Li Shaojun

Li Shaojun, Ph.D. in History, born in Hanyang County Hubei Province in June 1958, is professor of Wuhan University School of History. His research interests are History of the Modern Sino-Foreign Relations.

From August 1957 to March 1978, he taught at a school run by local people, as a Sent-down youth down to Shengli Production Brigade in Huayuan Town Xiaogan County Hubei Province. From March 1978 to February 1982, he studied in Wuhan University History Department and got his B. A. in History. He then studied Modern China History under Professor Yao Weiyuan, and got his M.A. in History in December 1984. He has been teaching at Wuhan University History Department (later changed its name to School of History) Institute of Modern History, since December 1984, as an assistant professor, a lecturer, and then an associate professor. He became a professor in October 2001. During this period, he studied under Professor Feng Tianyu and got his Ph.D. in History in December 2001. He was a Senior Visiting Scholar in Kyoto University Institute for Research in Humanities (October 1995 to September 1996), the University of Tokyo Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (August 2006 to February 2007), and Soka University (March to September 2011).

Professor Li’s recent academic books include History of the Opium War (co-ed. with Xu Zenghong, chief editor by Xiao Zhizhi, Fuzhou: Fujian People’s Publishing House, 1996), Comparative Research of Western Knowledge between China and Japan before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 (Wuhan: Hubei People’s Publishing House, 2007), and Modern Sino-Japanese Relationship Analects (Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2010). He has published numerous papers in History Research, Modern Chinese History Studies and other academic journals. He has also published several translations: Observations from Japanese in China before and after the Revolution of 1911(Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2011), Selected Translation from Research of Toa Dobun Syoin in China (Beijing: Social Science Academic Press (China), 2012), Translation about the Report of Japanese Consul to China in Late Qing (Beijing: Social Science Academic Press (China), 2016).