Department of History

John Tobin

Position title: TA: History 103 with Professor Dennis

Email: jptobin@wisc.edu

Address:
Advisor: Joe Dennis
Office: 4274 Mosse Humanities Building
Mailbox: 5059 Mosse Humanities Building
Office Hours: Office hours by appointment

John Tobin

Biography

I am studying East Asian history with a focus on China and Tibet during the Yuan-Ming transition. I am interested in how the Ming imperial project affected the ethnic and gender identities of people on its borderlands, as well as the legacy of the Mongol-Yuan’s system of ethnic hierarchy.

Currently on leave for language study at National Taiwan University

Education

B.A., History, Philosophy, Marquette University, 2016

Field

  • East Asian History

Selected Awards

  • National Bureau of Asian Research Chinese Language Fellow, 2021-2022
  • Taiwan Ministry of Education Huayu Enrichment Scholarship Recipient, 2021
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow – Tibetan Language, Summer 2021
  • Critical Language Scholarship – Mandarin, Summer 2021 (declined)
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow – Tibetan Language, 2020-2021
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellow – Tibetan Language, 2019-2020