Curriculum Vitae

YANG Juping

Dr. & Professor 

Faculty of History

Nankai University

No. 38, Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, 

Tianjin, 300350, China

Tel.: 0086-22-23676438(H) ；0086-22-23509128(O)

Fax：0086-22-23508295

Email: yjuping@nankai.edu.cn  yjuping@hotmail.com； 

Education

• Ph.D. History Department, Beijing Normal University, 1996-2001

• M.A. History Department, Nankai University, 1985-1988

• B. A. History Department, Shanxi University, 1978–1982

Employment

• Emeritus Professor of Nankai University since 2023.

• Full Professor of Ancient History, History College, Nankai University, 2004 –2022

• Full Professor, History Department, Shanxi University, 1998-2003

• Dean, History Department, Shanxi University, 1995-2003

• Associate Professor, History Department, Shanxi University, 1993-1997

• Lecturer, History Department, Shanxi University, 1988-1992

• Assistant, History Department, Shanxi Normal University, 1982-1985

Fellowship and Grants

1. Joint Fellow of the CHS of Harvard University and the DAI, Berlin (2013-2014)

2. Grantee of Category AI, 14th Foreigner’s Fellowships Program 2008-2009, from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Greece. 

3. Visiting scholar, San Diego State University, Dec. 2003-Jan. 2004.

Current Academic Positions 

• Honorary Vice-President, Society of Ancient and Medieval World History in China.

• Director, Center for Research of Classical Civilizations, Nankai University

• Director, Center for Research of Ancient Civilizations on the Silk Road, Nankai University

Fields of Research

• Ancient History

• History of Ancient Greece and Rome

• Hellenistic Civilization 

• The Silk Road

Main Publications

Papers 

1.“A Centennial Textual Research and Interpretation of the lead ingots with assumed“Foreign scripts”, Wen Shi, 2(2024), forthcoming.

2.“Meeting of two Civilizations:A Personal Retrospect on the Study of Hellenistic Legacies in China”，CINA e GRECIA. Ecumenismi antichi allo specchio : il riflesso dell’Altro (China and Greece. Ancient Ecumenism in the Mirror: the reflection of the Other).Sulla Via del Catai (On the Road to Cathay）.The issue is scheduled for the beginning of 2024. 

3.“Establishing a Silk Road research system with Chinese characteristics”, China Daily(Chinese edition), Oct. 30, Layout 13.

4.“The world history research based on the local orientation”, Guangming Daily,Jun. 26. layout 14.

5.“Co-existence of the Four Empires and the Emergence of the Maritime Silk Road”, in Empire and Politics in the East and West Civilizations” , edited by Andrea Balbo, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022, pp. 37-47.

6.“The ‘Greek Deities’ in Gandhara Art and Their Evolution in China: A Preliminary Survey Based on Iconography”,The Western Regions Research, No. 4, 2013, pp. 120－137.

7.“Interaction between Civilizations from the Perspective of The Silk Road,” Guangmign Daily, Dec. 13, 2021.

8.“From the Mediterranean to Yellow River: Reechoes of Hellenistic Culture in China to the 7th Century A.D.”, Teaching of History, No.10, 2021, pp.13-28.

9.“The Sinicization and Secularization of some Graeco-Buddhist Gods in China”, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project. Edited byWannaporn Rienjang & Peter Stewart, Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. 2020, pp. 234-247.

10.“A link between two great civilizations: Iran and China ”, Interview with Yang Juping and Hamidreza Pashazanous, Iran newspaper, 06/08/2017. The original version is in Persian.

11.“Cities, Coins, and Art: A Review of the Confrencve on the Hellenistic Legacies”, The Western Regions Studies, No.4, 2018, pp.36-140.（First author）

12.“the Mediterranean: the fusing pot of Ancient Civilization,”Paper of Chinese Social Science, July 12, 2019.

13.“Arsacid Cities in the Hanshu and Houhanshu, Brill, Iran and the Caucasus, No. 22, 2018: 123-138.（Co-author）

14.“Hellenization or Indianization: A Research on Yavanas”, revised English version, Ancient West and East,  No.16, 2017, pp. 177-208.

15.“The fluid World: Maritime Trade in The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea”, The Western Regions Studies, No.1, 2017, pp. 37-48. (Co-author) 

16.“The Vicissitudes of the Great Empires on the Silk Road”, Reference News, May I, 2017. 

17.“Rumors or Historical Facts: Information on the Hellenistic Countries and Cities in the Western Regions recorded in the Han Dynasty,”The Western Regions Studies, No.3, 2019, pp.23-35.

18.“Some notes on Dayuezhi, Daxia, Guishuang, and Dumi in Chinese Sources”, The Silk Road,  No.14, 2016, pp. 97-105.

19.“The Cultural Heritage of Hellenistic Civilization in the far East and its Historical Positioning”, Historical Research, No.5, (2016, pp. 127-143. 

20.“King Milinda or Menander: A Note on the Hellenistic Information in Milindapanha”, World History, No.5, (2016, pp. 111-122. 

21.“Retrospect and Prospect on Research of Relationship between the Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 6 (2016), pp. 78-90

22.“The interactions between Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road, Paper of Chinese social science”, June 24, 2016. 

23.“A Brief Comment on the Studies of Chinese and Greek Classical Civilizations.” Classical Review, No.1, 2015. pp.183-192. 

24.“Some clues of the Hellenistic World and the Roman East hidden in China's Early Four Historical Books,” Talanta. Proceedings of the Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society, 46/47 (2014/2015)：121-143

25.“Hellenistic Information in China”，(Harvard University) CHS Research Bulletin, Vol. 2 (2014) No. 2. pp. 73-91.

26.“Hellenistic World and the Silk Road”, Anabasis--Studia Classica et Orientalia, 4/2013.

27.“The “Philhellenic” Complex of the Parthian Dynasty”, Social Sciences in China, No 11, 2013, pp. 180-201.

28.“The Relations between China and India in Han dynasty with additional studies on the opening of the southern Silk Road”, The Western Regions Research, No. 4, 2013, pp. 1-12.

29.“The Relations between China and India and the opening of the Southern Silk Road during the Han Dynasty.” (Revised English version), Silk Road, Vol. 11, 2013, pp.82-92.

30.“The Flowing of Civilization: from Greece to China”, Guangming Daily, “the historical page”, July 4, 2013.

31.“The Contacts, Exchange and Comparison between Ancient Civilizations” (the review of the papers presented in the conference on the ancient history, co-author), World History, No.2, 2013. pp. 143-146. (first author) 

32.“The Hellenistic World and the Emergence of the Silk Road”, αγορα, Vol. 1, Issue 3, p. 6 and the other pages in electronic version, edited by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for Hellenic Studies.

33.“Hellenization or Indianization: A Research on Yavanas”, Historical Research, No. 6, 2011, pp. 134-155. 

34.“The Greek-style Coins on the Silk Road”, in The Proceeding of Symposium on Ancient Coins and the Culture of the Silk Road, edited by Shanghai Museum, Shanghai painting and calligraphy Press, 2011, pp. 298-308. 

35.“A Note on the Study of the Hellenistic Age abroad in Recent Years (1978-2010)”, World History, No. 6, 2011, pp. 119-130.

36.“The Spread and Evolution of the Goddess Nana: A Case Study of Religious Identity within a Multicultural Context”, World History, No. 5, 2010, pp. 103-115.

37.“The Relation between Research of Ancient Greek History and the Chinese Classical Culture ”, in Study of the Original Culture, No. 4, 2010. pp. 436-441.

38.“A Note on Soter Megas”, Historical Research, No. 4, 2009, pp. 140-152.The Historical Evolution of the Concept of Global History”, World History, No. 4, 2009, pp. 103-113.

39.“Alexander and the Emergence of the Silk Road”, in The Silk Road, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter/Spring 2009, pp. 15-22.

40.“A Comparison of the Researches of Ancient World History in China, Japan, and Korea”, Historical Teaching, No. 3, 2008, pp. 106-108.

41.“The Origin of European Culture”, Modern and Contemporary World History Study, No.5, 2008, pp. 52-62.

42.“Greek-style Coins and Cultural Exchanges between East and West”, Journal of Beijing Normal University, No. 6, 2007, pp. 40-46.

43.“The Eastern Conquests of Alexander the Great and the Opening of the Silk Road”, Historical Research, No. 4, 2007, pp. 150-161. Reprinted and reedited by Historical Monthly，No. 242 (Mar. 2008), pp. 18-27, Taibei.   

44.“Orators and Athenian Democracy”, World History, No. 4, 2007, pp. 24-32. (first author)

45.“Ai Khanoum and the Interaction between West and East in the Hellenistic Period”, Western  

Region Studies, No. 1, 2007, pp. 96-105.

46.“Foreign Cultural Elements in the Relics of the Northern Dynasties and the Sui-Tang    Dynasties Unearthed in Shanxi Province”, Collected Papers: Northern China from the Fourth to Sixth Centuries and the Eurasian Continent, Branch of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, Science Press, 2007, pp. 335-345. 

47.“Behavior and Attitude towards the World: A Comparative Analysis between the Cynics and the School of Zhuangzi”, Nankai Journal (Philosophy and Social Science Edition), No. 3, 2006, pp. 85-91. (An English version was reprinted in Frontiers of History in China, 2/1, 2007, pp. 60-73.)

48.“A Preliminary Investigation of the Cultural Connotations of Zoroastrianism in the Tomb of Yu Hong”, Studies in World Religion, No. 3, 2006, pp. 103-110.

49.“A Comparison between Jie Yu, the Madman of the Chu State, and Diogenes, the Ancient Greek Cynic”, in: Lei Haizong and Chinese Historiography of the 20th Century--The Collected Papers in Honor of the Late Professor Lei Haizong for His Centennial Birthday, ed. Wang Dunshu, Chinese Publishing House, 2005, pp. 252-256.

50.“The Origin and Evolution of Utopian Thought in Ancient Greece”, World History, No. 6, 

2003, pp. 94-102.

51.“Were There Relations between Greek and Chinese Civilizations before the Fourth Century   

B.C.?”, Journal of Ancient Civilizations, No. 3, 1998, pp. 136-144.

52.“The Formation of Hellenistic Civilization: Influences on and Comparisons with Other Ancient Civilizations”, Journal of Shanxi Normal University, No.3, 1998, pp. 89-95.

53.“Contacts and Confluences between Ancient Greek and Chinese Civilizations”, Annual of 

World History, No. 2, 1996, pp. 514-528.

54.“On the Developing Stages of Hellenistic Culture”, Journal of Shanxi University, No. 2, 1994, pp. 80-85.

55.“Inspirations from the First International Academic Conference on Ancient World History in 

China”, World History, No. 2, 1994, pp. 99-102.

56.“The Rules of Kings and Dynasties in the Hellenistic Age”, in: The Ancient Royal Power and 

Despotism, ed. Shi Zhisheng, Chinese Social Science Press, 1993, pp. 289-312.

57.“Interactions between Greek and Indian Cultures before the Christian Era”, South Asian Studies, No. 3, 1993, pp. 66-73.

58.“Orphism and its Impact”, Historical Research, No. 4, 1993, pp. 136-147.

59.“Influences of Hellenistic Culture on Western Europe”, Academic Journal of Jinyang, No. 5, 1992, pp. 59-60.

60.“Urbanization in the Hellenistic Age”, Studies of Urban History, No. 7, 1992, pp. 119-135.

61.“Hellenistic Culture: The First Great Period of Cultural Confluences and Interchanges in 

Human History”, Journal of Shanxi University, No. 4, 1992, pp. 84-87.

62.“On the Nature of Hellenistic Culture”, World History, No. 3, 1992, pp. 97-106.

63.“On the Formation and Characteristics of Monarchy in the Hellenistic Age”, Journal of Shanxi University, No. 1, 1991, pp. 71-77.

Chapters in books

1.“Chinese Historical Sources and the Greeks in the Western Regions” in Rachel Mairs, edited, The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2020, pp. 446-464.

2.“Tibetan Buddhism”, in The Three Great Religions in the World and Their Main Sects, edited by Yu Ke, Changsha: Hunan People’s Press, 1987. Revised Edition, 2001, pp. 342-354.

3.“The Rise of Macedonia and Expansion of Macedonia-Greece,”World History: Ancient History (Part I), edited by Liu Jiahe and Wang Dunshu, Beijing: Higher Education Press. 1994, pp. 282-307.

4.“Democratic Remains of City-states and the Confederations of City-states in the Hellenistic Period”, in The Ancient Democracy and Republic, edited by Shi Zhisheng and Guo Fang, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 1998, pp. 221-234.

Books (authored and edited)

1.Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road，6 Vols, (editer and co-aothor) , Beijing: Zhonghuashuju (中华书局）, forthcoming. 

2.Interaction and Exchanges: the Relation between the Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road (the second of the series of studies on the Hellenistic Civilization), Beijing:Zhonghuashuju (中华书局), 2022.  

3.The Ancient Civilization and the Silk road (editor and coauthor)，Beijing：Chinese Social Science Press，2020. 

4. Contact and Fusions: History and Culture of the Hellenistic Age (the first of the series of studies of Hellenistic Civilization), Beijing：Chinese Social Science Press，2018. 

5. Research on the Origin of European Culture, Ed., Tianjin People”s Press, 2011

6.A Study of Cynicism in Greek and Roman World, Beijing: People”s Publishing House, 2002.

7.Series of Human Civilizations (ten books), Chief Editor, Beijing: Democracy and Construction Press, 2001.

8.Sakyamuni(Buddha), Taiyuan: Shanxi Universities-United Press, 1994.

Translation into Chinese

1. Plutarch, Pericles, in: The Collection of Translations of the Ancient World History, ed. Hu Zhongda. Hohhot: Inner-Mongolia University Press, 1986, pp.194-232. 

2. The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. VII. Part I. the Hellenistic World. (Forthcoming) 

Projects

1. “Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road”, the key project from the National Foundation for Social Science in China, 2015-2022. 

2. “Research on the Countries and Civilizations across the Silk Road”, from the Ministry of Education of China, 2011. 

3. “The translation of the Cambridge Ancient History, Part I, Vol. VII”, from the National Foundation for Social Science in China, 2010.

4. “Hellenistic civilization and the interaction of ancient civilizations between East and West”, from the National Foundation for Social Science in China, 2005.

Papers Delivered at International Conferences and Universities abroad

1.“Alexander and Zhang Qian—the opening of the Silk Road and its enlightenment to the Belt and Road,” Yeditepe University, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021. 

2.“ Co-existence of the Four Empires and the Emergence of the Maritime Silk Road,” the 2nd International Conference of Roma Sinica Studies, Seoul National University, 5th-6th Sept. 2019 

3.“The Sinicization and Secularization of some Graeco-Buddhist Gods in China,”in The Global Connections of Gandhāran Art. Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 18th-19th March, 2019.

4.“The Greek deities in China from Hellenistic Central Asia and India”, in the Conference on Ritual Matters: Archaeology and Religion in Hellenistic Central Asia”, German Archaeological Institute & the Free University,Berlin，Nov. 4, 2017. 

5.“The Image of Iranians (Parthians) reflected in Chinese ancient historical books”, Imam Khomeini International University & Society of Iran History，May 8, 2017.

6.The introduction of the project on relation between the Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road, presented in the Inaugural Colloquium of the Hellenistic Central Asia Research Network ,Reading University, April 15-17, 2016.

7.“Hellenistic Civilization and the Silk Road”, Edinburgh University, April 20,2016.

8.“Some Notes on Daxia, Dayuezhi, Guishuang (Kushan), and Dumi(Termez),” “Civilization of Amudarya in the System of the World Culture”, the international Science-Practical Conference, Termez University, Uzbekistan. 15-17 September, 2014.

9.“Hellenistic Information in China”, Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University, April 26, 2014

10.“Hellenistic Cities in Chinese Historical Records”, Cincinnati University, April 9，2014.

11.“Some clues of the Hellenistic World and the Roman East hidden in China's Early Four Historical Books”, Leiden University,Jan.28, 2014. 

12. “A Note on the identity of Soter Megas”, in the conference on the literature of Kushan, Dec. 8-10, 2013, Free University, Berlin. 

13. “From the Mediterranean to Yellow River：Echoes of Hellenistic Culture in China”, International Conference on Ancient World History, Nankai University, Tianjin, China，June 16-18, 2012 (as organizer).

14.“Ancient Greece and China”, University of Athens, Greece, February 13, 2009. 

15.“From Greece to China”, in University of Leiden, Netherlands, Mar. 2-3, 2009.

16.“The Eastern Conquests of Alexander the Great and the Opening of the Silk Road”, Symposium of Japan-Korea-China, Tokyo, Japan, September 20-24, 2007. Included in The  

17.Proceedings of the Japan-Korea-China Symposium 2007, Meiji University in Japan, pp.97-112

18. “Hellenistic Coins on the Silk Road,” International Symposium on Ancient Coins and the   

19.Culture of the Silk Road, Shanghai Museum, China, December 5-7, 2006.

20. “Behavior and Attitude towards the World: A Comparative Analysis of the 

21.Cynics and the School of Zhuangzi”, 14th International Conference of Chinese Philosophy, Sydney, Australia, July 13-19, 2005. 

22. “Hellenistic World and Ancient China”, San Diego State University,Dec.17，2003