Zejun Wang

Field & Specialties

Cold War International History
US Foreign Relations
Modern East Asia
Modern Russia/Soviet Union

Education

PhD, History, University of Virginia, in progress

MA, History, University of Virginia, 2024

MA, Social Sciences, The University of Chicago, 2020

BA, World History, university excellent graduate, Peking University, 2019

Awards & Honors

Language Study Grant, Governing America in a Global Era Initiative, University of Virginia, 2024

Summer Language Study Grant, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, 2024

Research Grant, Governing America in a Global Era Initiative, University of Virginia, 2023

Summer Research Grant, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, 2023

MA Award, Summer Language Institute, The University of Chicago, 2020

Maroon Scholar Research Award, Division of the Social Sciences, The University of Chicago, 2019-2020

Courses Taught

Teaching Assistant, HIST 2031 Modern China (with Prof. Xiaoyuan Liu), Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Fall 2025

Teaching Assistant, HIEA 3321 China and the Cold War (with Prof. Xiaoyuan Liu), Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Fall 2024

Teaching Assistant, HIEA 2031 Modern China (with Prof. Xiaoyuan Liu), Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Spring 2024

Grader, HIEA 3323 China and the United States (with Prof. Xiaoyuan Liu), Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Fall 2023

Teaching Assistant, HIST 3281 Genocide (with Prof. Jeffrey J. Rossman), Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Fall 2023