WilliamWei
- Professor
- MODERN CHINA
Professor Wei in an expert on the Republican period of modern Chinese history.
Professor Wei teaches various courses in modern Chinese history, including "Modern China: Collapse and Brilliance, 1644-1949"and "Contemporary China: Radicalism and Reform, 1949 to Present."
Professor Wei earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1978. He received the Asian American Hero of ĢӰ Award from the ĢӰ Asian Culture and Education Network in2022.He is the 2024-2025 ĢӰ State Historian.
His first book,Michigan Studies on China Series (University of Michigan Press, 1985), was awarded the University of ĢӰ's Eugene M. Kayden Faculty Book Manuscript Prize. His book, *, Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies (University of Washington Press, 2016), was a finalist for the 2017 ĢӰ Authors’ League Award for General Non-Fiction.His most recent book is(University Press of ĢӰ, 2021). He is currently engaged in a book-length study titled “Hong Kong Since the Handover: A History of Protests.”
Professor Wei is not currently accepting graduate students.