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Melissa Macauley specializes in late imperial and modern Chinese history from 1500 to 1958. Her research focuses on topics including the interrelated history of southeastern China and Southeast Asia, colonialism and imperialism in East and Southeast Asia, and the legal culture of Chinese social history. She published the recent book 'Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters in China’s Maritime Frontier' with Princeton University Press in 2021, which won the Bentley Book Prize from the World History Association in 2022. Macauley is currently working on a comprehensive history of the South China Sea, tentatively titled 'People’s History of the South China Sea.' She has received support from various prestigious organizations, including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. Additionally, she has held notable fellowships and positions, such as Senior Research Scholar at the Institute of Qing History at Renmin University in Beijing and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Studies at Harvard University. Macauley is recognized for her teaching excellence, receiving several awards including the WCAS Distinguished Teaching Award in 1999 and being named Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence in 2004.
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Northwestern University • Evanston, IL
Head of the Department and professor specializing in late imperial and modern Chinese history.
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