Professor
Biography
Ph.D. East Asian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
M.A. Chinese Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
B.A. Medieval Studies, Princeton University, 1978
Current Research Projects:
- The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang: Xiang Kairan's Martial Arts Fiction and Republican-era xiaoshuo
- Text and image in late Qing and early Republican fiction and print culture
Research
Selected Research
- Hamm, John C. The Unworthy Scholar from Pingjiang. New York City: Columbia University Press, 2019.
- John Christopher Hamm. Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel. University of Hawaii Press, 2006.
- John Christopher Hamm. "Local Heroes: Guangdong School wuxia Fiction and Hong Kong's Imagining of China." Twentieth-Century China 27.1 (2001): 71-96.
- John Christopher Hamm. "The Marshes of Mount Liang Beyond the Sea: Jin Yong's Early Martial Arts Fiction and Post-War Hong Kong." Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 11.1 (1999): 93-123.
- John Christopher Hamm. "Reading the Swordswoman's Tale: Shisanmei and Ernü yingxiong zhuan." T'oung Pao 84 (1998): 328-355.
Courses Taught
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
Autumn 2019
Spring 2019
Winter 2019
Autumn 2018
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
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