Beatrice Bartlett

Beatrice Sturgis Bartlett (October 4, 1928 – April 1, 2024), also known as Betsy Bartlett, was an American historian of modern Chinese history, from the 1600s to the modern era. She was Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University.[1]

Biography

Bartlett received her B.A. from Smith College and Ph.D. (1980) from Yale University. She is best known for her work on Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China, 1723-1820 (1991), a significant expansion of her PhD dissertation,[2] which has been described as the "best contribution to Ch'ing institutional history in any language."[3] After teaching at Yale for a number of years, Bartlett retired in 2005 as a full professor, and became Professor Emerita of History.[4][5]

Bartlett came from a long line of Yale alumni, including being related to the first Chinese to graduate from a North American university, the Yale alumnus Yung Wing.[4] She died on April 1, 2024, at the age of 95.[6]

Selected works

  • Monarchs and ministers : the Grand Council in Mid-Chʻing China, 1723-1820, 1991
  • Ch'ing documents in the National Palace Museum Archives by Beatrice S Bartlett, 1974
  • Jun zhu yu da chen : Qing zhong qi de jun ji chu (1723-1820), 2017
  • The secret memorials of the Yung-Cheng period (1723-1735) : archival and published versions, 1974
  • The vermilion brush : the Grand Council communications system and central government decision making in mid Chʻing China, 1980
  • Archive materials in China on United States history, 1985
  • Imperial notations on Chʻing official documents in the Chʻien-Lung (1736-1795) and Chia-Chʻing (1796-1820) reigns, 1972

References

  1. ^ Laurans, Penelope. "Bartlett, among the first U.S. scholars to study in the Qing archives".
  2. ^ Bartlett, Beatrice S. (1991). Monarchs and Ministers: The Grand Council in Mid-Chʻing China, 1723-1820. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06591-8.
  3. ^ Ho, Ping-Ti (1998). "In Defense of Sinicization: A Rebuttal of Evelyn Rawski's "Reenvisioning the Qing"". The Journal of Asian Studies. 57 (1): 126. doi:10.2307/2659026. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2659026.
  4. ^ a b Laurans, Penelope. "Beatrice Bartlett". Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Beatrice Bartlett". Henry Koerner Center for Emeritus Faculty. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Beatrice Bartlett". Legacy. Retrieved 10 October 2024.


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