Research interests: Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) and the modern fate of Chinese literati culture; Chinese calligraphy, painting, seal carving, antique collecting

Research interests: Song manuscript culture; imperial Song management of China’s cultural legacy; auspicious visuality in China; "Bird-and-Flower Painting in Song China: An Aesthetic of Information and its Visual Outcomes"

Research interests: Chinese business environments, Asian business groups, business networks, political economy

Research interests: western media partnerships with China, influence of Western media and entertainment culture on China, role of Western media in China’s soft power campaign

Research interests: economic history of modern China

Research interests: Sino-Japanese War 1937-1945; business and the state in Republican China

Research interests: contemporary Chinese theater practice; translation; Gao Xingjian, Meng Jinghui, and Yu Rongjun