Hao (Bill) Gao
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Hao (Bill) Gao FRHistS, FHEA is a professor of history at the University of Exeter. He specialises in British imperialism in Asia, China in global history, with a focus on the encounters between China and the West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Gao is the author of Creating the Opium War: British Imperial Attitudes towards China, 1792-1840 (Manchester University Press, 2020), as well as articles in academic journals including History, Historical Research, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, and Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Journal of Peking University).[1]
Biography
Born and raised in China, Gao studied in Peking University before coming to the University of Edinburgh where he completed his PhD. Gao joined the University of Exeter in 2015 as Lecturer in Imperial and Global History, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020.[1]
He is now a Fellow of Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).[2]
Gao has also served as the University's Academic Director for the UK-China Humanities Alliance (UKCHA),[3] with Exeter as the Lead University on the UK side.[4]
Publications
Books
Creating the Opium War: British Imperial Attitudes towards China, 1792-1840 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2020).[5]
Articles (selection)
'Understanding the Chinese: British Merchants on the China Trade in the Early1830s[6]', Britain and the World, vol. 12, no. 2 (2019), 151-171.
'Going to War against the Middle Kingdom? Continuity and Change in BritishAttitudes towards Qing China (1793–1840)[7]', Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, vol. 45, no. 2 (2017), 210-231.
'The Inner Kowtow Controversy During the Amherst Embassy to China, 1816-1817[8]', Diplomacy and Statecraft, vol. 27, no. 4 (2016), 595-614.
'The Amherst embassy and British discoveries in China[9]', History, vol. 99, no. 337 (2014), 568-87.
'Prelude to the Opium War? British reactions to the "Napier Fizzle" and attitudestowards China in the mid-1830s[10]', Historical Research, vol. 87, no. 237 (2014), 491- 509.
Public engagement
Gao was the guest speaker for the British Library's public lecture 'The Long History of the Chinese and Britain'.[11]
Gao acted as an interpreter and programme facilitator for NBA star Shaquille O'Neal when he visited China.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "University of Exeter". experts.exeter.ac.uk.
- ↑ https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24790-hao-gao/professional
- ↑ Exeter, University of. "UK-China Humanities Alliance (UKCHA) | Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences". University of Exeter.
- ↑ https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24790-hao-gao/professional
- ↑ https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526133427/
- ↑ Gao, Hao (September 1, 2019). "Understanding the Chinese: British Merchants on the China Trade in the Early 1830s". Britain and the World. 12 (2): 151–171. doi:10.3366/brw.2019.0324 – via Edinburgh University Press Journals.
- ↑ Gao, Hao (March 4, 2017). "Going to War Against the Middle Kingdom? Continuity and Change in British Attitudes towards Qing China (1793–1840)". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 45 (2): 210–231. doi:10.1080/03086534.2016.1262643 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ↑ Gao, Hao (October 1, 2016). "The "Inner Kowtow Controversy" During the Amherst Embassy to China, 1816–1817". Diplomacy & Statecraft. 27 (4): 595–614. doi:10.1080/09592296.2016.1238691 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
- ↑ Hao, Gao (June 26, 2014). "The Amherst Embassy and British Discoveries in China". History. 99 (337): 568–587. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.12069 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ↑ Hao, Gao (June 26, 2014). "Prelude to the Opium War? British reactions to the 'Napier Fizzle' and attitudes towards China in the mid eighteen-thirties". Historical Research. 87 (237): 491–509. doi:10.1111/1468-2281.12062 – via Wiley Online Library.
- ↑ "The Long History of the Chinese and Britain". August 8, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24790-hao-gao/professional
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