pseudonym birth_place subject image_size nationality notableworks birth_date language genre image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
timothy brook toronto , ontario , canada sinology history ; world trade and globalization ; cultural , economic , legal and social 220px canadian books by the author 6 january 1951 english , chinese , french , japanese history timothy brook.jpg timothy brook
 m.a and ph.d , harvard university timothy james brook university professor , historian , writer university of toronto
timothy brook

timothy james brook -lrb- chinese name : 卜正民 ; born january 6 , 1951 -rrb- , is a canadian historian specializing in the study of china -lrb- sinology -rrb- .
he holds the republic of china chair , department of history , university of british columbia .
his research interests include the social and cultural history of the ming dynasty in china ; law and punishment in imperial china ; collaboration during japan 's wartime occupation of china , 1937 -- 45 and war crimes trials in asia ; global history ; and historiography .
