James A. Millward

James A. Millward is an American historian. He is currently a professor of inter-societal history at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service. His research focuses on Chinese and Central Asian history, including the region of Xinjiang.

Education Millward holds a BA from Harvard College, an MA from SOAS University of London, and a PhD from Stanford University.

Awards Milward received a Fulbright grant in 2022 to conduct research in Norway.

Publications

Books

Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang (revised edition), Columbia University Press, December 2021

The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, April 12, 2013

Beyond the Pass: Economy, Ethnicity, and Empire in Qing Central Asia, 1759-1864, Stanford University Press, June 1998

Articles

China’s New Anti-Uyghur Campaign, Foreign Affairs, January 23, 2023 Why It Matters That China’s Protests Started in Xinjiang, New York Times, December 6, 2022 What Xi Jinping Hasn’t Learned From China’s Emperors, New York Times, October 1, 2019

Book Reviews

‘Reeducating’ Xinjiang’s Muslims,' New York Review of Books, February 2019

Edited volumes

New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde. Co-edited with Mark Elliott, Ruth Dunnell, and Philippe Forêt. RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.