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Brian G. Lander is an Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society at Brown University, affiliated with the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. His research focuses on China's environmental transformation from prehistoric to imperial periods, emphasizing the interplay between human societies and ecosystems. He holds a PhD from Columbia University (2015), MA from McGill University (2006), and BA from the University of Victoria (2003).
Research interests include environmental archaeology, political ecology, and the long-term ecological impacts of agriculture and empire. He examines topics like wetland conversion, animal domestication (pigs, cattle, rhinoceroses), and state-driven environmental management. His book The King's Harvest explores the political ecology of early China.
Publications span interdisciplinary journals like Human Ecology, Journal of Chinese History, and Water History, with recent works analyzing Qin-Han knowledge systems and third-century South China administration. Awards include the Henry Luce Foundation fellowship and Harvard University's postdoctoral fellowship in environmental studies.
Teaching covers global and East Asian environmental history, with courses on ecological imperialism, river histories, and climate reconstruction using multi-proxy data. His work bridges archaeology, history, and ecology to address long-term human-environment interactions.
