Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi

Research Bio

Mark Csikszentmihalyi approaches the history of premodern China from multiple disciplinary perspectives, though he is primarily concerned with archaeology and classics, and with what we might today call its religions and philosophies.

Research Expertise and Interest

early China, Confucianism, Taoism, Daoism, Comparative Religion

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring

  • Directed Study for Graduate Students  [CHINESE 298]  

  • Thesis Preparation and Related Research  [CHINESE 299]  

  • Chinese Thought in the Han Dynasty  [CHINESE 51]  

  • Tools and Methods in the Study of East Asian Philosophy and Religion  [EALANG 191]  

2025 Fall

  • Confucius and His Interpreters  [CHINESE 186]  

  • Reading the Zhuangzi  [CHINESE 221]  

  • Directed Study for Graduate Students  [CHINESE 298]  

  • Thesis Preparation and Related Research  [CHINESE 299]  

2025 Spring

  • Directed Study for Graduate Students  [CHINESE 298]  

  • Thesis Preparation and Related Research  [CHINESE 299]  

  • Tools and Methods in the Study of East Asian Philosophy and Religion  [EALANG 191]  

  • Honors Course  [EALANG H195A]