David Emil Mungello

David Emil Mungello (born 1943) is an American historian on the cultural interaction between Europe and China since 1550. He has written on the introduction of Christianity into China and the reception of Confucianism into Europe. He is recognized as one of the leading modern authorities on the Jesuit missions in China. He has also written on the history of queer Western men in China.

Biography

Mungello received a B.A. in philosophy at George Washington University in 1965, an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969, and a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973. His Ph.D. dissertation was on Leibniz and Confucianism, later published in 1977. He has taught at Lingnan College in Hong Kong, Briarcliff College, Coe College (Iowa), and Baylor University.

Works

Leibniz and Confucianism: The Search for Accord (1977) . The Forgotten Christians of Hangzhou (1994) The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800 (1999) . Western Queers in China: Flight to the Land of Oz (2012) The Chinese Rites Controversy: Its History and Meaning (1994)

References

21st-century American historians

21st-century American male writers

American sinologists

Baylor University faculty

Living people

1943 births

Coe College faculty

University of California, Berkeley alumni

American male non-fiction writers