Dr. Arne Westad

Biography

Arne Westad is the Elihu Professor of History at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. He specializes in modern international and global history, with a particular focus on Eastern Asia since the 18th century. Westad has published 16 books, concentrating on Asian and global history throughout the 20th century, primarily focusing on the Cold War, China-Russia relations, and the Chinese Civil War. His notable works include 'Cold War Revolution', which examines U.S. and Soviet interventions in the Chinese Civil War from 1944 to 1946, and 'Decisive Encounters', which provides a general history of the Chinese Civil War during the Communist victory period from 1946 to 1950. Westad's research also delves into the broad aspects of post-colonial global history and modern Chinese history. He has held prestigious positions including Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and the S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations at Harvard University. Additionally, he works as a research associate at the Fairbank Center at Harvard and serves as co-director of the Westad Fellowship at the British Academy. Westad teaches a variety of courses within the History Department at Yale, including GLBL 433/HIST 433: Twentieth Century World History.

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