Xiaoyuan Liu | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Diploma., History MA., History PhD., History Postdoc |
| Alma mater | Beijing Teachers College University of Iowa |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Virginia |
Xiaoyuan Liu is a historian, author, and academic most known for his work in the field of East Asian international history and ethnopolitical history of 20th century China. He is the David Dean 21st Century Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of History in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia.[1]
Liu's publications comprise journal articles and books, such as Frontier Passages: Ethnopolitics and the Rise of Chinese Communism, 1921-1945 and A Partnership for Disorder: China, the United States, and Their Policies for the Postwar Disposition of the Japanese Empire, 1941–1945. He has received awards, including the Outstanding Career Achievement in Research Award from the Iowa State University in 2011[2] and the 2021 Academic Excellence Award from Chinese Historians in the United States.[3]