Vincent K.L. Chang is a university lecturer of the history and international relations of modern China at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) and a senior fellow of the LeidenAsiaCentre. His teaching and research focus on the history of China’s international relations, nation-building and national identity, and contemporary Chinese diplomacy in East Asia and Europe.

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Research

My research is concerned with China’s regional and global interactions in the modern and contemporary era, especially during times of international conflict and power shifts. I am particularly interested in the associated contestations over and shifts in narratives and norms, including those concerning war and imperialism, global order, and international law. Currently, I am leading a multi-year research project on the far-reaching legal, digital and global dimensions of China’s authoritarian memory governance (‘Global China’s New Heroes’).

Teaching

I teach (and have taught) various courses in our BA Chinese Studies, BA Japanese Studies, BA International Studies, MA Asian Studies and MA International Relations programmes, including:

• Modern Chinese History
• The Past in the Present: Nation-building in Modern China
• Global Power: China’s Foreign Policy
• International Politics and Economy of East Asia / East Asian Regionalism
• Sino-Japanese Relations
• China and the Netherlands, Past and Present
• Thesis & Research Methods seminars

Supervision

I supervise research projects on China's international and diplomatic history, foreign policy, nation building and national identity, and historical statecraft (memory politics). I particularly welcome projects that connect these areas with East Asian regional politics, international law and transnational memory, as well as projects on China–Netherlands relations, past or present.

Publications