Xian Wang
Sessional Lecturer
email
xian.wang@ubc.ca
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BuTo 1114, 1873 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada
Thematic Research Area
Regional Research Area
Education
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2022
About
My PhD is in history, in the field of modern Chinese history, specializing in the history of the People’s Republic of China. My work focuses on religion and politics, oral history and memory studies, and the history of state violence.
Teaching
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- Wang, Xian. “Justice for Whom? Redressing the “1975 Shadian Incident” in the Post-Mao Era, 1978–2019.” Modern China 49, no. 1 (2023): 93-132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00977004221121073
- Wang, Xian. “Land Reform in the Southern Yunnan Muslim Community: Growing Divergence Beneath the Socialist Rhetoric of Unity, 1949–1958.” Journal of Chinese History 7, no.1 (2023): 157- 179. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1017/jch.2022.3.
Awards
Selected Federal and International Scholarships
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship
- Esherick-Ye Family Foundation Fellowship
- Association for Asian Studies Research Travel Grant
- Killam Doctoral Scholarship
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship
Selected Internal Awards
- UBC President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award
- UBC History Department Dissertation Writing Fellowship
- Pan Tianshou Scholarship
- UBC Four Year Doctoral Fellowship
- Graduate Entrance Scholarship of the University of British Columbia