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John E. Wills Jr

Emeritus Professor of History

Contact Information
Phone: (213) 740-1657
Office: SOS 153

 

Education
B.A. Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1/1956
M.A. East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1/1960
Ph.D. History and Far Eastern Languages, Harvard University, 1/1967
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Tenure Track Appointments
Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1984-  
Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1972-01/01/1984  
Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 01/01/1967-01/01/1972  
 

Non-Tenure Track Appointments
Instructor in History, University of Southern California, 01/01/1965-01/01/1967  
Instructor in History, Stanford University, 01/01/1964-01/01/1965  
 

Other Employment
Director, East Asian Studies Center and USC - UCLA Joint East Asian Studies, University of Southern California, 01/01/1990-01/01/1994  
Acting Chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Southern California, 01/01/1987-01/01/1989  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Wills' core research has been on China's relations with maritime Europeans from about 1500 to 1800. He has moved out from that center to long views of continuity and change in China's culture and its foreign relations, and to the varieties of the world of the 1600's.
 

Honors and Awards
USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, 2003  
USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, 1995  
USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 1990  
USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, 1986  
 
 
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