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Dr Yuexin Rachel Lin is a Lecturer in International History at the School of History, University of Leeds, specializing in Russian and East Asian historical intersections. Her research spans the Russo-Chinese borderlands, diaspora studies, humanitarianism, and public history narratives.
- Education: BA, MPhil, DPhil in History from University of Oxford
- Previous roles: British Academy postdoctoral fellow (Exeter 2018–2021), postdoc at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS 2016–2017)
Her expertise includes migration patterns, cross-cultural exchanges, and international legal frameworks during the 1917 Russian Revolution's aftermath in China. She also investigates identity politics, historical memory, and museum narratives along the Russo-Chinese frontier.
Current projects involve Russo-Chinese frontier museums and their role in shaping regional identity, as well as a joint initiative with the University of Geneva. She teaches modules on interwar diplomacy, decolonisation, and Asian communism.
- Key research outputs: 2022 edited volume From Baku to Batavia (on Russian Revolution's Asian impact)
- Notable article: Analysis of Russian navigator Vladimir Astafev's Singapore grave and its memorial significance
Dr Lin supervises postgraduate research in modern Russian/East Asian history, refugeedom, and museology. She collaborates with research groups including Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) and War Studies.
