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Jacob Eyferth is a social historian of China with research interests centered on the lives and work experiences of non-elite individuals in the twentieth century. He studied at prestigious institutions in Berlin and Leiden and has held postdoctoral fellowships at Oxford, Harvard, and Rutgers. Eyferth has taught at Simon Fraser University and is currently an associate professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. His research encompasses the rural experience in mid-twentieth century China, particularly from 1920 to 1970. He authored 'Eating Rice Bamboo Roots,' an ethnographic history of rural papermakers in Sichuan, which won the 2011 Joseph Levenson Prize in the category of China Post-1900. Eyferth is also working on a new book tentatively titled 'Cotton, Gender, Revolution in Twentieth-Century China,' which examines how monumental changes such as revolution, collectivization, and industrialization transformed the lives of rural women.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Teaching and researching in the field of Modern Chinese History.
Department of Philosophy