Warring States Project Organization
After a long early history as a personal research effort by Bruce and Taeko Brooks, The Project was established at the University on 11 June 1993 by Lee R Edwards, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, to give an institutional home for their researches, and to provide a forum in which their results could be criticized and developed by discussion with other scholars, and eventually published; support of the Project as a part of the College continues under Joel Martin, who became Dean in 2006. Supplementary financial assistance was provided during 1997-2000 by Vice Chancellor for Research Frederick W Byron. The office of Vice Provost for Research Paul Kostecki continues to provide the Project with financial services; our bookkeeper is Sandy Teale. John Mullin, Dean of the Graduate School, provides journal space and mail services in the Goodell Building. The Office of Information Technologies provides computer equipment for the Thompson Hall office, and hosts the Project's web site. Chancellor John V Lombardi has taken occasional part in Project discussions and has co-authored one paper for the journal; he offered the official word of welcome to participants at the WSWG 18 Conference in December 2003.
The Project is one of 100 Research Centers at the University, and one of 48 Affiliated Organizations of the Association for Asian Studies. It has gradually become a focus of collaboration for approximately 150 international scholars in more than 20 countries worldwide (Mexico, Colombia, the US, Canada, England, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Israel, India, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea). Together, these make up what is informally called the Warring States Working Group (WSWG).
Between July 2001 and March 2006, the Project undertook a formal cooperation with a team headed by John Page and Isabel Garcia Hidalgo at the Colegio de México, to complete a Dzwo Jwan Concordance, the most advanced on-line Sinological reference tool presently available.
The Project's core research staff presently comprises Research Professor E Bruce Brooks and Research Associate A Taeko Brooks, together with Research Assistant Larissa Kennedy and Editorial Assistant Patrick Draine, as well as occasional student assistants.
The Project from time to time designates nonresident Senior Research Fellows of established reputation, whose work parallels or complements that of the Project:
- Alice W Cheang (2006-2007)
- Steven F Sage (2003-2007)
- Ralph D Sawyer (2003-2007)
- Xu Shaohua (2003-2004)
The Executive Committee approves basic policies and major program initiatives, and provides continuous oversight. The present Committee is composed of:
- Alvin P Cohen, President
- Donald E Gjertson, Vice President
- E Bruce Brooks, Director; Secretary ex officio
- A Taeko Brooks, Treasurer ex officio
The Project is assisted by a number of scholars at the University and at other institutions. They make up an Editorial Board, who advise on policy issues and who, together with the Executive Committee, oversee all Project publications, and an Advisory Board, who are available to be consulted on particular issues, or to review manuscripts in their special fields.
- Alvin P Cohen, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (ex officio)
- Donald E Gjertson, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (ex officio)
- Stephen W Durrant, University of Oregon
- Dennis Grafflin, Bates College
- John B Henderson, Louisiana State University
- Eric Henry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Haun Saussy, Yale University
- Raphael Sealey, University of California at Berkeley (Emeritus)
- Stephen C Angle, Wesleyan University (Chinese philosophy)
- Barry B Blakeley, Seton Hall University, Emeritus (early China)
- Eldon Jay Epp, Case Western Reserve, Emeritus (New Testament)
- Richard P Martin, Stanford University (Homer)
- Paul Ropp, Clark University (Traditional China and Outreach)
- Carol Thomas, University of Washington (Greece and Rome)
- Karen Turner, College of the Holy Cross (Chinese law)
- Michael Witzel, Harvard University (Indology)
In addition to its regular University support, the Project has been greatly assisted by gifts from institutions and individuals over the years.
For technical support in preparing the present web site, the Project gratefully acknowledges the initial assistance and advice of Margaret Burggren, Office of Research Affairs, and Art Clifford and Keith Paul of the University's Web Development Group, as well as several technically knowledgeable colleagues in the Sinological field. Pat Kochin and Michele Turre, of the Office of Information Technologies, provided basic instruction and guidance both before and after startup, which occurred on 22 March 2000.
More generally, several commendations from former University President William Bulger, and a recognition (as of January 2006) on the web site of the office of the current President Wilson, have been a sovereign encouragement, as indicating that the University recognizes the value of the Project's efforts, and finds those efforts to be appropriately placed at a major research institution.
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