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Dr James Leibold

James Leibold

Senior Lecturer in Politics and Asian Studies
Room: Social Sciences 321
Tel: +61 3 9479 2089
Fax: +61 3 9479 1997
Email: j.leibold@latrobe.edu.au

Qualifications: BA (East Asian Studies) Wittenberg University (USA); MA (East Asian Studies) Washington University (USA); PhD (Chinese history) University of Southern California (USA)

Dr Leibold is a political historian of modern China with specific research expertise on the role of ethnicity, race and national identity in modern Chinese history and society, and the intersections between historical memory and ethnic identity in contemporary China. His 2007 book, Reconfiguring Chinese Nationalism, explores the role of the frontier and its indigenes in fashioning the contours, boundaries, and meanings of modern Chinese identity. His current research projects include a critical analysis of the category of “Han” identity in modern China and an exploration of how the Chinese Internet is reshaping identity politics, practice and discourse in contemporary Chinese society.

Publications

List of recent publications

Teaching

  • AST1ICI Introduction to Asia: China and India
  • AST2/3EAS East Asian Societies: Society and State in Japan and China
  • POL2/3NAS Nations and States
  • POL5CJI China, Japan and India: State, Economy and Security

Graduate Supervision

Current areas of supervision

Research Projects

List of recent research projects

Professional Involvements and Recognitions

List of professional involvements and recognitions

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