David Strand
Encyclopedia
David Strand is a professor at Dickinson College
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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(BA 1971), and received his graduate degrees from Columbia University
(MA 1973, M.Phil 1974, PhD 1979). He holds the position of Charles A Dana Professor of Political Science and is the current chair of the East Asian Studies Department at Dickinson College. Strand's research interests include 20th century China, particularly Beijing. He is the author of the study of "Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s". He teaches a regular course on the history of China and Japan, as well as other courses such as Human Rights, Four Chinese Cities, East Asian Senior Research in the East Asian Studies and Political Science departments.
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name is traditionally pronounced with emphasis on the second syllable. Carlisle is located within the Cumberland Valley, a highly productive agricultural region. As of the 2010 census, the borough...
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Career
A specialist in Chinese history, Strand completed his undergraduate work at Lawrence UniversityLawrence University
Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...
(BA 1971), and received his graduate degrees from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
(MA 1973, M.Phil 1974, PhD 1979). He holds the position of Charles A Dana Professor of Political Science and is the current chair of the East Asian Studies Department at Dickinson College. Strand's research interests include 20th century China, particularly Beijing. He is the author of the study of "Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s". He teaches a regular course on the history of China and Japan, as well as other courses such as Human Rights, Four Chinese Cities, East Asian Senior Research in the East Asian Studies and Political Science departments.