Joan R. Piggott

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Joan R. Piggott (born 1947) is an American historian specializing in East Asian studies.

Education

Piggott completed a master of arts from Stanford University in 1972, followed by a doctorate from Stanford in 1987.

Career

Piggott began her academic career at the University of Miami, where she was an assistant professor of history from 1987 until 1989. Between 1989 and 1995, Piggott held an assistant professorship in history at Cornell University, where she was promoted to associate professor. In 2003, Piggott accepted an appointment as Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History at the University of Southern California.[1][2]

Selected publications

  • Goodwin, Janet R.; Piggott, Joan R., eds. (2018). Land, Power, and the Sacred: The Estate System in Medieval Japan. University of Hawaii Press.
  • Piggott, Joan R.; Yoshida, Sanae, eds. (2008). Teishinkōki: Year 939 in the Journal of Regent Fujiwara no Tadahira. Cornell University Press.
  • Piggott, Joan R., ed. (2006). Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180: Japanese Historians Interpreted in English. Cornell University Press.
  • Piggott, Joan R. (1997). The Emergence of Japanese Kingship. Stanford University Press.

References

  1. ^ "Joan Piggott". University of Southern California. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "About the Programs". The Project for Premodern Japan Studies, University of Southern California. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ Reviews of Land, Power, and the Sacred include:
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  5. ^ Reviews of Capital and Countryside in Japan include:
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  7. ^ Reviews of The Emergence of Japanese Kingship include: