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

10-Minute Talks: China's Good War

29 Apr 2020 Professor Rana Mitter FBA

Professor Rana Mitter FBA explains what happened during World War II in China and why it matters so much for the politics and society of that country today.

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

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Richard Widdess FBA

Musicology of South Asia, including history, theory, analysis and social context of music in North India and Nepal; music and religion in South Asia; analysis of world music; music cognition, performance and meaning in oral traditions

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Professor Sir John Curtice FBA

Electoral behaviour; electoral systems; social and political attitudes in Scotland in particular, Britain as a whole, and comparatively; survey research methods

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Professor Desmond King FBA

Political Studies USA, Canada and/or Mexico

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