Li Bozhong (Chinese: 李伯重; born 10 October 1949) is a Chinese economic historian and a Chair Professor of Humanities at Peking University and Chair Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Tsinghua University.
Early year and education
Li was born in Kunming, Yunnan, a province in Southwest China, on 10 October 1949. His father Li Shan (李埏) was also a historian specializing in Song dynasty. Due to the Culture Revolution (1966-1976), Li Bozhong could not go to the college after graduating from high school until 1978.
Li received his MA (1981) and PhD (1985) in History from Xiamen University. From 1991 to 1992, Li was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan.
Academic career
Li was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Michigan from 1992 to 1993.
He joined the faculty of Peking University in 2017.
Works
- Li, B. (2021) An Early Modern Economy in China: The Yangzi Delta in the 1820s. Cambridge University Press.
- Li, B. (1998) Agricultural development in Jiangnan, 1620-1850. Springer.
References
- "李伯重". 清华大学国学研究院. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- 张弘. "李伯重：把中国放到全球史的视野". 凤凰网资讯. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "From the "Great Divergence" to the "Great Convergence": The modern transformation of the Yangzi Delta's economy in a new perspective". Jesus College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- "开山大师兄｜李伯重：大家要看的是你的成果，不是身份_全球智库_澎湃新闻-The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- "[个人史]李伯重："私塾"教出的洋博士后_新闻中心_新浪网". news.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
- "Li Bozhong's CV" (PDF). Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.