East Lansing, MI 48825-1210
Ph.D., Michigan State University; History
Associate Professor
Professor Qing’s research and teaching interests include U.S.- China diplomacy, Chinese and U.S. foreign policy, and international relations theory. She was the recipient of Peace Scholar Award from U.S. Institute of Peace, a research institute created by U.S. Congress. She has been a Social Science Research Council/MacArthur Pre-doctoral Fellow at Sociology Department of Princeton University, and a Research Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Her publications include: book entitled: FROM ALLIES TO ENEMIES: VISIONS OF MODERNITY, IDENTITY, and U.S.-CHINA DIPLOMACY, 1945-1960 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), and many articles on the history of U.S.- China relations published in both China and the United States.
Professor Simei Qing has written From allies to enemies : visions of modernity, identity, and U.S.-China diplomacy, 1945-1960. Published in 2007 by the Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, it is described as a "stunningly original work about the impact of cultural perceptions in international relations that offers a new perspective on relations between the United States and China after World War II." Amazon Link.
Simei Qing presented a paper to Oxford Round Table in Oxford Union Chamber, Oxford University, England, on August 14, 2006, entitled: "The United States, Europe, and China in the 21st Century: From Liberal Internationalism to Cultural Internationalism."
In addition, Professors Julia Grant, Simei Qing and Anna Pegler-Gordon organized a roundtable and presented together at the American Historical Association conference in January 2006 about "Textbooks, Popular History, and the News: Teaching National Histories and National Identities." The roundtable grew, in part, out of a joint MC281 honors option that Julia and Anna teach together and that they are expanding this year to include some of Simei Qing's students.
