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
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2019
Subjects
History

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

2003 - 2007

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

2003 - 2007

University of Essex Teaching Assistant in Modern Chinese History

2002 - 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

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

25 Sep 2019 Professor Julia Lovell FBA

Read an extract from the 2019 Al-Rodhan Prize-nominated book telling the story of Maoism's international impact and enduring political legacy.

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Professor Rosalind (Polly) O’Hanlon FBA

The early modern and colonial history of India; histories of empire, with particular reference to caste and gender; problems in intellectual history and historical methodology in the postcolonial world; history, language and culture of Maharashtra

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Professor Ute Frevert FBA

Modern European history; history of emotions; Social, gender and political history

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Professor Martin Rudwick FBA

History of earth sciences, especially the reconstruction of the earth's pre-human history, 1750-1850; the history of visual imagery in the natural sciences; epistemic issues in field- and museum-based sciences

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