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Dr . Shaojin Chai Assistant Professor Academic RankAssistant Professor
Shaojin Chai

Specialization:

  • International Studies Modern Chinese History and Politics Political Science

Research Interests:

  • Book Chapters • “Imperial Confucian and neo-Confucian Chinese Political Philosophy” in Paige Tan eds, Routledge Handbook of Asian Political Thought, (New York: Routeledge, 2016) • “Wang Yang-ming and Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Comparative Perspective: Implications for Global Governance,” in Deng Zhenglai & Sujian Guo (eds.), China’s Search for Good Governance (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), pp. 201-228(reprinted) • “Evolution of the Human Condition and Realist Narrative in Han Fei and Machiavelli,” in Jon D. Carlson & Russell Fox (eds.), The State of Nature in Comparative Political Thought: Western and Non-Western Perspectives (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013)

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August 2014 Ph.D, Political Science University of Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A. July 2009 Intensive Arabic Program Certificate American University in Cairo, Egypt August 2007 M.A., International Studies University of Wyoming, USA July 2006 Master of Law, Modern Chinese History and Politics Peking University, Beijing, China July 2003 B.A., English and Comparative Literature Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
American Political Science Association; Midwest Political Science Association; Chinese Political Science Association; Asian Studies Association; and Ming Society.
Dr. Shaojin Chai Book Haiyun Ma, Chai Shaojin, et al, eds. Zhenghe Forum: Connecting China and the Muslim World, (University of Malaya, Institute of China Studies, 2016) Articles “Wang Yang-ming and Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Comparative Perspective: Implications for Global Governance”, in Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences,( March 2011), pp.38-62. Book Chapters “Chinese Nascent Soft-Power Project in MENA” in Routledge Handbook on China-Middle East Relations, eds. Jonathan Fulton, 2021(Forthcoming). “UAE in Response to COVID-19: Balancing Security, Public Health and Prosperity” in Conference Proceedings “China-MENA Cooperation under COVID-19: Traditional Friendship and Common Future” , Chinese Social Science Scholarship Press, Beijing(in Chinese) Chinese Muslim Diaspora Communities and the Role of International Islamic Education Networks: A Case Study of Dubai”, With Jackie Armijo, Annual Review of Sociology of Religion, Jan 2021(Scopus Indexed) “Imperial Confucian and neo-Confucian Chinese Political Philosophy” in Paige Tan eds, Routledge Handbook of Asian Political Thought, (New York: Routledge, 2016) “Wang Yang-ming and Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Comparative Perspective: Implications for Global Governance,” in Deng Zhenglai & Sujian Guo (eds.), China’s Search for Good Governance (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), pp. 201-228(Scopus indexed) “Evolution of the Human Condition and Realist Narrative in Han Fei and Machiavelli,” in Jon D. Carlson & Russell Fox (eds.), The State of Nature in Comparative Political Thought: Western and Non-Western Perspectives (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) Encyclopedia Entry “Uyghur” in Gerhard Böwering ed. Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2012). Translation Guillermo O’Donnell and Philip Schmitt(, Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies, Chinese translation,(Shanghai: Sanlian Publisher, 2012)
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