Timothy James Brook (Chinese name: 卜正民; born January 6, 1951), is a Canadian historian specializing in the study of China (sinology). 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.