Prof. HE Qiliang

Qiliang He, a historian specializing in twentieth-century China, is a professor in the Department of History at Hong Kong Shue Yan University. His research interests include urban history, popular culture, women’s history, journalism history, and environment/nonhuman history. Qiliang He has published several books, such as The People’s West Lake: Propaganda, Nature, and Agency in Mao’s China, 1949-1976 (2023), Working the System: Motion Picture, Filmmakers, and Subjectivities in Mao-Era China, 1949–1966 (2023), Feminism, Women’s Agency, and Communication―The Case of Huang-Lu Elopement (2018), and Gilded Voices: Economics, Politics, and Storytelling in the Yangzi Delta since 1949 (2012), and numerous articles.