Elizabeth J. Perry
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Elizabeth J. Perry is a prominent United States
scholar of Chinese
politics and history in the Department of Government, Harvard University
(United States
) where she is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute
. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and served recently as President of the Association for Asian Studies
.
Born shortly before the communist revolution in mainland China to Episcopal missionary parents who were professors at St. John's University in Shanghai, Elizabeth Perry was raised in Tokyo
, Japan
on the campus of Rikkyo University
(where her parents also taught). She later returned to the United States and attended Hobart and William Smith College (1966–1969). In 1978, she received a Ph.D. in political science from University of Michigan. She was an early member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars
.
Perry's research focuses on popular protest and grassroots political behavior in China since approximately 1845. Her book, Shanghai on Strike: the Politics of Chinese Labor (1993) won the John King Fairbank prize from the American Historical Association.
United States
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scholar of Chinese
China
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politics and history in the Department of Government, Harvard University
Harvard University
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(United States
United States
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) where she is Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute
Harvard-Yenching Institute
Harvard-Yenching Institute is an independent foundation dedicated to advancing higher education in Asia in the humanities and social sciences, with special attention to the study of Asian culture...
. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and served recently as President of the Association for Asian Studies
Association for Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies is a U.S. society focused on facilitating contact and information exchange among scholars of Asian fields. It is the self-proclaimed largest society of its kind. The Association consists of eminent Asianists, and is a non-profit organization...
.
Born shortly before the communist revolution in mainland China to Episcopal missionary parents who were professors at St. John's University in Shanghai, Elizabeth Perry was raised in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on the campus of Rikkyo University
Rikkyo University
, also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, based on Christian precepts, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto -History:...
(where her parents also taught). She later returned to the United States and attended Hobart and William Smith College (1966–1969). In 1978, she received a Ph.D. in political science from University of Michigan. She was an early member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars
Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars
The Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars was founded in 1968 by a group of graduate students and younger faculty as part of the opposition to the American war in Vietnam...
.
Perry's research focuses on popular protest and grassroots political behavior in China since approximately 1845. Her book, Shanghai on Strike: the Politics of Chinese Labor (1993) won the John King Fairbank prize from the American Historical Association.
External links
- Homepage at Harvard University
- Curriculum vita (from official homepage)