Bin Xu

Bin Xu is a Full Professor of Sociology at Emory University. His work bridges politics and culture through empirical and theoretical research focused on East Asia, particularly China, while maintaining a global comparative perspective.

• Current research projects include COVID Memorialization and Disaster Politics in China
• Regional expertise: China, with comparative analyses of global events

Research Interests

• Cultural sociology of civil society
• Collective memory (zhiqing generation, WWII memories)
• Symbolic politics (state rituals, disaster narratives)
• Transnational discourses (e.g., 'Black Lives Matter' in Chinese contexts)

Scientific Awards

• Mary Douglas Prize (ASA, 2018) for 'The Politics of Compassion'
• Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title (2022)
• ASA Honorable Mention for Asia/Transnational scholarship

Publications

His three monographs span civil society under authoritarianism, generational memory, and democratic culture. Recent work in Social Problems and Poetics explores race, transnational movements, and comparative disaster responses.