Danke Li, Ph.D.
- Associate
- Ph.D., University of Michigan
Department of History
North Benson Road
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT 06824
Office: CNS 316
dli@mail.fairfield.edu
(203) 254-4000 x2353
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Fields of Interest:
- Modern Chinese history
- Modern East Asian history
- East Asian history
- East Asian-US relations
- Popular culture
- Women's Studies
Courses Currently Taught:
HI 30: Europe and the World in Transition: 1500-1870
HI 282: Social and Cultural History of Chian and Japan
HI 285: Modern China
HI 286: Rise of Modern Japan
HI 366: Gender, Culture, and Representation: Women in China and Japan
HI 367: East Asia in the Twentieth Century American Wars
Education:
- B.A. Sichuan University, People's Republic of China
- M.A. Michigan State Univerity
- Ph.D. University of Michigan
Research:
| My scholarly interest is mainly on twentieth century China, focusing on the history of popular culture and the Railway Rights Protection Movement and the history of Chinese women. |
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Court dress pattern worn during the great imperial ceremonies and sacrifices. (Click to enlarge) |
Publications:
"Gender Inequality in Access to Knowledge in China." The China Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2002), pp. 121-147.
"Household Decisions and Gender Inequality in Education in Rural China." China: An International Journal, 1, 2 (Sept. 2003), pp. 224-248.
"Gender Inequality in Education in Rural China." In Half the Sky: Chinese Women in the Past, Present, and Future. Forthcoming, The Feminist Press, 2004.
"Popular Culture in the Making of Anti-Imperialist and Anti-Qing Sentiment in Sichuan." Forthcoming, Oct. 2004, Modern China.
"China and the West: A Historical View of Civilization from the Field-Being Perspective and a Critique of Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations? Forthcoming, Conference Special Issue, Xian Jiaotong University, The People's Republic of China.
Research Project in Process:
Currently I am writing a book entitled Women at War: A Textual and Oral History of Women in the Chongqing Region, 1937-1945.
"Cartoon and Vernacular Power in the Railway Rights Recovery Movement in Sichuan."
"Women in Sports in Late Imperial China."
Conference Presentations:
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"Intellectual Cross-Fertilizations: Dialogues in Women's Studies in China." Annual National Conference, Association for Asian Studies, March 2004, San Diego, California. |
| 2003 |
"Women at War in the Chongqing Region, 1937-1945." Annual Meeting, New England Association for Asian Studies, October 2003, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"Cartoon Power in the Sichuan Railway Rights Recovery Movement." Annual National Conference, Association for Asian Studies, March 2003, New York
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| 2002 |
"China and the West: A Historical View of Civilization from the Field-Bing Perspective and a Critique of Huntington's 'A Crash of Civilizations?' The Sixth International Symposium of Field-Being, August 2002, Xian, The People's Republic of China.
"Women in Sports in Late Imperial China." The 12th Annual International Conference of Women and Society, June 2002, Marist College, New York.
"Household Decision and Gender Inequality in Education in Rural China." Annual National Conference, Association for Asian Studies, April 2002, Washington D.C.
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| 2001 |
"Elite Political and Popular Culture in the Sichuan Rights Recovery Movement." Annual Meeting, New England Association for Asian Studies, October 2001, Williams College.
"The Status of Women in Chinese Thought and Its Field-Being Implications." The Fifth International Field-Being Meeting, August 2001, Fairfield University.
"Cartoon and Vernacular Power in the Making of Sichuan's Railroad Rights Protection Movement." Annual National Conference, Association for Asian Studies, March 2001, Chicago.
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| 2000 |
"Gender Inequality in Women's Education in China." Annual Meeting, New England Association for Asian Studies, October 2000, Brown University. |
| 1999 |
"Local Popular Culture and Revolution in the Chongqing Region, 1900-1920s." Annual National Conference, Association for Asian Studies, March 1999, Boston. |
Academic Appointments:
2000-present, Assistant Professor of History, Fairfield University.
2002-present, Associate member of the Modern China Seminar, Columbia University.
1999-2000, Assistant Professor of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York.
1997-1998, Visiting Instructor of History, Albion College.
1995, Guest Lecturer, Michigan State University. |
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