Shu-Hui Wu

18th century Qing political and military history;
19th and 20th century Chinese and Taiwanese intellectual history; Japanese colonialism in Taiwan; Traditional Chinese literary culture

226 Allen Hall
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: 662-325-7078
E-mail: shuwu@history.msstate.edu

Education
Academic Career
Research Interests
Publications
Honors and Awards
Courses Taught

Shu-Hui Wu received her doctorate degree in Chinese History from the Free University of Berlin, Germany, in 1993 and specializes in Chinese History and Literature. In 1994 she was appointed lecturer in Chinese history at the Free University of Berlin. From 1996-1999 she was assistant professor of history, Columbus State University, Georgia and in 1998 she was visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, University, California.
She joined the Department of History, MSU, as a tenure-track assistant professor in 1999 and received tenure and promotion in 2004. Her knowledge of five languages - Chinese, Japanese, Manchurian, German, and English - has been an enviable tool for historical research and Wu has used them to good effect. She published her first book Die Eroberung von Qinghai unter Berücksichtigung von Tibet und Khams 1717-1727 (The Chinese Conquest of Qinghai with Reference to Tibet and Khams 1717-1727) in German in 1994. Her second book, Lien Heng (1878-1936) Taiwan's Search for Identity and Tradition was published by Indiana University Oriental Research Center in December, 2004. She has also published five articles in the major journals in her fields of 18th Century Inner Asian History and Modern Chinese Intellectual History. She is the former Executive Director of the Association of Third World Studies, and received an award from the Lincoln Center at Louisiana State University in 2003 for distinguished scholarship and leadership. She is also the recipient of several research grants in her fields.

Education:
  • Ph.D.: Free University of Berlin, Germany, 1993
Academic Career:
  • Associate professor. Department of History, Mississippi State University. 2004- present.
    Undergraduate coordinator, 2005
    Robert Holland Faculty Senator since 2006
  • Assistant professor. Department of History, Mississippi State University. 1999-2004
  • Assistant Professor of History, Columbus State University, 1996-1999
  • Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution, Stanford, University, California, 1998
Research Interests:
    Traditional Chinese culture and literature. Modern Chinese and Taiwanese intellectual history, Qing history, Taiwanese history
Publications:
  • Books

    Die Eroberung von Qinghai unter Berucksichtigung von Tibet und Khams 1717-1727 (German).(The Chinese Conquest of Qinghai with Reference to Tibet and Khams 1717-1727). Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. 365 p. & 5 maps. 1995. Received four reviewed articles.

    Lien Heng (1878-1936): Taiwan's Search for Identity and Tradition. 480 p. Research Institute for Altaiic and Oriental Studies, Indiana University. 2005.

  • Articles

    "The Imbalance of Virtue and Power in Qing Frontier Policy: The Turfan Campaign of 1731," Etudes Mongoles et Siberiennes. Paris, 1996, pp. 241-264.

    "How the Qing Army Entered Tibet in 1728 after the Tibetan Civil War," Zentralasia-tische Studien, 26 (1996): 122-138. (Reviewed).

    "On Taiwanese Historical Poetry: Reflections on the Shimonoseki Treaty of 1895," Journal of Asian History, 32/2 (1998): 1-26.

    "On Chinese Sacrificial Orations Chi Wen," Monumenta Serica. 50 (2002): 1-33.

    "Lien Heng (1878-1936) and the General History of Taiwan," Journal of Third World Studies, 27 (2004): 17-58

  • Presented Papers

    "The Seventh Dalai Lama in Exile: 1729-1735," presented at the 40th Permanent International Altaistic Conference, Provo, Utah on June 2-3, 1997.

    "Lien Heng (1878-1936) as a Poet, Historian and Revolutionary Journalist," presented at the 35th International Conference of Asian and North African Studies, Budapest, Hungary on July 7-12, 1997.

    "On Taiwanese Historical Poetry: Reflections on the Shimonoseki Treaty of 1895," presented at the 208th American Oriental Society, New Orleans, April 5th-8th, 1998.

    "New light on China-Taiwan-Conflict from a Historical Perspective," presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Association of Third World Studies, November 18th-21st, 1999, San Jose, Costa Rica.

    "Tai-wan tung-shih and Shih chi. A Comparative Study," presented at the 210th American Oriental Society, Portland, Oregon, March 12th-15th, 2000.

    "Lien Heng and His Journey in China, 1912-1914  presented at Center for Chinese Studies. Taipei, Taiwan, R.o.C. August 6, 2007.

    "Commentary and Criticism of Shiji in Late Imperial China,  presented at 218th conference of the American Oriental Society in Chicago, 14-17 March 2008.

    "The Cincept of Heaven (tian) in Shiji  presented at17th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS) at Lund University, Sweden. 6-10 August 2008.
Honors and Awards:
    Recipient of a two-year research grant, 1997-1998 and1998-1999, from Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, VA. USA.

    Recipient of publication subsidies (2004) from Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation/ American Council of Learned Society.

    Recipient of Distinguished Leadership and Scholarship Awards. 2003 Association of Third World Studies, October 2003.

    Recipient of fellowship for distinguished scholars Center for Chinese Studies. Taipei Taiwan, R.o.C. summer 2007.

    Recipient of research grant from Office of the VP of Research. MSU, March 2006 and 2008.

    Recipient of the HARP fellowship. College of A&S. MSU. 2007.

    Recipient of the Quick Grant. ORED. MSU. August 2008.
Courses Taught:
    East Asian Civilization To 1300; East Asian Civilization Since 1300; China Since 1800; Japan Since 1600; The Far East; The Mongol Empire; Chinese Cultural History