Publications, lectures, Roundtables, and Conferences*
Academic Activities
- New book, Tse Tsan Tai (1872–1938): An Australian-Cantonese Opinion Maker in British Hong Kong, by Dr. Dong WANG (she/her/hers), published in June 2023.
- New book, Spies in British Controlled Singapore, by Dr. Edward Drea published at Lived Places Publishing in New York and Great Britain.
- Podcast interview with Prof. John Fitzgerald of Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia about his book Cadre Country (NewSouth Books, 2022), was released on July 20, 2022.
- Call for short book manuscripts for publication with Asian Studies Collection of Lived Places Publishing, a new generation of professional publishing based in New York and Britain. Submit your book proposals at commissioning@newgenpublishing.co.uk and here. For further details, please click on here.
- Podcast interview with Dr. Terry Lautz of former vice president of the Henry Luce Foundation about his book, Americans in China: Encounters with the People's Republic (Oxford University Press, 2022)
- Podcast interview with Dr. Marco Wyss of Lancaster University, on his new book, Postcolonial Security: Britain, France, and West Africa's Cold War (Oxford University Press, 2021), released on February 7, 2022.
- Conversation with Dr. Paul Dunscomb (Professor of History, University of Alaska at Anchorage) on frontiers and U.S.-China relations hosted by Alaska World Affairs Council on January 14, 2022.
- Podcast interview with Dr. Grace Huang about her new book, Chiang Kai-Shek's Politics of Shame: Leadership, Legacy, and National Identity in China (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 2021) was published on September 24, 2021 and can be heard here.
- Virtual lecture (Dong WANG) and discussion with Frances WOOD (Former curator of Chinese collections at the British Library), Timothy BROOK (Professor of history, University of British Columbia), and Alain ARRAULT [Directeur d’études, École française d’Extrême-Orient, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (Centre d’études sur la Chine moderne et contemporaine)] , "In the Eyes of its European Beholders: China's Longmen and Cultural Heritage," February 25, 2021, Paris, France.
- Virtual roundtable, "Europe in U.S.-China Relations: Past and Present," Kerry BROWN (Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute, King’s College London), Carla FREEMAN (Associate Research Professor and Director of the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University), Adeline HINDERER (Unit Head, the Far East, European Commission, DG Trade), Friis Arne PETERSEN (Partner, Rud Pedersen Public Affairs; former Danish ambassador to China, the United States, and Germany), February 5, 2021, Paris, France.
- Together with the Association for Asian Studies, Dr. Dong Wang organized a well-attended digital dialogue on December 4, 2020 in honor of her late mentor Dr. Dan Bays who first brought her to the United States in 1993 for her second Ph.D. degree studies on a Pew Charitable Trusts fellowship.
- Elizabeth Knup (Ford Foundation), Dr. Andrew Mertha (Johns Hopkins University), Dr. Shellen Wu (University of Tennessee and Dr. Dong Wang, "The Future for China Research," December 4, 2020, organized by the Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China based in the United States.
- Amitav Acharya (American University), "U.S.-China Relations: From a World Order Perspective," Webinar, April 27, 2020, organized by Dr. Tugrul Keskin.
- Association for Asian Studies roundtable, "Rediscovering Historical China: A Reflection on the Work and Mentorship of Professor Daniel H. Bays (1942-2019)," Boston, Mass., March 19, 2020. Chaired by Ryan Dunch, participated by Grant Wacker, Jinhee Lee, Xi Lian, Steve Pieragastini, and Dong WANG (organizer). Cancelled due to COVID-19.
- Workshop, "U.S.-China Relations in Global Governance: Cooperation or Conflict"? Organized by Tugrul Keskin (Shanghai University), Shanghai, December 6, 2019.
- Andrew Field ( Duke Kunshan University ) , "S. C. Young: The Rise of An Irish Policeman in Shanghai, 1904-1938," December 5, 2019.
- Dong WANG (Shanghai University), “Trade Wars: Lessons from the History of U.S.-China Economic Relations,” at the Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai, September 26, 2019.
- Timothy Wright (University of Sheffield), “China and the 1930s World Depression,” Shanghai University, May 16, 2019.
- Frank Tsai (École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers), “China and the United States in the Emerging World Order: Polar Opposites or Sociological Cousins?” Shanghai University, May 9, 2019.
- Dong WANG (Shanghai University), "May Fourth Movement in Global History," New York University Shanghai, April 26, 2019.
- Association for Asian Studies roundtable, “Politics and Ideology: Classroom China in the Age of Higher Education Globalization,” chaired by Richard Madsen (UC San Diego), participated by Alisa Jones, David Kenley, Robert Sutter, and Dong WANG, Denver, Colorado, March 24, 2019.
- Dong WANG (Shanghai University), “Chinese Diaspora and Philanthropy in Higher Education,” Long US-China Institute, UC Irvine, March 14, 2019.
- International academic conference, "Historical Monuments and Modern Society," December 1-2, 2018, Shanghai University, Call for papers can be seen at https://wanghistory.org/CFP.pdf
- Tugrul Keskin (Shanghai Univeristy), roundtable, “Changing New Dynamics: China in the American Political Landscape,”November 20, 2018, together with Center for Global Governance and Johns Hopkins University China Program.
- Richard Weitz (Hudson Institute), “Sustaining China-United States Cooperation against Nuclear Threats,” Shanghai University, October 12, 2018.
- Rostislav Berezkin (Fudan University), “17-18世纪‘中国风’在俄罗斯的文化意义,” Shanghai University, May 9, 2018.
- Paul Dunscomb (University of Alaska at Anchorage), “Living with Godzilla: Japan in the Heisei Era (1989-2018),” “How Alaska Got Its Shape: Competing Land Claims in Alaska History,” Shanghai University, October 11-12, 2017.
- Jianlang Wang (Institute of Modern Chinese History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), “中国战时外交和战后秩序的构想,” April 21, 2017.
- International joint conference, "Modern China in World Affairs: Interaction and Mutual Influence," organized by the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing) and the Historical Society for Twentieth-Century China (HSTCC) in the United States, Beijing, August 19-21, 2016.
Latest
January 2024: A new book manuscript on Taiwan and Canada was just moved into production. Order your desk/exam copy here: Tiuⁿ Chhang-Miâ (Minnie Mackay, 1860?–1925): Life in Taiwan's Contested Colonial Space.
Podcast interview with Dr. Parks Coble (University of Nebraska Lincoln), about his new book The Collapse of Nationalist China: How Chiang Kai-Shek Lost China’s Civil War (Cambridge University Press, 2023),published on October 14, 2023.
Podcast interview with Dr. Don Wyatt (Middlebury College in Vermont), about his book Slavery in East Asia (Cambridge UP, 2022), published on August 17, 2023.
Podcast interview with Dr. Theodor Tudoroiu (Trinidad and Tobago) and Dr. Anna Kuteleva (Britain), about their edited volume, China in the Global South: Impact and Perceptions (Springer, 2022), published on May 13, 2023.
Podcast interview with Prof. Scott Moore of University of Pennsylvania about his new book, China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future(Oxford University Press, 2022), released on December 13, 2022.
Professor Dong WANG (she/her/hers), new book, Tse Tsan Tai (1872–1938):
An Australian-Cantonese Opinion Maker in British Hong Kong, published in June 2023.
The revised and second edition of The United States and China: A History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present was published in the United States by Rowman & Littlefield in August 2021. See here.
In early May 2019, Dr. Daniel H. Bays (1942-2019), who pioneered the study of Christianity in China together with John K. Fairbank of Harvard University, passed away. For an obituary for him, see https://networks.h-net.org/professor-daniel-h-bays-1942-2019
***The image above is from a 1900 cartoon about a firm Uncle Sam giving the Qing (1644-1911) imperial court choices of peace and war during the Boxer Uprising of 1899-1900. For more, please click on the U.S.-China Podcast page.