Martin Heijdra

Title
Director, East Asian Library
Office Phone
Office
317A Frist Campus Center, East Asian Library
Bio/Description

Martin Heijdra studied sinology and japanology at Leiden, Beijing, and Kyoto before receiving a Ph.D. in Ming history at Princeton University. Since then, he has published in Ming socio-economic history, and more recently, on the history of the East Asian book and non-Western typography. He currently is the treasurer of the Society for Ming Studies, book review editor for the journal "East Asian Publishing and Society," and a member of the advisory board for the Bibliography of Asian Studies.

Areas of Study
East Asian Studies
Department
Special Collections
Division
Special and Distinctive Collections
Expertise
Subject Specialist
Unit
East Asian Library