Conrad Schirokauer

Conrad Schirokauer, was an American historian and writer. (1929 in Leipzig, Germany – 19 September 2018, Cleveland, Ohio) His family left Germany via Italy to settle in Tennessee in 1938 before eventually moving to Baltimore, MD.

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His father was the German-Jewish literary scholar and philologist Arno Schirokauer.

Conrad Schirokauer was married to Lore Strich who he had met originally as a child in Italy.

Schirokauer obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on 12th century Chinese political thought at Stanford University.

He specialized in East Asian historiography, particularly Chinese and Japanese history.

Schirokauer graduated high school from Williston Academy.[2] He completed his BA in history at Yale, and his PhD in history at Stanford.[3] with a dissertation on 12th century Chinese political thought.

He was a professor of history at the City University of New York.[3]

Bibliography

Schirokauer's notable books include:[4]

  • A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations
  • Modern East Asia: A Brief History
  • China's Examination Hell: The Civil Service Examinations of Imperial China
  • The Mainstream of Civilization to 1715
  • Modern China and Japan: A Brief History
  • Ordering the World - Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty Chinawith Robert Hymes (Editor)

References
  1. "Conrad M. Schirokauer '46 | In Memoriam". Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. "Conrad M. Schirokauer – Columbia Global". beta.global.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  4. "Conrad Schirokauer". goodreads.com. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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