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Wei, William

Professor

Positions

Professor, History

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Dr. William Wei is the History Department's senior Asianist. He teaches and researches modern Chinese history and Asian American history. He is currently working on a book-length study 'Hong Kong since the Handover: A History of Protests.'

keywords

Modern Chinese history, Asian American history, Hong Kong, revolution, counterrevolution, social movements, Colorado history

Publications

selected publications

book
chapter
- "Reclaiming the Past, Building the Future: The Project to Re-Envision Denver's Historic Chinatown". 152-171. 2022
- Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun: Mao and Red Army 2012
- Representations of Nineteenth-Century Chinese Prostitutes and Chinese Sexuality in the American West. 69-86. 2011
- Asian American Protest Movements 2009
- The Asian American Movement: A Quest for Racial Equality, Social Justice, and Political Empowerment. 196-220. 2004
- A Commentary on Young Asian American Activists from the 1960s to the Present. 299-312. 2004
- Denver Chinatown. 142-142. 2004
- 1990's China: The Winds of Change. 3-19. 1999
- Hmong American Youth: American Dream, American Nightmare 1998
- Asian American Movement. 67-74. 1995
- Five Encirclement and Extermination Campaigns. 121-123. 1992
- Law and Order: The Role of the KMT Security Forces in the Suppression of the Communist Bases during the Soviet Period. 34-61. 1989
- On the Development of Asian American Studies Programs. 5-15. 1988
conference proceeding
journal article
- A History of the Alien Enemies Act. 15-20. 2025
- Immigration to Colorado: Myth and Reality, Part Two. 14-23. 2021
- Immigration to Colorado: Myth and Reality. 34-45. 2020
- Problematizing the Chinese Experience in America. Genealogy. 2017
- The Many Faces of Chin Poo. Colorado heritage : the journal of the Colorado Historical Society. 22-31. 2016
- Samurai among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life. Journal of American History. 1315-1316. 2013
- Ethnic oasis: The Chinese in the Black Hills.. Great Plains Quarterly. 128-129. 2005
- The making of Asian America through political participation.. International Migration Review. 503-504. 2003
- New York before Chinatown: Orientalism and the shaping of American culture, 1776-1882.. Journal of American History. 1493-1494. 2001
- The politicization and nationalization of Hong Kong during the Asian financial crisis. International Journal. 45-56. 1999
- Race, rights, and the Asian American experience.. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 222-223. 1999
- Democracy and socialism in republican China: The politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 238-239. 1999
- Unsubmissive women: Chinese prostitutes in ninteenth-century San Francisco - Tong,B. International Migration Review. 347-348. 1996
- THE NEW ASIAN IMMIGRATION IN LOS-ANGELES AND GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING - ONG,P, BONACICH,E, CHENG,L. Journal of Asian Studies. 511-513. 1995
- THE 'BEGINNING OF THE EAST' - YEH,M. American Book Review. 23-&. 1994
- TO SAVE CHINA, TO SAVE OURSELVES - THE CHINESE HAND LAUNDRY ALLIANCE OF NEW-YORK - YU,RQ. Journal of Asian Studies. 550-551. 1994
- MAKING AND REMAKING ASIAN AMERICA THROUGH IMMIGRATION POLICY, 1850-1990 - HING,BO. Journal of Asian Studies. 140-142. 1994
- MOUNTAIN FIRES - THE RED-ARMY 3-YEAR WAR IN SOUTH CHINA, 1934-1938 - BENTON,G. American Historical Review. 1663-1664. 1993
- I MYSELF AM A WOMAN - SELECTED-WRITINGS OF DING,L - BARLOW,TE, BJORGE,GJ. American Book Review. 31-31. 1990
- CHINA REPORTING - AN ORAL-HISTORY OF AMERICAN-JOURNALISM IN THE 1930S AND 1940S - MACKINNON,SR, FRIESEN,O. Pacific Historical Review. 258-259. 1989
- AMERICAS CHINA TRADE IN HISTORICAL-PERSPECTIVE - THE CHINESE AND AMERICAN PERFORMANCE - MAY,ER, FAIRBANK,JK. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 834-834. 1987
- CHINESE DEMOCRACY - NATHAN,AJ. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 834-835. 1987
- ONE DAY IN CHINA - MAY 21, 1936 - COCHRAN,S, HSIEH,ACK, COCHRAN,J. The China Quarterly. 165-166. 1985
- ORGANIZED BUSINESS AND THE MYTH OF THE CHINA MARKET - THE AMERICAN ASIATIC ASSOCIATION, 1898-1937 - LORENCE,JJ. Pacific Historical Review. 237-238. 1983
- Review of Chinese and Japanese Scholarship : Jiangxi sheng zhengfu jingji weiyuanhui (1971) Jiangxi jingji wenti (Economic Problems of Jiangxi). Taibei: Xuesheng shuju. 583 pp. Modern China. 443-443. 1978

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1978
M.A., University of Michigan Ann Arbor 1971
B.A., Marquette University 1969

awards and honors

BFA Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service, conferred by Boulder Faculty Assembly, 1998
Equity and Excellence Faculty Award, conferred by Office of Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement, 1988
Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Program in China Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, conferred by American Council of Learned Societies, 1979

International Activities

geographic focus

http://dbpedia.org/page/Hong_Kong Geographic Region
Asia Continent
China Country
Cuba Country

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ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7010-5946