Participant Info

First Name
Yan
Last Name
Gao
Affiliation
University of Memphis
Website URL
Keywords
environmental history, Chinese history, environmental humanities
Additional Contact Information
Institutional email: ygao4@memphis.edu

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About Me

I am a historian of late imperial and modern China. I specialize in social and environmental history, water history and Asian environmental humanities. I am currently a visiting assistant professor at the University of Memphis.

Recent Publications

Yan Gao, Yangzi Waters: Transforming the Water Regime of the Jianghan Plain in Late Imperial China (Brill, 2022).

Media Coverage
Country Focus
China, and East Asia
Expertise by Geography
Asia, China, East Asia
Expertise by Chronology
17th century, 18th century, 19th century, Early Modern, Modern, 20th century
Expertise by Topic
Environment, Local & Regional, Rural & Agrarian History