Dr. Yan Zhen, Ph.D. in World History, is currently an assistant professor in SIPA. His received his bachelor degree in English, and Ph.D. in world history in 2013 from Jilin University. He was a visiting scholar to Sungkyunkwan University, Korea from 2017-8. He teaches and researches in the area of public diplomacy and globalization. And he is also supervising MA students in International Relations and Public Diplomacy studies. His current research interest in found in the historical development and the globalization of soft power and public diplomacy.
Email: yanzhen1357@126.com; yanzhen@jlu.edu.cn
Educational Background
Employment and positions
1. Director of English conducted programs for international students in the School of International and Public Affairs, Jilin University, December 2012-
2. Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs, Jilin University, November 2013-
3. Periodical editor, China and the World 《中国与世界》, 2014-
4. visiting scholar to Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, 2017.9-2018.2
5. assistant dean, SIPA, 2020 -
Research areas
Public Diplomacy theory, Globalization
Current courses offered
1. Introduction to Public Diplomacy, compulsory course for undergraduate students;
2. Public Diplomacy: Theory and Practice, compulsory course for graduate students;
3. Diplomatic Negotiation, compulsory for undergraduate students;
4. Public Diplomacy: Case Analysis, compulsory for undergraduate students;
5. Chinese Public Diplomacy, elective course for undergraduate students;
6. Introduction to China, compulsory for international students.
Publications
Translation works (English - Chinese)
- Paul Kubicek, The History of Ukraine乌克兰史, China Encyclopedia Press, 2009.
- Annabelle Mooney, Globalization: The Key Concepts全球化关键词, Peking University Press, 2014 (cooperated with Debin Liu and other colleagues).
- Barry Buzan, An Introduction to the English School of International Relations英国学派理论导论, China Social Science Press, 2017.
- Shogo Suzuki, Yongjin Zhang and Joel Quirk, International Orders in the Early Modern World早期现代世界的国际秩序：西方崛起的前夜, China Social Science Press, 2019 (cooperated with other colleagues).
- Henrik Von Loon, A Brief History of America, 美国简史，Beijing Institute of Techonology Press, 2020. (cooperated with Chen Yuli)
Articles and research papers
- The English School and the Study of World History, with Barry Buzan, Collected Papers of History Studies史学集刊, Jan. 2009.
- The Deviations in Turkish Foreign Policy and Their Ramifications, with Wang Li, Middle Eastern Studies中东研究, No. 2, 2011.
- Nation state and empire buildings in early American history, Northern Forum北方论丛, May 2013.
- Peaceful power transition from UK to US at the turn of 20th century, Collected Papers of History Studies, May 2013.
- Soft Power and Public Diplomacy, with Naren Chitty, Jilin University Journal Social Science Edition, Jan 2015.
- Engaging with Globalisation: the Chinese perspectives, with Debin Liu, The Third World Quarterly, Nov. 2015.
- A long march of Chinese cultural self-awareness, Diplomatic Insight, May 2015
- The war that forged the nation: commemorating 70th anniversary of the victory of the anti-Japanese war, Diplomatic Insight, Sept. 2015.
- China’s Public Opinion survey and its role in Public Diplomacy, China Observer, Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, Jul. 2015.
- Internationalism and Provincialism in American Foreign Policy, with Bruce Cumings, Collected Papers of History Studies史学集刊, Sept. 2016
- China, Modernity and the Long Twentieth Century, Journal of International Relations国际关系研究, Issue 4, 2020, pp.92-98.
