|
Cheng Li grew up in Shanghai and was largely self-educated during the Cultural
Revolution. In 1985, he came to the United States where he received an M.A. in Asian Studies at the
University of California, Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Political Science at Princeton University. He is currently the William R. Kenan
Professor of Government at Hamilton College and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy
Studies program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
In 1993-95, Dr. Li worked in China as a fellow of the U.S. based Institute of
Current World Affairs, observing grassroots changes in his native
country. In China, Dr. Li had the opportunity to interview political
and business leaders as well as people from everyday walks of life. Based on
this experience, he published a nationally acclaimed book, Rediscovering
China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform (1997). Dr. Li is the author of China’s
Leaders: The New Generation (2001), and the editor of the book, Bridging
Minds Across the Pacific: The Sino-U.S. Educational Exchange 1978-2003
(2005). He is currently completing two book manuscripts: Chinese
Technocrats and Urban Subcultures in Shanghai.
Dr Li’s academic writings have appeared
in World Politics (1989), Asian Survey (1988, 1993, 1996,
1998, 2000, 2001, 2003), The China Quarterly (1990, 2000), The
China Journal (1996), The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs
(1994), Modern China (1991), Issues and Studies (1988),
The Brown Journal of World Affairs (2002), Journal of Asian
and African Studies (2003), Critical Asian Studies (2003),
Orbis (2005), and
more than a dozen edited volumes. He was the guest editor of Journal
of Chinese Sociology and Anthropology (1997).
Dr. Li has been a recipient of research grants from the Freeman Foundation,
the Peter Lewis Foundation, the Crane-Rogers Foundation, Charlotte E.
Proctor Honorific Fellowship, the Emerson Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the United States Institute of Peace,
Hong Kong Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hong Kong University, and the Chiang Ching-Kuo
Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. In 2002-2003 he was
a residential fellow of the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.
He has frequently been called upon to share his unique perspective and
insights as an expert on China. He recently appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, BBC,
VOA, A&E History Channel, Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria, Australian Radio, NPR Diane Rehm
Show, and National Radio of Canada. For a CNN.com
special on China, Professor Li wrote a piece "Revolution is No
Dinner Party, but China's Reform Is." Prior to President Clinton's visit
to China, Professor Li appeared on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer,
PBS.
He is also a columnist for the Stanford University Journal, China Leadership Monitor.
Under the auspices of the US Department of
State, he helped to brief Senator James Sasser and
Admiral Joseph Prueher, both former Ambassadors to China. He gave lectures at the National Press Club
(1999), the Ambassadors’ Roundtable (1999), the Chautauqua Institution
(2001), the Distinguished Speaker Series (1995), and seminars sponsored by
the US State Department (1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005).
He spoke at a conference on China hosted by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee (2002), participated in conferences about the new generation of
China's leaders for the Center for Naval Analysis (2001, 2004), gave
Congressional staff briefings (2001, 2003), and has participated in a public
hearing for the U.S.-China Security Review Commission on Capitol Hill (2002).
Dr. Li is a director of the National Committee
on U.S.-China Relations, a trustee of the Institute of Current World
Affairs in Hanover, New Hampshire, a member of The Academic Advisory Group of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on U.S. policy toward China, a council member of the Institute
for International Research at the Hopkins-Nanjing
Center, and a member of the U.S. National Committee of the Council for
Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific.
Professor Li teaches the following courses: “Politics in China,”
“China’s Cultural Revolution,” "US-China Relations,"
“International Relations,” “International Political
Economy,” and “East Asia and the United States.” He
is preparing a new course entitled “Political Economy of China
in the Reform Era." Professor Li was a recipient of Hamilton College's
Excellence in Teaching Award in 1993.
Reviews of Cheng Li's books:
* China's
Leaders: The New Generation
* Rediscovering
China: Dynamics and Dilemmas of Reform
* Bridging
Minds Across the Pacific: The Sino-U.S. Educational Exchange 1978-2003
To contact Professor Li call 315-859-4257 or
e-mail cli@hamilton.edu
|
