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CURRICULUM VITAE
Yingcong Dai
- History Department
- Atrium 200
- William Paterson University
- 300 Pompton Road
- Wayne, NJ 07470
- (973)720-2816
- daiy@wpunj.edu
EDUCATION
PH. D. in history, University of Washington, August, 1996
Dissertation: "The Rise of the Southwestern Frontier under the Qing, 1640-1800"
Advisor: Professor R. Kent Guy
M. A. in Modern Chinese History, Nanjing University, China, 1985
M. A. thesis: "From Neutrality to Intervention: the Change of the British Policy Towards
the Taiping Rebellion, 1860-1862"
B. A. in History, Nanjing University, China, 1982
B. A. thesis: "Revolutionaries and Uprisings on the Eve of the 1911 Revolution"
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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1998- William Paterson University of New Jersey. Assistant Professor, Department of History
· 1997-1998, Virginia Commonwealth University. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History
· 1996-1997, the University of Utah. Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History
· 1995-1996, the University of Washington, Bothell Liberal Studies, Pre-doctoral Associate
· 1985-1987, Nanjing University, China, Lecturer and researcher, the History Institute
- TEACHING PREPARATIONS
Traditional China
Modern China
Survey of Modern East Asia
Women and Revolution in China
Rise and Fall of Chinese Communism
History of the Qing Dynasty
Popular Protest Movement and Social Change in East Asia
Graduate Seminar: Chinese Empires
Information Technology and the Historical Profession
Foundations of Western Civilization
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Publications:
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"To Nourish A Strong Military: Kangxi Emperor's Preferential Treatment of His Military Officials," War and Society, Volume 18: 2 (October, 2000), the University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy
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"From Neutrality to Intervention: The Change of the British Policy Towards the Taiping Rebellion, 1860-1862," in Journal of Nanjing University (Humanities and Social Sciences) 1987:3 (Collected in full in Digest of Books and Journals: Modern Chinese History, 1987, People's University Press, Beijing)
Non-refereed Publications:
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"The History of the Dalai Lama System and the Political Future of Tibet, " co-authored, in Chinese News Digest, March 20, 27, 1994
- RESEARCH PROJECTS
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"Key Strategic Area under the Qing: The Southwest, 1640-1800," monograph, under revision
· "The Qing State, Merchants and the Military Labor Force in the Jinchuan Campaigns," article, under revision
· "Tibet and the Rise of the Southwest Frontier during the Qing, 1640-1800," article, under revison
· "Gauging Social Changes in Late Nineteenth Century Sichuan," article, under revision
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"Rich Military and Strong Empire: On the Yingyun Shengxi Policy of the Early Qing Time, 1640-1800," article, in drafting stage
BOOK REVIEWS
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Roxann Prazniak's Of Camel Kings and Other Things: Rural Rebels Against Modernity in Late Imperial China, of series "State and Society in East Asia" edited by Elizabeth Perry (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 1999) for Journal of African and Asian Studies, forthcoming
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Reviewed the manuscript "Heritage of Chinese Civilization," of the series of "World Civilizations," by Albert Craig, for the Prentice Hall Publishing, October, 1999
PRESENTATIONS
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"Tibet and the Rise of the Southwest Frontier during the Qing, 1640-1800," at the conference "Politics, Society and Cross-Border Cultures in Southwest China:
Past and Present," Lund University, Lund, Sweden, May 25, 2000
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"Women and Revolution in China," lecture for Women's History Month at the William Paterson University, New Jersey, April 5, 2000
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"Networking the Military Labor Force in the Mid Qing: the Jinchuan Campaigns," at the
Annual Conference of the Chinese Military History Society, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, March 18, 2000
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"The Origins and Evolution of the Dalai Lama System," at the first University Research Day, William Paterson University, New Jersey, April 28, 1999
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"To Nourish A Strong Military: Kangxi Emperor's Innovative Treatment of His Military Officials," at the Annual Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, March 11, 1999
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"Rethinking the May Fourth Movement," Kalamazoo College, Michigan, May, 1997
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"Student Radicalism and Revolution in Modern China," Carleton College, Minnesota, April, 1995
- UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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College of Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, September 1999-present
· Asian Studies Minor Committee, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Spring 2000-present
· Recruitment Committee, History Department, September 1999-present
· Curriculum Committee, History Department, September 2000-present
· History Department Computer Laborotary Coordinator, September 1999-present
· History Department Webmaster, September 1999-present
· Student Advisor, September 1999-present
· Graduate Thesis Advisor
LANGUAGES
- Chinese, native speaker. Excellent in reading classic Chinese
- Japanese, passed the foreign language examination at the University of Washington in 1991
- French, passed the foreign language examination at the University of Washington in 1991
- Tibetan, elementary reading knowledge
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
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The Chester Friz Scholarship, by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, 1993-1995, 1987-1991
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The K. C. Hsiao Fellowship, 1991-1993, by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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A Certificate of Achievement in the International Teaching Assistant Program received from the Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington, 1991
- MEMBERSHIPS
Member of American Historical Association
Member of the Association for Asian Studies
Member of the Chinese Military History Society
Member of Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society