Moss Roberts

Professor of East Asian Studies

Having completed his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D degrees at Columbia University, Moss Roberts has been a professor in NYU's Department of East Asian studies since 1968. He has released dozens of publications on Asian language and culture, including multiple books and translations. He currently teaches courses on East Asian civilization.

Areas of Research/Interest

Chinese philosophy, literature, language, Japanese literature, modern Asian history. Currently working on a study of Asia in the 20th century.

Education

B.A. 1958, Columbia University
M.A. 1960, English, Columbia University
Ph.D. 1966, Chinese, Columbia University

Fellowships/Honors

  • 1996 Golden Dozen Teaching Awards
  • 1983-1984 National Endowment for the Arts
  • 1983, 1993 Columbia University Translation Center
  • 1985-1986 National Endowment for the Humanities

Publications

  • Three Kingdoms
    University of California Press, 1999. (ISBN: 0-520-21585-0)
  • Three KingdomsA Historical Novel
    Translated from the Chinese with Notes and Afterword. University of California Press, Foreign Language Press, 1991.
  • Three Kingdoms: China's Epic Drama
    Abridged translation with introduction and post face. Pantheon Books, 1976. (Out of print, selected for Pantheon’s special scholarly backlist.)
  • Dao De Jing: The Book of the Way
    original by Laozi, annotated translation with textual notes and critical introduction. University of California Press, 2001. (ISBN: 0-520-2055503)
  • Critique of Soviet Economics
    A Translation of Mao Zedong's Reading Notes
    Monthly Review Press, 1977. (ISBN: 0-783-79611-0)
  • Contra Ideocracy
    Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 1997.1.
  • Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
    Pantheon Books, 1979. (ISBN: 0-394-73994-9)
  • Bad Karma in Asia
    Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 2000.3 (and forthcoming in Harootunian and Miyoshi, eds. Learning Places.)
  • Historical Overview of the Nanjing Massacre
    Nanjing, Joint Publishing, 1995. In Chinese only.

External Afiiliations

Columbia University Seminars: Traditional China (Chair for 1991-92); Early China Seminar (active participant)
American Oriental Society
Association for Asian Studies
Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (editorial board member)
Critical Asian Studies (editorial board member)
Columbia University Translation Center (member of judges panel 1986-88)
Danforth Fellow
Northeast Group on Early Chinese Philosophy
Northeast Group on Chinese Poetry
Warring States Working Group