Qitao Guo 's research focuses on the social, cultural, and religious history of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties (1644-1912). Currently, he is engaged in a book-length project on the rise of elite lineages in Ming-dynasty Huizhou prefecture.
QITAO GUO
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1994
BA, Beijing University, PRC
Associate Professor of History
Department of History
544 Murray Krieger Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-3275
tel: 949.824.0442
fax: 949.824.2865
email: guoq@uci.edu
Fields of Interest
China, Ming and Qing dynasties
Publications
Monographs
Exorcism and Money: The Symbolic World of the Five-Fury Spirits in Late Imperial China. Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 2003.
Ritual Opera and Mercantile Lineage: The Confucian Transformation of Popular Culture in Late Imperial Huizhou. Stanford University Press, 2005.
Articles
"Engendering Chinese Mercantile Lineage Culture: Women and Family in Late Imperial Huizhou" (article in preparation).
“Lineage Matters: Genealogical Prominence and Liturgical Power in mid-Ming Huizhou” (article in preparation).
Courses
- History of China
- Graduate seminar: the social and cultural history of Ming-Qing China
- Graduate seminar: Chinese primary sources