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Zhihong Chen
Assistant Professor of History
chenz@guilford.edu
(336) 316-2065
Ph.D. 2008, University of Oregon
M.A. 2003, University of Oregon
M.A. 1999, Beijing University
B.A. 1996, Beijing University
Research Interests
- Modern Chinese History
- Frontier Studies
- Geography and Space
- Race and Ethnicity in China
Courses Taught
- History of Sport and Olympics in China
- Imperial China
- China in Revolution
- Asia Pacific in Modern Times
- History of Chinese Women
- History of East Asia to 1800
- Contemporary Chinese Society in Film
- Japan’s Road to War
- History Research Seminar
Campus and Community Involvement
- Diversity Action Committee
Notable Works
- “‘Climate’s Moral Economy’: Geography, Race, and the Han in Early Republican China,” in Thomas Mullaney, James Leibold, Stéphane Gros and Eric Vanden Bussche, eds., Critical Han Studies: The History, Representation, and Identity of China’s Majority (Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2012), pp. 73-91.
- “The Frontier Crisis and the Construction of Modern Chinese Geography in Republican China,” in Robert Culp and Eddy U, eds., Organized Knowledge in Action (forthcoming).
