Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Assistant Professor, Program in Medieval Studies
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Recent Publications
Li, Y. (2026). Teaching Premodern Asian History through Material Culture. Education About Asia, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.65959/eaa.1854
Li, Y. (2026). The Noble Rank (Lie hou) and the Changing Definitions of Merit (Gong) during the Han Dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Journal of Chinese History, 10(1), 23-48. https://doi.org/10.1017/jch.2024.34
Li, Y. (2024). Adultery Law and State Power in Early Empires: China and Rome Compared. Asian Journal of Law and Society, 11(3), 322-342. https://doi.org/10.1017/als.2024.10
Li, Y. (2024). Review: T. Khanna and M. Szonyi's (eds.) Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present. Chinese Historical Review, 31(1), 103-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/1547402X.2024.2327207
Li, Y. (2023). Elites’ Social Networks and Politics in the Han Empire (202 B.C.E.–220 C.E.). Journal of Open Humanities Data, 9. https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.113