Chao Ren

Chao Ren is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Hamilton College, specializing in modern South and Southeast Asian history, global history, environmental history, legal history, and the history of capitalism. His research examines environmental influences on global capitalism and colonial subjectivity in Burma's early oil industry. He teaches courses on 'Environment and Capitalism' and 'Law and Colonialism.'

• Education: Ph.D. (History, University of Michigan), M.A. (Tufts University), M.T.S. (Harvard Divinity School), B.A. (Illinois Wesleyan University).

Research focuses on environmental and legal dimensions of colonialism, with publications in Modern Asian Studies, History of Science, and Journal of Energy History. Supported by the SSRC, AAS, and ASLH. Affiliated with the American Historical Association, Association for Asian Studies, and other scholarly organizations.

• Awards: Recognized by SSRC, AAS, and ASLH for research contributions.

No advising/grant details provided. Active in interdisciplinary historical research with a focus on Burma/Myanmar's colonial-era dynamics.