معرفی
Aijie Shi serves as a Lecturer for History 211 (History of Modern China in Scientific Objects) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, operating under she/her/hers pronouns. Her office is located in 5265 Mosse Humanities Building with Monday 3:30-5:30pm office hours, supervised by advisors Florence Hsia and Judd Kinzley.
Education:
- M.S. in History of Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- B.A. in History, Nanjing University
Research Interests: Shi's scholarship centers on modern Chinese fisheries science, examining intersections of celestial movements, environmental shifts, and evolutionary processes with human societies. Her Cold War-era research analyzes aquatic productivity through shark liver oil production, brown algae transplantation, and reservoir-fishery construction, critically exploring tensions between scientific practice and nationalist/socialist ideologies. Methodologically, she bridges history of astronomy with marine environmental studies to trace temporal frameworks in scientific knowledge production.
Academic Work: Her dissertation "Experimenting with Aquatic Productivity: the Life History of Fisheries Science in Cold War China" extends her MA thesis "Nationalizing Science in Republican China: The Birth of China’s Policy on Foreign Biological Expeditions," revealing continuity in China's scientific sovereignty negotiations across political regimes.
Teaching: She instructs Hist Sci 211 – History of Modern China in Scientific Objects, utilizing material culture to interrogate scientific modernity in 20th-century China.
