Professor Joseph W. Esherick Receives the 2021 Distinguished Contributions to China Studies Award

Recently, Professor Joseph W. Esherick, a faculty member of the Yenching Academy and Emeritus Professor of History at University of California, San Diego, received the 2021 Distinguished Contributions to China Studies Award.

Professor Esherick taught the course “Modern Chinese History” at the Yenching Academy from 2016 to 2019. Winning the award also illustrates his brilliant work at the Academy.

He was one of the three winners of the Distinguished Contributions to China Studies Award, alongside renowned Sinologists Michael Loewe and Chia-ying Yeh, at the recently concluded 9th World Forum on China Studies in Shanghai on October 19th.

The award aims to promote the development of China studies and scholars' exchanges around the world.