Shuping Wan,
Department Chair
History
Prof. Wan grew up in Shanghai, China. Due to social obstacles he never got an opportunity to go to college. While working as a carpenter he taught himself in the library, and was later awarded a B.A. in English literature by Shanghai International Studies University. He received his M. Ed. and M.S from Northern Illinois University, and completed all the four fields of his doctoral course work (modern Asia, modern Japan, Asian Americans, and Latin America) at Duke University.
Prof. Wan was visiting lecturer at Northwestern University and Texas A&M University before he joined MC faculty in 1998. He teaches East Asian Civilization, Modern Asia, History of Asian Americans, World in the Twentieth Century, and Women in World History. Prof. Wan’s research interest is radicalism and alternative modernities. His publications include reviews, essays, and translations. He is currently translating Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward 2000-1887 into Chinese.
He loves Russian music and French literature. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is a source of his inspiration, and Romain Rolland’s Jean-Christophe is one of his bibles.
Spring 2010 Schedule
HS 112/30124, MWF
11:00-11:50,
HU 109
HS 208/32212, R 6:30-9:10, HU 202
Office: HU 268
Phone: 240-567-5024
Office Hours: MWF 8:25-9:55,
R 5:55-6:25, and by appointment,
or email me at shuping.wan@montgomerycollege.edu
Prof. Wan grew up in Shanghai, China. Due to social obstacles he never got an opportunity to go to college. While working as a carpenter he taught himself in the library, and was later awarded a B.A. in English literature by Shanghai International Studies University. He received his M. Ed. and M.S from Northern Illinois University, and completed all the four fields of his doctoral course work (modern Asia, modern Japan, Asian Americans, and Latin America) at Duke University.
Prof. Wan was visiting lecturer at Northwestern University and Texas A&M University before he joined MC faculty in 1998. He teaches East Asian Civilization, Modern Asia, History of Asian Americans, World in the Twentieth Century, and Women in World History. Prof. Wan’s research interest is radicalism and alternative modernities. His publications include reviews, essays, and translations. He is currently translating Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward 2000-1887 into Chinese.
He loves Russian music and French literature. Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is a source of his inspiration, and Romain Rolland’s Jean-Christophe is one of his bibles.