1964年出生,山東威海人。華東師范大學歷史學教授、浙江大學江南區域史研究中心主任、博士生導師。華東師范大學學士,華東師范大學、孟菲斯大學碩士,多倫多大學博士。曾任教于密西西比大學、維多利亞大學等。主要研究明清時期區域環境、經濟、社會史(側重江南和華北)及其近現代變遷。先后在《歷史研究》、《中國史研究》等發表中文論文40余篇,在Journal of Asian History、Late Imperial China等發表英文論文7篇,參與校譯論著2部,主編合著一部、論文集一部,另有英譯中及中譯英學術文章、札記多篇。
主要英、中文論著
9.“Zheng He’s Military Activities in the ‘Western Ocean’ World: A Review and Reflections.” under peer review.
8.“The Logics of Constructing and Sustaining the Grand Canal in North China: Jining ’s Water Conservancy Projects, 1289-1855.” under peer review.
7.“Pluralism, Vitality, and Transformability: a Case Study of Jining Religions in the Late Imperial and Republican Periods.” Asian Culture and History, Vo. 4, no. 2 July 2012).
6.“A Southern Identity in North China: the Making of Jining Urban Culture in the Late Imperial Period.” Late Imperial China, Vo. 32, no. 2 (December 2011).
5.“Building Urban Modernity in Hinterland China: Jining’s Transition During the Early Republic (1912-1937).” Journal of Asian History, 44-1 (August 2010).
4.“Crisis, Challenge and Choice: Recent Theoretical Trends of Anti--Modernism and Western Studies in Chinese History.” Journal of Modern Chinese History, Vol. 4, No. 2, (December 2010).
3.“Destruction, Survival and Renewal: Jining’s Urban Identity in the Political and Social Storms, 1937-2003.” Asian Social Science, Vol. 6, No. 10, 2010.
2.“Resisting Marginalization in Late Qing China: Local Dynamics in Jining's Initial Modern Transformation, 1881-1911.” East Asia: An International Quarterly, Vol. 26, issue 3 (September 2009).
1.“Interpreting ‘Yan’an Culture.” East Asia Forum, vol. 8, Fall 1999 & vol. 9 Fall 2000.