006)

EAC 398 “Change in Medieval China” (cross-listed with History; originally numbered as EAC 389 in 2003) (Semesters taught: Spring 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)

            EAS 399 “Confucius and Confucianism”

                        (Semester taught: Fall 2000)

            EAC 389 “China in Revolution” (cross-listed with History)

                        (Semester taught: Fall 1998)

EAS 395 “History and Culture of Traditional Tibet” (team taught with Charles Hartman; originally numbered EAC 389) (Semester taught: Spring 2004, Fall 2006)

 

Graduate Education:

Member of Qualifying Examination Committee for Ph.D. Candidate in Department of History, University at Albany. 2001.

Qualifying Examiner in the D.A. Program in Humanistic Studies, University at Albany. December 1999.

Dissertation Reader in the D.A. Program in Humanistic Studies, University at Albany. Fall 2003.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

Scholarly Service

 

Member, Board of Directors, T’ang Studies Society. 2006 to present.

Peer Reviewer for Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (journal). Fall 1996, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2005.

Outside reader for State University of New York Press. Spring 1998, Summer 2002.

Guest lecture at Union College on “Buddhism in the Chinese Experience.” June 2000.

 

University Service

 

Department Chair. Department of East Asian Studies, University at Albany. September 2005 to present.

 

Presentation to the University at Albany, Forum on Teaching American History. December 2000.

 

Faculty Council of the College of Arts and Sciences. Department of East Asian Studies representative. Two terms: 1996 to 2000.

Academic Planning Subcommittee of the Faculty Council. September 1996 to May 1999.

Academic Programs Subcommittee of the Faculty Council. September 1999 to May 2000.

            Member of Academic Programs ad hoc Grievance Committee, Fall 1999.

            Chair of Academic Programs ad hoc Grievance Committee, Spring 2000.

 

Workshop Faculty Leader on “Culture Shock: Asian Culture and Heritage, A Lost Cause?” for Forum Asiatica organized by the University at Albany Asian American Alliance. April 15, 2000.

 

Faculty discussant for Cultural Workshop on Racism and the Asian American Community. Student organizer: Carlton Yee. November 12, 1999.

 

Departmental Service

 

Member 2006-2007 Two Department of East Asian Studies Search Committees

Chair of Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship Committee. Spring 2002 to Spring 2004.

Member of Departmental Requirement Revision Committee. Spring 2002.

Undergraduate advisor for majors in the Concentration in East Asian Studies. Departmental liaison with University Advisement Services Center/ Undergraduate Studies (ASC/US). September 1996 to present.

Member 2001-2002 Department of East Asian Studies Search Committee.

Revision of requirements for the Faculty Initiated Interdisciplinary Major in East Asian Studies. Spring 2000.

Member 2000-2001 Department of East Asian Studies Search Committee.

Member 1998-1999 Department of East Asian Studies Search Committee.

Member 1997-1998 Department of East Asian Studies Search Committee.

Member 1996-1997 Department of East Asian Studies Search Committee.

 

Community Service

 

Panel Discussion Participant: “Democracy Tested: The Hybrid State.” Co-sponsored by Civics Mosaic of Russell Sage College and Union Graduate College School of Education. Union College. March 17, 2007.

“Presentation: World War II Documentaries and Discussion: The Japanese Background.” Guilderland Public Library. October 13, 2006.

Community Lecture. “Patterns in Chinese Religion.” Presented to the Capital District Humanist Society. October 12, 2003.

Instructor. “Chinese Religions: Past and Present.” Bethlehem Humanities Institute for Lifetime Learning. Bethlehem, NY. Spring 2002.

Guest lecture at Union College on “Buddhism in the Chinese Experience.” June 2000.

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE ABROAD

 

Fulbright Scholar, Beijing (see above). Jan. – July, 2005.

University at Albany Seminar taught in the Tibet Autonomous Region (PRC). July 2004.

Research Travel to China: Beijing. Summer 2003.

Research Travel to China: Lhasa and Beijing. Summer 2002.

Research Travel to China: Beijing and Kaifeng. Summer 2001.

Visiting Scholar, Nankai University, Tianjin, China PRC. Summer 1998.

Residence in Tianjin, China PRC. Summers of 1987, 1990, 1995.

Language study at the Mandarin Training Center of the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, Taiwan. May - Dec. 1984.