Category: transitions
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Xue Qin completes PhD and takes up position at Central China Normal University
Xue Qin successfully defended her PhD dissertation《晚清教育官员的群体构成与仕途流动（1850-1911）》——以<缙绅录>数据库为中心》(The Composition and Career Dynamics of Late Qing Educational Officials) in May 2022 at Central China Normal University School of History and Culture and has accepted an appointment as Lecturer at the Central China Normal University School of Marxism. Congratulations Xue Qin!
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Interview of James Lee by Alan Macfarlane in 2002
In 2002, when James Lee and Cameron Campbell and other group members were conducting fieldwork in Liaoning, they were accompanied by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison. Macfarlane interviewed James Lee. We just learned that the interview had been posted in its entirety on Youtube, apparently in 2012. This is a remarkably complete recap of our…
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Matt Noellert begins new position as Associate Professor of Asian Economic History at Hitotsubashi University
Lee-Campbell Group member, Matthew Noellert, has taken up a new Associate Professor position at Hitotsubashi University in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan, beginning September 1, 2020. Hitotsubashi specializes in social sciences and is one of the best universities in Japan for economic research. Hitotsubashi is also famous for being one of the top four most selective universities…
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New Milestones for Chen Liang
New milestones for Chen Liang, a 2019 青年拔尖人才 Outstanding Young Talent. Nanjing University promoted Chen to Full Professor of History in Fall 2019, and to Associate Dean of the College of History in charge of research and graduate training in Spring 2020. Congratulations Chen!
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Lee-Campbell Group celebrates Xiao Xing’s retirement and contributions
On December 13, 2019, the Lee-Campbell Group held a dinner in Beijing in honor of Xiao Xing, who retired in 2018 after working with us for 20 years. Xiao Xing was the first coder we engaged in mainland China in 1998 after we decided to move our data entry there. She helped enter material for…
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PhD student Bijia Chen graduates, begins postdoc at Renmin University Department of History
Bijia Chen successfully defended her PhD dissertation on October 25, 2019. The title of her dissertation is “Origins and Career Patterns of the Qing Government Officials (1850-1912): Evidence from the China Government Employee Dataset-Qing (CGED-Q)”. Cameron Campbell was her primary advisor, James Lee was her co-advisor, and Yongshun Cai, Lawrence Zhang and Matthew Mosca served…
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Hao Dong appointed as Assistant Professor at Peking University
We are pleased to report that Lee-Campbell group member and PhD graduate Hao DONG has taken up a position as an Assistant Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Social Research, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. Concurrently, he has been selected as a Boya Young Fellow (博雅青年学者). He is the first Boya…
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Shuang Chen Promoted to Associate Professor of History with Tenure
It’s now official. The Board of Regents of the University of Iowa have approved Shuang Chen’s promotion to Associate Professor of History with Tenure. Congratulations Shuang! James Lee
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Lee-Campbell Group Celebrates Professor SUN Huicheng’s Retirement and Contributions
On January 10, the Lee Campbell Group gathered for a celebratory lunch to congratulate Professor Sun Huicheng on her retirement and thank her for her many contributions to Group research. The lunch was held at 南来顺饭庄(南菜园店) in Beijing. Attendees from left to right starting with the upper row include Chen Weiran, Li Xiulan, Yunzhu Ren, Xiangning Li,…