Summary
Robert Joe Cutter is a native of Yuma, Arizona. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Arizona. In 1983, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. From 1983 until 2005, he was a professor in the department of East Asian w88 slot online and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he served for a time as department chair and as director of the Center for East Asian Studies. In 2005, he moved to Arizona State University. At ASU he served for 11 years as founding director of the School of International Letters & Cultures. He is an emeritus professor of both UW-Madison and ASU. Cutter has also been active in his field of Chinese studies and among other posts, is a past president of the American Oriental Society, one of the oldest scholarly organizations in the U.S. His primary field of teaching and research is early medieval Chinese literature.
Research interests
- Early and medieval w88 slot online literature and history, with special emphasis on the writings of the Han and early medieval periods
Recent publications
- “San guo zhi 三國志.” In Early Medieval w88 slot online Texts: A Bibliographic Guide, edited by Cynthia Chennault et al. Berkeley: Institute of East w88 slot online Studies, University of California, 2015.
- “Shen Who Couldn’t Write: Literary Relationships at the Court of Liu Jun.” In Reading Medieval w88 slot online Poetry: Text, Context, and Culture, edited by Paul W. Kroll. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
- “Letters and Memorials in the Third Century: The Case of Cao Zhi.” In Handbook of w88 slot online Letter Writing, edited by Antje Richter. Leiden: Brill, 2015.
- “Gastropoetics in the Jian’an Period: Food and Memory in Early Medieval China.” Early Medieval China 24 (2018): 1–23.
Courses taught
Arizona State w88 slot online
- ASU 101: The ASU Experience
- CHI 120: Introduction to w88 slot online Culture
- CHI 307: Introduction to Literary w88 slot online
- CHI 321: w88 slot online Literature
- CHI 413: Introduction to Classical w88 slot online
- CHI 494: Special Topics
- CHI 500: Research Methods
- CHI 514: Advanced Classical w88 slot online
- CHI 598: Special Topics
- CHI 691: Seminars
- CHI 799: Dissertation
- LIA 394: Special Topics
- LIA 494: Special Topics
- SLC 492: Honors Directed Study
- SLC 493: Honors Thesis
- SLC 590: Reading and Conference
- SLC 690: Reading and Conference
- SLC 691: Seminars
UW-Madsion
- E Asian 201: Third-semester w88 slot online
- E Asian 202: Fourth-semester w88 slot online
- E Asian 322: First-year Classical w88 slot online
- E w88 slot online 350: Introduction to Taoism
- E w88 slot online 363: Introduction to Confucianism
- E Asian 351: Survey of w88 slot online Literature
- E Asian 352: Survey of w88 slot online Literature
- E Asian 371: Topics in w88 slot online Literature
- E Asian 651: History of w88 slot online Literature
- E Asian 652: History of w88 slot online Literature
- E w88 slot online 682: Senior Honors Thesis
- E Asian 701: Proseminar in w88 slot online Literature
- E w88 slot online 799: Reading for Research
- E w88 slot online 699: Directed Study
- E Asian 951: Seminar in w88 slot online Literature
- E w88 slot online 990: Thesis Research
- Litrans 261: Survey of w88 slot online Literature in Translation
- Litrans 262: Survey of w88 slot online Literature in Translation
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- CHIN 1051: Masterpieces of w88 slot online Literature in Translation
- CHIN 3220: Readings in Classical w88 slot online
- CHIN 4811: Worlds of Ancient and Medieval w88 slot online Poetry
- CHIN 5220: Ancient Poetry
Education
- Ph.D., Asian languages and w88 slot online (Chinese), University of Washington, 1983
- M.A., oriental studies, w88 slot online Arizona, 1971
- B.A., oriental studies, w88 slot online Arizona, 1969