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Nora is a historian specializing in modern East Asia, focusing on the period from 1600 to 2000. Her research examines social interactions among diverse communities during the Qing Empire, the Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China, with particular attention to how power and identity shaped social and economic development. She explores broader questions related to inequality and modernization processes and is proficient in nine languages. Nora is involved in four main research projects that interrogate material culture and medicine in various historical contexts, legal pluralism in Qing Empire governance, and the dynamics of international trade payment systems. Her works include an academic monograph titled "Living Qing Way: Objects, Power, Identity in Late Imperial China" and a forthcoming book with Routledge that showcases fifty significant objects from Qing China to provide an accessible overview of its culture and legacy. In addition, she is working on a pedagogical resource for teaching the Manchu language through curated institutional documents from Qing archives. Nora earned her Ph.D. in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2022 and has experience teaching at both LSE and the University of Oxford.
University College London • London, ENG
Teaching and conducting research in modern East Asian history.