Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Yung-chang Tung received his Ph.D. degree in Chinese history from Harvard University. His research focuses on the history of information flow in Middle Period China, especially the Song period (960-1279). He is currently conducting a variety of projects, including the social history of institutional knowledge, historiography in the Song Dynasty, and the history of humor in pre-modern China.

Dissertations

1. 〈志於便民：北宋熙寧至元祐時期的民情與朝議攻防 (1069-1094)〉(臺北：國立臺灣大學歷史研究所碩士論文，2009)。
2. “Overcoming Triviality: Gossiping, Note-Taking, and the Problem of Information in Thirteenth-Century China,” Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 2021.

Journal Articles

1. “Confronting the Job Shortage: The Commercialization of Personnel Information in Song China,” Journal of Song-Yuan Studies, 48 (2019): 57-98.
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2. 〈蔡襄〈致通理當世屯田尺牘〉收信人考辨〉，《故宮文物月刊》482 (2023)：64-71。
3. 〈溧陽縣相府獻田案所見十三世紀財政壓力下的南宋地方社會〉，《新史學》34.4 (2023.12)：59-121。
4. 〈2010年迄今中、日文宋代地方社会史研究的趨勢與展望〉，《中國史學》34（東京：朋友書店，2025）：81-93。
5. 〈蘭千山館《景定三年方山京勅書》隱藏的政治脈絡〉，《故宮文物月刊》510 (2025.9)：44-53。
6. 〈吳泳《鶴林集》書啟編年考證——兼論書信提及人網絡與主題的數位考察方法〉，《大阪公立大学東洋史論叢》(出刊中)。

Book Chapters

1. 童永昌著，山口智哉訳，〈笑って何が悪いのか？――戯謔文化の宋代における継承と変容〉，收入宋代史研究会編，《宋元明士大夫と文化変容——宋代史研究会研究報告第12集》（東京都︰汲古書院，2023），頁35-72。
2. 〈雅集與雅謔：宋代士人社群的文化活動〉，《千年神遇——北宋西園雅集傳奇》（臺北：國立故宮博物院，2025.10），頁210-221。
3. “Reframing Humor: The Shifting Representation of Banter Culture in Middle Period China,” in Robert Hymes and Anna Shields, eds., From Tang to Song: Transmissions and Inventions in China’s Middle Period (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, forthcoming).
4. “The Politics of Humor,” in Alexei Ditter and Xiao Rao, eds., Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Middle Period China, 600-1400: A Critical Anthology (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, forthcoming).

Conference Papers

1. “The Challenge of Communication: The Contested Role of the Petition Office in the Song Dynasty,” presented at “Conference on Middle Period China, 800-1400,” Harvard University, June 5-7, 2014.
2. “Shaping the ‘Truth’: Manipulating the Voice of the People during the New Policies Period of Song China, 1069-1085,” presented at “The Association for Asian Studies in Asia Conference,” Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, June 24-26, 2016.
3. “How do I Receive a Preferred Job? The Collection, Circulation, and Utilization of Personnel Information in Song China,” presented at “The Second Conference on Middle Period Chinese Humanities,” Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, September 14-17, 2017.
4. 〈空間、管道與真實：十三世紀中國的訊息信任問題〉，「第三屆中日青年學者遼宋夏金元史研討會」，上海：復旦大學，2018年9月22-23日。
5. 〈縣尉陳氏之死：南宋晚期的財政危機與地方社會〉，「第71回東洋史学研究会」，福岡：福岡大學，2019年8月25日。
6. “Problematic Laughter: Jokes, Anecdotes, and the Production of Notebooks in Middle-Period China,” presented at “Harvard-Yale Graduate Conference in Book History,” April 30, 2020.
7. “Fact-Checking without Official Sources: The Information Challenge of Private Historical Research in Thirteenth-Century China,” presented at “69th Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs,” October 16-18, 2020.
8. “Problematic Laughter: Jokes, Anecdotes, and the Production of Notebooks in Middle-Period China,” (Identical title with major revision) presented at “Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference,” March 21-26, 2021.
9. “The Politics of Humor in Middle Period China,” presented at “Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference,” March 24-26, 2022.
10. “Reframing Humor: The Shifting Representation of Banter in Middle-Period China,” presented at “the Conference on Tang-Song Transitions,” Princeton University, Princeton, June 16-18, 2022.
11. “Reframing Humor: The Shifting Representation of Banter in Middle-Period China,” presented at “the 24th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies,” Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, August 24-27, 2022.
12. “The Magistrate’s Two Faces: Memories and Oblivion at a Time of Crisis in Thirteenth-Century China,” presented at “Association for Asian Studies 2023 Annual Conference,” Boston, USA, March 16-19, 2023.
13. “Coping with Hostility: State Institutions, Interpersonal Relationships, and the Politics of Resentment in Song China,” presented at “Stuck in the Middle? The Third Middle Period China Humanities Conference (220-1600),” Yale University, USA, June 22-25, 2023.
14. “Nothing Personal, until It Was: The Politics of Resentment in Middle Period China,” presented at “Association for Asian Studies 2024 Annual Conference,” Seattle, USA, March 17-20, 2024.
15. 〈宋代士人的交友與樹敵：以吳泳為例的觀察〉，發表於「書かれたものを媒介とする宋代社会のネットワークと交流」國際工作坊，大阪公立大學，日本，2025年2月1日。
16. “Hateful Villains: The Representation of Hatred in Historical Writings in Middle Period China,” presented at “Association for Asian Studies 2025 Annual Conference,” Columbus, Ohio, USA, March 16, 2025.
17. 〈下情上達的迷思：宋代登聞檢、鼓院制度所見官民溝通的磨合〉，發表於「日本宋代史研究會夏合宿」，東京：日本大學，2025年9月1日。
18. 〈元代的求言與上言—兼與宋代登聞院制度的比較〉，發表於中央研究院歷史語言研究所制度與社會研究室、歷史學門主辦，「有典有則：唐宋元明的制度、社會與文化」國際工作坊，臺北：中央研究院歷史語言研究所，2025年11月28日。

Other Writings

1. 〈「新政治史研究的展望研討會」紀要〉，《古今論衡》21 (2010.12)：165-171。

Education:
Ph.D., History and East Asian Languages, Harvard University (2021)
M.A. of History, National Taiwan University (2009)

Current Position:
2022.10.1- , Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Previous Position:
2021.12-2022.9, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

1. 2019, Yu Ying-Shih Prize for Humanities Research (Ph.D. candidates writing doctoral theses), Tang Prize Foundation
2. 2018, Scholarships for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Chinese Studies, China Times Cultural Foundation
3. 2017, Doctoral Research Fellowship of Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation