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History
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Wah Cheng
Professor, History
Department Head

At Mills since 1999

Office: Vera Long 128
Phone: 510.430.2349
Email: wcheng@mills.edu
View Faculty's CV

Faculty Office Hours
Days Time Room
M, W
W
and
9:45 - 10:45 and 2:30 - 3:30
9:45 - 10:45
by appointment
VL 128


Fall 2008 Schedule
Days Time Description Room
M 11:00AM-12:15PM HIST 061
China and Japan to 1800
MH 318
M 01:00PM-02:15PM HIST 148/148/148
Communist China 1949-1989
MH 318
W 11:00AM-12:15PM HIST 061
China and Japan to 1800
MH 318
W 01:00PM-02:15PM HIST 148/148/148
Communist China 1949-1989
MH 318
W 02:30PM-05:00PM HIST 190
Senior Thesis Seminar
MH 318


Education
  • BA, History, University of Hong Kong
  • MA, History, University of Wisconson, Madison
  • PhD, History, University of Chicago 
Courses Taught
  • HIST 61: China and Japan to 1800
  • HIST 62: China and Japan from 1800
  • HIST 148: Communist China, 1949-1989
  • HIST 153: Traditional China
  • HIST 154: Modern China
  • HIST 155: Modern Japan
  • HIST 189: History and Its Methods
  • HIST 190: Senior Thesis Seminar
  • COLL 10SS: America Encounters China
Professional Interests

Quest for the people's voice in modern China, early Chinese periodical press, emergence of the public realm in late Qing China, Western missionaries and construction of China, state and national formation in modern China, literature and society in modern China

Program Information
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Requirements

Courses
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History Course List

HIST 011 - HIST 118

HIST 123 - HIST 160

HIST 169 - HIST 190

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Contact Information

P: 510.430.2338
F: 510.430.2304
E: history@mills.edu