Professor Rana Mitter

The history and politics of modern China; history of twentieth-century China, in particular the Republican period (1912-1949) and Cold War; contemporary Chinese nationalism and Sino-Japanese relations

Elected 2015

Year elected: 2015
Subjects: History, Politics
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Current post

Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, Director of the University China Centre, University of Oxford

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