Lawrence Zhang

Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies

Phone (207) 725-3801
Title Assistant Professor
Department History
2nd Title Assistant Professor
2nd Department ASIAN STUDIES
Work Location 204 38 College Street
E-Mail lzhang@bowdoin.edu

Spring 2011

  • Hong Kong and Taiwan's Colonial Pasts (ASIAN 273)
  • The Making of Modern China: 1550 to Present (ASIAN 275)
  • Intermediate Independent Study in Asian Studies (ASIAN 291)

Education:

B.A. Oberlin College
Ph.D. Harvard University

Links

Academic Spotlight - Tea Course Steeps Bowdoin Students in Historical Research

Publications

Review, Alexander Woodside, Lost Modernities: China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Hazards of World History (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006), Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies (Hanxue yanjiu tongxin 漢學研究通信), 26 (2007): 52-3.

Presentations

“Inheriting Wealth and Status: Sale of Offices and Elite Families in Qing China," Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, March 27, 2010.

“Purchases of Public Offices by Elite Families in Changshu County of Jiangsu Province”, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 25, 2009.

“The Market for Offices and the Choice of Local Elites in Qing China,” Center for Chinese Studies, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, December 17th, 2007. Presentation and discussion conducted in Mandarin Chinese.