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
Sections: Africa, Asia and the Middle East , Modern History from 1850 , Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations

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

Top picks

The British Academy 10-Minute Talks: China's good war

Great Thinkers: Rana Mitter FBA on Arnold J. Toynbee FBA

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