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Ian Shin
Assistant Professor of American Culture and History
University of Michigan
Education/Degree:
1 History (Columbia University)
About
Professor Shin is a social and cultural historian of the United States. His research and teaching focus on Asian American history and on the history of the US in the world between 1850 and 1950. He come to this work as a first-generation American who was born in Hong Kong, grew up in California, and spent the past decade and half on the East Coast. He received his PhD from Columbia University and his AB from Amherst College. Outside of the office and classroom, he co-hosts a podcast that interviews authors of new books in Asian American studies (http://newbooksnetwork.com/category/peoples-places/asian-american-studies/), and he is also an avid tennis player and cook.
Current Work
Professor Shin is currently working on several projects. His book manuscript—entitled Imperfect Knowledge: Chinese Art and American Power in the Transpacific Progressive Era—examines Chinese art collecting in the US in the early 20th century as a con,ed process of knowledge production that bolstered ideas of American exceptionalism, even while it relied on transpacific circuits of labor and expertise. Additionally, he is writing an article about the Boy Scout movement in New York’s Chinatown, as well as a book chapter and on the role of colleges and universities in US-China relations and Asian immigration in the long 19th century.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Asian American studies, History, immigration, race, US foreign relations