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Emily Williams is a cultural historian of modern China, with a particular interest in Maoist material culture and collections of red relics in contemporary China. Her first book, Collecting the Revolution: British Engagements with Chinese Cultural Revolution Material Culture (Rowman Littlefield) was published in 2022. She teaches modules in Chinese history, society, and aesthetics. She welcomes PhD proposals in these areas.She joined XJTLU in 2018. Before that, she received her Ph.D. from Birkbeck College, University of London in 2016, and has taught at Birkbeck College, Christies Education London, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London.
Research interests
Cultural heritage
Twentieth-century Chinese history
Legacies of the Mao era in contemporary China
Mao-era visual and material culture
Material Culture History
Experience
Fudan Fellow - Department of History - Fudan University Shanghai - 2017
Senior Teaching Fellow in Modern Chinese History - SOAS, University of London - 2016-2017
Lecturer in Arts of China - Christies Education London - 2016-2017
Research Assistant - Chinese Poster Collection, University of Westminster - 2012-2014
Teaching
CCS110 - Aesthetics, Art and Design in China
CCS312 - Cities in Chinese History
CCS004 - Introduction to China Studies
CCS409 - Final Year Project (MA Thesis Supervisor)
CCS305 - Final Year Project (BA Thesis Supervisor)
CCS105 - Twentieth Century China
CCS203 - China: Social stratification and change
Education/Academic qualification
Fellow - Higher Education Authority - 2020
Ph.D. - Birkbeck College, University of London - 2016
M.A. - Goldsmiths College, University of London - 2010
M.A. (hons) - University of Edinburgh - 2007
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China from the margins
Williams, E. & Cesarino, L., 22 Jul 2024, China from the Margins: New Narratives of the Past and Present. Taylor and Francis - Balkema, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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China from the Margins: New Narratives of the Past and Present
Williams, E. & Cesarino, L., 22 Jul 2024, Taylor and Francis - Balkema. 234 p.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book › peer-review
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Marginal histories at the centre of the revolution
Williams, E., 22 Jul 2024, China from the Margins: New Narratives of the Past and Present. Taylor and Francis - Balkema, p. 80-98 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Constructing a discourse of 'Red merit': The orchestrated communication of China's 'Red Collectors'
Williams, E., 1 Aug 2023, Communications in Contemporary China: Orchestrating Thinking. Talmacs, N. & Peng, A. Y. (eds.). London and New York: Routledge, p. 72-86 14 p. (Routledge Studies on China in Transition).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Book Review: Margaret Hillenbrand, Negative Exposures: Knowing What Not to Know in Contemporary China
Williams, E., Dec 2022, In: The PRC History Review. 51Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Activities
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China's Red Collectors: History, Culture and 'Positive Energy'
Emily Williams (Speaker)
14 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Defining 'red' in contemporary China: a case study of Red collecting
Emily Williams (Speaker)
25 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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History from above and from below: museum representations of China’s socialist past
Emily Williams (Speaker)
15 Mar 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Thomas Selig (Speaker), Charlie Reis (Speaker), Emily Williams (Speaker), Yiqun Sun (Speaker) & Yan Wei (Speaker)
7 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Keynote Speech
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Collecting the Revolution: British Engagements with Chinese Cultural Revolution Material Culture
Emily Williams (Speaker)
8 Sept 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk