Dr Licheng Qian

• Cultural Sociology
• Political/Historical Sociology
• Media Sociology
• Memory Studies
• (Global) China studies

• PhD University of Virginia
• MA University of Virginia
• MA Nanjing University
• Certificate in Social Science, Johns Hopkins Nanjing Center
• BA Nanjing University

• American Sociological Association
• Chinese Sociological Association
• International Chinese Sociological Association
• Association for Asian Studies
• Memory Studies Association

Licheng is currently writing a book on the collective memory of Chairman Mao in contemporary China. In addition to the book project, his research addresses nationalism, historical memory, and cultural/national/postcolonial identities in China and East Asia.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

2023 “Debating National Identity in Postcolonial Cities: A Comparison of Civic Education Textbooks in Hong Kong and Macau.” Nations and Nationalism. (co-authored with Meng U Ieong)

2022 “Sociology of Memory: What Makes it Possible and Useful.” Sociological Review of China. (in Chinese) *Reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest, 2022(12).

2021 “Making Memory Work: The SARS Memory and China’s War on COVID-19.” Memory Studies 14(6):1489-1502.

2021 “Consuming a Difficult Past Unapproved: Chairman Mao as Commodity.” Memory Studies 14(2):363-379.

2021 “Memory Studies: Beyond the Nation-State and Cosmopolitan Frameworks.” Academic Monthly. 11: 132-139. (in Chinese)

2020 “Bringing Political Culture Back In: Insights from Cultural Sociology.” Sociological Studies (3): 219-241. (in Chinese)

2019 “The Cultural Sociology of China: Trajectory and Dynamics of a Burgeoning Field.” Cultural Sociology 13(4):387-410. (co-authored with Bin Xu and Weirong Guo)

2017 “Does History Education Promote Nationalism in China? A ‘Limited Effect’ Explanation.” Journal of Contemporary China 26(104):199-212. (co-authored with Bin Xu and Dingding Chen)

2015 “Social Memory Studies: Western Lineage, Chinese Perspectives, and Methods.” Sociological Studies (6):215-237. (in Chinese; co-authored with Hexuan Zhang). *Reprinted by Sociology Digest, 2016(2).