Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- East Asia
Areas of Interest
Empires, Colonialisms, East Asia, Manchuria, Mobility, Racial Politics and Politics of Representation, Migration
Working Dissertation
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Description
My dissertation aims to reinterpret the layered history of modernity and imperialism in Manchuria in the early twentieth century through the lens of bandits. Western observers interested in China and Manchuria recognized that banditry was widespread in China and tried to explain why this was the case in China. Like the image of the Orient was for Europeans, this image of Chinese bandits reflected imperialist ideas and desires. Why did banditry matter to the imperialist powers in Manchuria? How was the imperialist desire for Manchuria structured? How did banditry as an imperialist concern form the basis of racial politics in Manchuria? My dissertation aims to answer these questions.
Awards
- 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship the Chiang Ching-duo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
- 2023 Travel Grants Northeast Asia Council Korean Studies Grants, Association for Asian Studies
- 2022 Korean Studies Research Grant Korean Office for Research and Education, York University
- 2022 Dissertation Writing Award of the Centre for the Study of Korea the Centre for the Study of Korea, University of Toronto
- 2019 The Man Family Graduate Scholarship Asian Institute, University of Toronto
- 2019 Japanese Studies Fellowship the Japan Foundation
- 2019 The Dr. David Chu Scholarship in Asia Pacific Studies Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto
Cohort
- 2016-2017