Professor Rana Mitter FBA
The history and politics of modern China; history of 20th-century China, in particular the Republican period (1912-1949) and Cold War; contemporary Chinese nationalism and Sino-Japanese relations
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2015
- Subjects
- History, Politics
Current post
John F Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University ST Lee Chair
2023 -
Past appointments
University of Oxford Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, Director of the University China Centre
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