Professor Hans Van De Ven FBA

The history of modern China from 1850, especially the history of warfare, globalisation, and revolution in China
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2013
Subjects
History

Current post

Professor of Modern Chinese History, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Professor of Modern Chinese History

2016 -

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Eugene Rogan FBA

The modern history of the Middle East and North Africa from the late Ottoman era to the present day

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Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA

Modern South Asian culture and history; Postcolonial theory; the problem of Eurocentrism in historical thought; histories of history; climate change and the humanities; planetary histories

Dipesh Chakrabarty FBA (credit Swiss Radio and Television Service)

Professor Clare Anderson FBA

History of punishment and penal colonies; colonial criminal justice systems; forced labour and migration; empires and aftermaths; maritime history; global history

Anderson Clare FBA

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