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Carl Kubler is a global historian specializing in modern China and the experiences of people of Chinese descent. His scholarship and teaching sit at the intersection of Chinese history, Asian American history, and diaspora studies, focusing on the forces of trade, migration, and cross-cultural encounters that shape everyday life. His current book project, titled "Conflict: Global Trade and Everyday Relations between China and the West, 1780-1860," examines the dynamic socio-economic opportunities and conflict resolutions among merchants, sailors, interpreters, and laborers involved in Sino-Western relations during the 18th and 19th centuries. Kubler’s doctoral dissertation, which won the 2022 World History Association Dissertation Prize, highlights the history of Asian migration and labor in the Americas, particularly the development of the "coolie trade" that trafficked Asian indentured laborers to Latin America and the Caribbean. He received his Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago in 2022 and holds a Graduate Certificate in Chinese American Studies from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, as well as a B.A. from Yale University.
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