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Elisabeth Forster is a lecturer at the University of Southampton specializing in Modern Chinese history. She completed her D.Phil at Oxford in 2015 and has taught at prestigious institutions including Oxford, Freiburg, and Hamburg before joining Southampton in 2018. Her research interests include war theory and peace discourses, with a current book project titled 'Peaceful Nation? China’s Peacefulness Claim 19th Century Present' examining the evolving concepts of war and peace in the context of Chinese governance and social dynamics. Forster has published works such as '1919 – Year Changed China', which provides insights into the New Culture Movement through the lens of academic disputes and societal narratives. She aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, currently engaging with the Department of Philosophy at the University of Stockholm to critically rethink philosophical approaches to war theory based on China's historical experiences. Her contributions also include a commentary on ethics in war and a guest appearance on BBC Radio 4 discussing the Fourth Movement.
University of Southampton • Southampton, England
Teaching Modern Chinese history and conducting research on related topics.