Gao Bei
Assistant Professor
A native of Beijing, Professor Gao received B.A. and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Kitakyushu in Japan before earning her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2007. She is completing her book, tentatively titled China, Japan, and the Flight of European Jewish Refugees to Shanghai, 1938-1945. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press, it is the first major study to examine the policies of the Chinese Nationalist government and Japanese occupation authorities towards the Jewish refugee issue.
Education
Ph.D. Universtiy of Virginia, 2007
B.A. and Master of Laws degrees from the University of Kitakyushu in Japan
Research Interests
History of Modern East Asia and China
Professor Gao’s research and teaching interests include the politics and society of modern China, the history of international relations in East Asia, and China’s relationship to the wider world.
Courses Taught
History of Modern China
History of Traditional China
History of Modern Japan
History of Traditional Japan
History of Modern East Asia
The Cold War in Asia
History of Modern Shanghai
Honors College: China Encounters the World
Honors and Awards
Charles H. Revson Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.Publications
Book Manuscript, China, Japan, and the Flight of European Jewish Refugees to
Shanghai, 1938-1945 (forthcoming from Oxford University Press.)
“The Chinese Nationalist Government’s Policy towards European Jewish Refugees
during World War Two.” Modern China, Vol. 37, No. 2, Spring 2011, pp. 202-237.
