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木板

HISTORIAN

I am a historian of modern China with a focus on intellectual and cultural history, women’s and gender studies, and global history. I received my Ph.D. from Princeton University and have been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, the Hong Kong Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme, and the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.

In this rich history of everyday encounters between US soldiers and Chinese civilians, Chunmei Du explores their entangled relations from the end of World War II to the founding of the People's Republic of China. Drawing upon official, popular and personal accounts from both countries, Du examines the sensorial, material, and symbolic exchanges that took place between GIs and ordinary Chinese people-stall vendors, pedestrians, rickshaw pullers, 'Jeep girls,' and suspected thieves. Through the conceptual lens of the everyday, this book reveals how interactions such as traffic accidents, sexual relations, theft, and black-market dealings, impacted larger political dynamics during this pivotal era. Du shows how mundane struggles made imperialism and sovereignty tangible, fueling anti-American sentiment. Meanwhile, these encounters fostered informal diplomacy, shaping identities and forging new bonds that left a lasting imprint on both countries. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Gu Hongming's eccentric Chinese Odyssey by Chunmei DU

Gu Hongming's Eccentric Chinese Odyssey is the first comprehensive study in English of Gu Hongming, both the private individual and the public cultural figure. It examines the controversial scholar's intellectual and psychological journeys across geographical, national, and cultural boundaries in new global contexts. In addition to complicating existing studies of Chinese conservatism and global discussions on civilization around the World War I era, the book sheds new light on the contested notion of authenticity within the Chinese diaspora and the psychological impact of colonialism.

目錄

序言／杜春媚
美軍與青島民眾之糾葛與對美軍負面印象的形成──青島市警察局檔案為中心的考察／張維縝
「吉普女郎」在中國／杜春媚
駐華美軍何去何從──安平事件後國共美三方的博弈／左承穎、楊雨青
揮之不去的「舊協和」──中華人民共和國成立後協和的醫學專業化（1951-1966）／胡成
國際民主婦女聯合會國際女性調查團中的三名中國女性──劉清揚、白朗、李鏗／藤目由紀
冷戰祛魅──1966年美國「中國通」的「時代證詞」及其國家角色的反思／馬建標
家國情懷中的學術與政治──20世紀70年代初旅美學者歸國之行再議／孫揚
冷戰時期的美軍雷諾茲案：兼與吉拉德案比較／呂迅
駐臺美軍菸毒問題的個案研究／張力
1945-1972年日本的反對美軍基地運動、社會運動與政治妥協／莎拉‧C‧考夫納
朝鮮戰爭時期的美國軍事審訊室／莫妮卡‧金
冷戰初期蘇聯的「戰利品」政策及蘇軍在占領區的軍紀問題／左雙文、劉杉

The United States and East Asian Society during the Cold War

Ed., The United States and East Asian Societies during the Cold War 冷戰時期的美國與東亞社會. Taipei: Showewe Publishing, 2023.

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS​​​

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