College:
Pembroke College
Course:
DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Thesis Title:
The History of the Concept of Li 利 in Early China: Ideas and Debates from Spring-and-Autumn to the Yantielun 鹽鐵論, 771-81 BCE
Supervisor(s):
Dirk Meyer
Biography:
I am trained as a historian of early China at both McGill and Oxford. I focus on connecting social-economic historicity with thought and philosophy. My Masters thesis discusses the origin and evolution of the twenty-rank military reward system 軍功爵制 from late Warring States to the end of Western Han. My DPhil dissertation focuses on the history of the Concept of Li 利 in Pre-Qin and early imperial China with a focus on the Yantielun 鹽鐵論.
Educational Background:
2022-present University of Oxford DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
2020-22 University of Oxford MPhil in Traditional East Asia
2017-20 McGill University BA honours in History
Research Interests:
I specialise in the history of early imperial China with a focus on Western Han economic history. This includes History of economic thought, history of concepts, social-economic history and military history. My DPhil dissertation focuses on the history of the Concept of Li 利 in Pre-Qin and early imperial China with a focus on the Yantielun 鹽鐵論.
