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Professor Rana Mitter FBA

The history and politics of modern China; history of 20th-century China, in particular the Republican period (1912-1949) and Cold War; contemporary Chinese nationalism and Sino-Japanese relations

Elected 2015

Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2015
Sections
Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Modern History from 1850, Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations

10-Minute Talks: China's Good War

29 Apr 2020 Professor Rana Mitter FBA

Professor Rana Mitter FBA explains what happened during World War II in China and why it matters so much for the politics and society of that country today.

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, Director of the University China Centre

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