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Peng Hai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on 20th-century China and Inner Asian regions, examining state-led cultural production's role in shaping ethnic hierarchies and postcolonial ethnocracies. Current projects include a book manuscript analyzing cultural products and institutional histories to explain China's minority policies, and a study on ethnic populisms in postcolonial states.
Education: PhD in History from Harvard University (2023). Awards include the Esherick-Ye Family Foundation Fellowship and Harvard Fairbanks Center grants. He has held fellowships at Harvard's Asia Center and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
Research Interests: Twentieth-century China, Inner Asian ethnopolitics, East Asian cinematic histories, and the intersection of anti-colonialism with majoritarian ethnic populisms. His work critiques how state cultural production solidifies ethnic hierarchies through visual and cinematic mediums.
Key publications analyze topics like affective economies of catastrophes, ethnic identity construction in Xinjiang, and cinematic representations of minority groups. His writing spans journals like Positions, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, and Ethnic and Racial Studies.
