Professor Peter Nickerson

Prof. Peter Nickerson
660-3522 - nickersn@duke.edu
116 Gray Bldg.

Office Hours:
by appointment

PETER NICKERSON (1995) Received his A.B. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University in 1983, both an M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1995) in History from the University of California, Berkeley. His scholarly interests concern East Asian religion, society, and culture, and the comparative social history of religion. His research focuses on the history of Taoist and popular religious traditions in ancient and medieval China, as well as religion in contemporary Chinese societies. He has also published on and has a continuing interest in kinship, marriage, myth, and culture in early Japan.


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