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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

Yuwei Jiang

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LCLB 2024

Biography

Yuwei Jiang is a second-year PhD student of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) at UIUC. She got her Master's degree in EALC at UIUC in 2022. 

Research Interests

Yuwei Jiang is interested in social history of late imperial and early modern China. Her MA thesis "Contested colonial modernity: the controversy and political struggles surrounding the Kanan Taishū irrigation system, 1922-1937" examines the controversies and debates around the construction of the Kanan Taishū irrigation system as initiated by the Japanese colonial government in the 1920s and 30s. Her current project focuses on the image of Chinese opium smokers constructed by Western missionaries.

Courses Taught

Yuwei teaches Chinese language and history classes at UIUC. The courses she has taught include elementary-level, advanced-level, forth-year Chinese as well as introduction-level history class.

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

2090 A Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building

707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-146

Urbana, IL 61801

ph: 217-244-1432, fx: 217-244-2223

Email: ealc@illinois.edu

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