Dr. Joseph Yick
Office: TMH-208
Email: jy02@txstate.edu
Phone: (512)245-3748
Joseph K. S. Yick, Professor of History and Honorary Professor of International Studies, was born in (British) Hong Kong. Before coming to Texas State in 1989, he taught at Auburn University-Montgomery, UC-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City College, University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Baptist College. His research interests include Chinese communism, Nationalist secret services, and Chinese collaboration with Japan during World War II. He has been a research associate at the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University. He has served as a president of the Southwest Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, and as an editor of the Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies.
Educational Background :
Ph.D. - The University of California at Santa Barbara
M.A. -
The University of California at Santa Barbara
B.A. - The University of Texas at Austin
Recent Research Topics :
(1) “Blood, Sweat, Fame, Gain, and Tears: The Nationalist Military Secret Service in Beiping-Tianjin, 1945-1949.”
(2) “Elite Collaboration in Japanese-Occupied China: The Cultural Power and Political Influence of Hu Lancheng, 1938-1945.”
Previous Publications :
(1) Making Urban Revolution in China: The CCP-GMD Struggle for Beiping-Tianjin, 1945-1949. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 1995.
(2) “Communist-Puppet Collaboration in Japanese-Occupied China: Pan Hannian and Li Shiqun, 1939-43,” Intelligence and National Security (London, United Kingdom), 16:4 (Winter 2001): 61-88.
Awards and Accomplishments :
Texas State’s Presidential Seminar Award in 1998 and Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly Activities in 1995.
Classes Taught :
Hist 5381: Chinese Communism. (3-0)
The Chinese Communist movement from 1919 to the present. Will focus on (1) urban and rural aspects of Chinese Communism; (2) the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party on mainland China; and (3) the construction of the Party-State and Socialism in the People's Republic of China.
Undergraduate Courses:
Hist 4344: Modern Japan, 1600-Present. (3-0)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of Japan from 1600 to the present. Focus on radical changes in the state, society, and economy in the 19th and 20th centuries and on the impact of these changes on Japan's status in the world today.
Hist 4343: Modern China, 1600-Present. (3-0)
A survey of the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of China from 1600 to the present. Emphasis on the issues of domestic troubles and external aggression, and on the revolutionary changes in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hist 2312: History of World Civilization from the 17th Century.
A general survey of world civilization from the 17th century to the present.
Hist 2311: History of World Civilization to the 17th Century. (3-0)
A general survey of world civilization from the earliest times to the 17th century.
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