Biographies
Timothy Cheek
Professor
Louis Cha Chair of Chinese Research
Institute of Asian Research (www.iar.ubc.ca)
Editor, Pacific Affairs (http://pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/)
Ph.D., History and East Asian Languages, Harvard University
M.A. (History), The University of Virginia
B.A.-Asian Studies, Honours, Australian National University
Research Interests
Modern China, particularly China’s intellectuals and Chinese Communist Party history. Current projects include contemporary Chinese intellectuals and Chinese thought, writings of Mao Zedong (Yan’an period), and Chinese historiography.
