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Tong Lam’s research areas include modern and contemporary history of China, science and technology, politics and aesthetics, and urbanism. His book, 'Passion Facts: Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900-1949' (2011), analyzes the profound consequences of the emergence of technology as a 'social fact' in social survey research in modern China. Professor Lam’s current research examines China’s urban infrastructures, the concept of ruins and ruination, and the renewed imperial ambitions of the Qing empire. In addition to his academic work, he is a visual artist who employs photographic and cinematographic techniques to dissect contemporary China’s transformations, particularly in relation to Cold War ruins. Lam has also published a photo-essay book titled 'Abandoned Futures' (2013) and has exhibited his work internationally.
University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Teaching and researching modern and contemporary history of China.
Department of Sociology