Wen-hsin Yeh

Wen-hsin Yeh is a Professor and Richard H. and Laurie C. Morrison Chair Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. A Distinguished Professor, her work focuses on East Asia with specialization in late imperial and modern China, Taiwan, and Maritime East Asia.

• BA, National Taiwan University
• PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Her research explores the interplay of culture, politics, and economics in China’s historical development. Key areas include ideological movements, urban transformation, and regional dynamics during the late Qing and Republican eras.

Yeh’s publications span theoretical and empirical analyses of modern Chinese history. The 2008 monograph Shanghai Splendor investigates economic sentiments and urban modernity, while Provincial Passages (1996) examines cultural geography and early communist movements. Her 1994 China Quarterly article on Zhejiang radicals highlights regional intellectual networks during the May Fourth Movement. Earlier work like The Alienated Academy (1990) dissects academic culture under Republican governance.