Professor Julia Lovell FBA

The political and cultural history of China, and of China’s external relations and impact, between the 19th and 21st centuries; the translation and reception of Chinese literature

Elected 2019

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2019
Sections: Modern History from 1850
Website: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/history/our-staff/academic-staff/professor-julia-lovell

Birkbeck, University of London Professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature

Past appointments

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Research Fellow in Chinese History and Literature

Aug 2003 - Jul 2007

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Jan 2003 - Jul 2007

University of Essex Teaching Assistant in Modern Chinese History

Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

Publications

Maoism: A Global History

Julia Lovell - Published in 2019 by Bodley Head

The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

Julia Lovell - Published in 2012 by Picador

The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun

Lu XunForeword by Yiyun Li Translated by Julia Lovell - Published in 2009 by Penguin

The Politics of Cultural Capital: China’s Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature

Julia Lovell - Published in 2006 by University of Hawai’i Press

From Beijing to Palestine: Zhang Chengzhi’s Journeys from Red Guard Radicalism to Global Islam

Julia Lovell - Published in 2016 by Journal of Asian Studies

The Cultural Revolution and Its Legacies in International Perspective

Julia Lovell - Published in 2016 by China Quarterly

The Uses of Foreigners in Mao-Era China:

Julia Lovell - Published in 2015 by Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

'Techniques of Hospitality' and International Image-Building in the People’s Republic, 1949-1976

‘Maoism’ by Julia Lovell

Professor Julia Lovell FBA

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Professor Julia Lovell FBA

Birkbeck, University of London Professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature

Past appointments

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Research Fellow in Chinese History and Literature

Aug 2003 - Jul 2007

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Jan 2003 - Jul 2007

University of Essex Teaching Assistant in Modern Chinese History

Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

Publications

Maoism: A Global History

Julia Lovell - Published in 2019 by Bodley Head

The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

Julia Lovell - Published in 2012 by Picador

The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun

Lu XunForeword by Yiyun Li Translated by Julia Lovell - Published in 2009 by Penguin

The Politics of Cultural Capital: China’s Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature

Julia Lovell - Published in 2006 by University of Hawai’i Press

From Beijing to Palestine: Zhang Chengzhi’s Journeys from Red Guard Radicalism to Global Islam

Julia Lovell - Published in 2016 by Journal of Asian Studies

The Cultural Revolution and Its Legacies in International Perspective

Julia Lovell - Published in 2016 by China Quarterly

The Uses of Foreigners in Mao-Era China:

Julia Lovell - Published in 2015 by Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

‘Maoism’ by Julia Lovell

Related Fellows

Professor Peter Clarke FBA

Professor Geoffrey Hosking FBA

Professor David Livingstone FBA

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Professor Julia Lovell FBA

Birkbeck, University of London Professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature

Past appointments

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Research Fellow in Chinese History and Literature

Aug 2003 - Jul 2007

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

Jan 2003 - Jul 2007

University of Essex Teaching Assistant in Modern Chinese History

Aug 2002 - Aug 2003

Publications

Maoism: A Global History

Julia Lovell - Published in 2019 by Bodley Head

The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China

Julia Lovell - Published in 2012 by Picador

The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun

Lu XunForeword by Yiyun Li Translated by Julia Lovell - Published in 2009 by Penguin

The Politics of Cultural Capital: China’s Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature

Julia Lovell - Published in 2006 by University of Hawai’i Press

From Beijing to Palestine: Zhang Chengzhi’s Journeys from Red Guard Radicalism to Global Islam

Julia Lovell - Published in 2016 by Journal of Asian Studies

The Cultural Revolution and Its Legacies in International Perspective

Julia Lovell - Published in 2016 by China Quarterly

The Uses of Foreigners in Mao-Era China:

Julia Lovell - Published in 2015 by Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

‘Maoism’ by Julia Lovell

Related Fellows

Professor Peter Clarke FBA

Professor Geoffrey Hosking FBA

Professor David Livingstone FBA

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