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Sarah Allan

Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures, and of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Burlington Northern Foundation Professorship in Asian Studies in Honor of Richard M. Bressler
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Departments

  • Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures
  • Asian and Middle-Eastern Studies

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Contact Information

Email: sarah.allan@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-2457
Office: 6191 Bartlett Hall

Education

B.A. University of California at Los Angeles; M.A. University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley

Areas of Expertise

Classical Chinese language and literature; early Chinese culture; early Chinese writing and excavated texts; the development of ancient Chinese philosophical systems

Selected Works

  • "Erlitou and the Formation of Chinese Civilization: Toward a New Paradigm," Journal of Asian Studies, 66:2 (May 2007) 461-496.
  • The Formation of Chinese Civilization: An Archaeological Perspective, edited volume, (2005).
  • The Guodian Laozi: Proceedings of the International Conference, Dartmouth College, May 1998, co-edited with Crispin Williams, (2000).
  • The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue, (1997; Korean translation, 1999; Chinese translation, 2002).
  • The Shape of the Turtle: Myth, Art and Cosmos in Early China, (1991; Chinese translation, 1992; Korean translation, 2001).
  • The Heir and the Sage: Dynastic Legend in Early China, (1981; Chinese translation, 2001).

Current Projects

The philosophy of abdication in newly discovered bamboo-slip manuscripts from the 4th century BCE