Matthew Mosca

Matthew Mosca is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Washington. His research focuses on Chinese and Inner Asian history, particularly the Qing empire (1644-1912), its foreign relations, and global historical contexts. He specializes in the intellectual history of Qing-era geography and historiography, with a current emphasis on Eurasian historiography of Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire (1650-1900).

Education: Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University (2008).

Teaching includes courses such as China and the West in Historical Perspective (1500-1976), Historical Lives Between the United States and China, and Chinese History from 1276-1895. He is currently not accepting new MA/PhD students for the 2025-2026 academic year.