Aaron Throness is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations specializing in the political history of Ming China. Aaron received his BA in Asian Area Studies (2020) and MA in History (2022) from the University of British Columbia, where his research examined the geographic statecraft thought of Qiu Jun, a 15th century Ming intellectual; his current interests center on the dynamic political relationships between princely estates in Huguang province and the Ming throne. Aaron has published essays in T'oung Pao, Ming Studies, and Monumenta Serica, in addition to several book reviews in International Journal of Asian Studies and Asian Studies Review. Brill published in October 2023 his first academic monograph, Yang Tinghe: A Political Life in the Mid-Ming Court (Sinica Leidensia, vol. 161).
Monographs
A. Throness. Yang Tinghe: A Political Life in the Mid-Ming Court. Leiden: Brill, 2023.
Theses
A. Throness. "To Govern the State and Bring Peace to the Realm: Qiu Jun's (1421-1495) Geographic Statecraft Thought in 15th Century Ming China." Master's thesis, The University of British Columbia, 2022. https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0412646.
Research Essays
A. Throness. "1449 Resurrected: Invocations of the Tumu Incident in Ming Political Discourse, 1517-1518." Monumenta Serica 71, no. 2 (2023): 371-396.
A. Throness. "Zhu Yousi: The Life and Times of a Prince in 16th Century Ming China." Ming Studies 87 (2023): 29-55.
A. Throness. "A Critical Biography of Zhu Zhanshan, Prince Xian of Xiang (1406-1478)." T'oung Pao 通報 109, nos. 1-2 (2023): 86-141.
A. Throness, transl. "Preface for an Imperial Reprint of the Daxue yanyi bu, by Zhu Yijun." Renditions, no. 98 (2022): 12-19.
A. Throness. "An Age of Exalted Harmony? Deciphering the Contested Historiography of the Jingtai Reign." Ming Studies 83 (2021): 30-59.
Book Review Essays
A. Throness. "Review of The Culture of Language in Ming China: Sound, Script, and the Redefinition of Boundaries of Knowledge, by Nathan Vedal." Asian Studies Review (2023): 1-2.
A. Throness. "Review of Four Seasons: A Ming Emperor and His Grand Secretaries in Sixteenth-Century China, by John W. Dardess." International Journal of Asian Studies 20, no. 1 (2023): 242-247.
A. Throness. "Review of More Than the Great Wall: The Northern Frontier and Ming National Security, 1368-1644, by John W. Dardess." International Journal of Asian Studies 19, no. 2 (2022): 333-337.
