Associate Professor, International Studies
Office: 203C Thomson Hall
Phone: (206) 543-4999, (206) 543-4370
email: yuedong@u.washington.edu
EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. in History, December 1996.
University of Oregon, M.A. in Asian Studies, 1991.
Peking University, M.A. in Western Literature, 1989.
Peking University, B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, 1986.
CURRENT APPOINTMENT
Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
Associate Professor, September 1996 ö present
Department of History, University of Washington
Associate Professor, September 2003-
Adjunct Positions
Department of History
Adjunct Associate Professor, 1997-present.
Department of Womenâs Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor, 1999-present.
MONOGRAPHS
Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories, 1911-1937. (University of California Press, 2003)
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
"The Modern Girl Around the World,ä co-authored with Tani Barlow, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, Alys Weinbaum, under review for Gender and History.
"Shen Peizhen and Xiaofengxian: Unofficial History and Gender Boundary Crossing in the Early Chinese Republicä in Bryna Goodman and Wendy Larson ed., Gender in Motion, Rowman and Littlefield.
"Shanghaiâs China Travelersä in Materializing Modern in China, edited by Joshua Goldstein and Madeleine Yue Dong, University of Washington Press.
"Defining Beiping: Urban Reconstruction and National Identity, 1928-1936,ä in Joseph Esherick,
ed., Remaking the Chinese City: Modernity and National Identity, 1900-1950, University of Hawaii Press, 2000, pp. 121 - 138.
"Juggling Bits: Tianqiao as Republican Beijingâs Recycling Center,ä in Modern China, Vol. 25, July 1999, 303-342.
"Communities and Communication: A Study of the Case of Yang Naiwu, 1873-1877ä. Late Imperial China, Vol.16, no.1 (June 1995):79-119.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Contested Modernity: New Yearâs Pictures, Calendar Posters, and New Woodcutä (Presented at the conference "Visual Culture of Modern Chinaä at University of Washington, May 2003. To be a chapter in an edited volume)
"The Chinese Modern Girl as Spectacle and Caricatureä (Presented at the conference "Urban Spectacle and Mass Cultureä held ad the Fairbank Center at Harvard University, May 2003)
"Breaking the Îdafangâ: Women and Sociability in late Qing and Early Republican China.ä (Presented at the conference "Women in Mobilityä at University of Oregon in October 2001. To be a chapter in an edited volume).
"Shanghaiâs China: A Study of China Travelerä (Presented at the conference "Shanghai Urban Culture and Politicsä at New York University in April 2001. To be a chapter in an edited volume by Harvard University Press).
"The Painting and Painted Women of New Yearâs Pictures.ä (Presented at the conference "New Directions in Chinese Womenâs Historyä at Columbia University, Feb. 16-17, 2001).
"The Fortunes of a Folk Tradition: New Yearâs Pictures, Calendar Posters, and Modern Woodcutä Presented at the conference "Materializing Modernity in China,ä September 2000, University of Washington. (To be a chapter in Materializing Modernity in China, University of Washington Press. Currently under revision)
"Unofficial History: Citizenship and Gender Politics in the Early Chinese Republic,ä presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, March 1998. (Currently under revision for re-submission to The Journal of Asian Studies)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Beijingâs Twentieth Century: The Birth and Rebirth of a New World City, co-authored with
David Strand, by Routeledge Press. (Have contract, manuscript due in 2003).
Materializing Modernity in China, co-edited with Joshua Goldstein for the series "Modernity and National Identityä by University of Washington Press. (Under revision. See attached book proposal and supporting materials).
Stories from the Wilderness: Unofficial Histories of the Qing (Second single-authored book. See attached book proposal and paper).
The Modern Girl Around the World, a collaborative interdisciplinary research project at the University of Washington which will lead to the publication of a co-authored volume. (See attached project summary).
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. Empire. China Scholarship, Vol. 3, 2000, Winter 2000, pp. 306-309.
Review of Partha Chatterjee. Nationalist Thought and Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? China Scholarship, Vol. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 291-297.
Review of Amartya Sen. Development as Freedom. China Scholarship. Vol. 1, Spring 2000, pp. 235-237.
Review of Gail Hershatter. Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese, 1998, pp. 139-142.
Review of Christina Gilmartin. Engendering the Chinese Revolution. Studies in Comparative International Development, New Brunswick; Spring 1997; Vol. 32, pp. 166-169.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2003 "Contested Modernity: New Yearâs Pictures, Calendar Posters, and New Woodcutä (University of Washington, May)
2003 "The Modern Girl Around the Worldä (University of Washington, April)
2003 "The Chinese Modern Girl as Spectacle and Caricatureä (Fairbank Center, Harvard University, May)
2002 "Recycling and Remembering in Republican Beijingä (University of Southern California, September)
2001 "Breaking the ÎGreat Divideâ: Women and Sociability in Late Qing and Early Republican Chinaä (University of Oregon, October)
2001 "Shanghaiâs China: A Study of China Travelerä (New York University, April)
2001 "The Painting and Painted Women of New Yearâs Picturesä (Columbia University, February)
2001 "Remembering the Present: "Old Beijingä and its Modern Origins (Department of History, University of Michigan, January)
2000 "Remembering the Present: "Old Beijingä and its Modern Originsä (Department of History and Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University, November)
2000 Invited roundtable discussant for "Urban Life and Public Space in Republican Chinaä
(The Annual Meeting of Association of Asian Studies, San Diego, March).
2000 "Unofficial History: Gender Politics and Citizenship in Early Chinese Republic,ä (University of Oregon, January 14).
1999 "Republican Beijing in Memoryä (Conference "Archives and the Study of Beijing History, sponsored by Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. Beijing, China. August)
1998 Invited roundtable discussant at the workshop "Ethnographies of the Urban in Contemporary Chinaä (University of California, Santa Cruz, September 26-28).
1998 "Unofficial History: Gender, Spaces, and Politics in the Early Chinese Republic,ä (The Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, Washington DC, March)
1998 "Material Goods and Cultural Community: The Tianqiao District of Republican Beijing,ä (Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley, February).
1997 "Temporalities of Consumption: Market System in Republican Beijingä (The Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, Chicago, March).
1996 "From Citizensâ Park to National Symbol: the Nationalist Transformation of Beijingä (The conference "Constructing the Modern in Cities in Republican China,ä University of California, San Diego).
1994 "Rumors, Shenbao, and the Official World in the Case of Yang Naiwu and Xiaobaicai, 1873-1877ä (The West Coast Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Studies, Pomona).
1993 "Winners or Losers? Women and Sports in the PRC" (The 1st California Chinese History Graduate Student Conference, UC San Diego).
FELLOWSHIP, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
2003 Co-applicant with Tani Barlow, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, Alys Weinbaum for a grant from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities for the interdisciplinary research project, "Modern Girl Around the World.ä $24,782 granted.
2003 Course Development Award, East Asia Center, UW, $5,000 awarded.
2002 Co-applicant with Tani Barlow, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, Alys Weinbaum for a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the interdisciplinary research project, "Modern Girl Around the World.ä Pending.
2002 Co-applicant with Tani Barlow for a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for a resident fellows program on "Trauma, History, and Asia.ä $325,000 granted, with an additional $180,000 UW matching fund, for the academic years 2002-2006.
2002 Grant-writing Incentive Award from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, $750.
2001 Co-applicant with Tani Barlow, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, Alys Weinbaum for a grant from the Taylor Institute for the interdisciplinary research project, "Modern Girl Around the World.ä $5,000 granted.
2001 Co-applicant with Tani Barlow, Susan Glenn, Uta Poiger, Priti Ramamurthy, Lynn Thomas, Alys Weinbaum for a grant from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities for the interdisciplinary research project, "Modern Girl Around the World.ä $10,000 granted.
2000 Co-author with Yeen-mei Wu (East Asia Library) of a proposal for a grant from
the Allen Endowment for library support. $30,000 granted.
2000 Principal Investigator for a grant from the Critical Asian Studies Program in support of the conference "Materializing Modernity in China.ä $500 granted.
2000 Principal Investigator for a grant from the JSIS International Studies Program in support of the conference "Materializing Modernity in China.ä $3,000 granted.
2000 Principal Investigator for a grant from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities in support of the conference "Materializing Modernity in China.ä $2,110 granted.
2000 Principal correspondent for an application to organize the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Nationalism in 2003 on the theme of "The Modern Girl Around the World.ä The colloquium carries with it a $10,000 grant for inviting speakers.
2000 Faculty Research Grant, China Studies Program, University of Washington.
2000-2001 Junior Development Fellowship, University of Washington.
1999 Faculty Research Grant, China Studies Program, University of Washington.
1998-1999 Royalty Research Grant, University of Washington.
1998 Faculty Research Grant, China Studies Program, University of Washington.
1997 Stanford University East Asia National Resource Center Travel Grants.
1997 Faculty Research Grant, China Studies Program, University of Washington.
1995-1996 The Hepps Scholarship for International Students. $10,000 granted.
1994-1995 Dissertation Fellowship, University of California.
1994 University of California Inter-campus Research Fellowship.
1992 Hsiu Endowment Fellowship, University of California, San Diego.
1991-1992 Dean of Humanities Tuition and Fee Scholarship, University of California, San
Diego.