Dr. Emily Hill

Biography

Emily M. Hill is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Queen's University, specializing in Modern China, particularly its political and economic developments during the period from 1931 to 1958. She received her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1996. Her current research project focuses on the political economy of agriculture, examining land reform programs and agricultural industrialization in mainland China and Taiwan during the 1950s. Professor Hill is actively involved in graduate supervision, guiding MA and PhD students who are exploring the history of China in the late nineteenth century. Her courses include Contemporary China (HIST 270), China 1800 (HIST 299), Modern East Asia (HIST 318), and China 1949 (HIST 499).

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