Gordon H. Chang

Gordon H. Chang
Born1948 (age 77–78)
British Hong Kong
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Stanford University (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsStanford University

Gordon Hsiao-shu Chang (simplified Chinese: 张少书; traditional Chinese: 張少書; pinyin: Zhāng Shàoshū; born 1948) is a Hong Kong-born American historian and writer in the United States. He is a professor and vice provost at Stanford University.

Early life and education

Born in British Hong Kong,[1] Chang earned a degree in history from Princeton and his PhD in history from Stanford.[2][3]

Career

In 1991, Chang joined Stanford University. Chang is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities and a professor of American history at Stanford University. Chang's academic interests lie in the connection between race and ethnicity in America and American foreign relations. Chang has written on Asian-American history and US–East Asian interactions,[4] and he also researches the fields of US diplomacy, the US-Soviet Cold War, modern China and international security.[5]

In 1990, Chang published his first book Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union, 1948–1972.[6][7] In 1997, Chang's second book was Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Wartime Writing, 1942–1945, about a Japanese American history professor at Stanford University who was interned during the war.[7] Chang's other books include Asian Americans and Politics: An Exploration (2001), Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present (2006), Asian American Art: A History, 1850–1970 (2008), Fateful Ties: A History of America's Preoccupation with China (2015), Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad (2019), The Chinese and the Iron Road Building the Transcontinental Railroad (2019), and War, Race, and Culture: Journeys in Trans-Pacific and Asian American Histories (2025).[8]

In 2015, Chang was inducted as a member of Committee of 100,[9] a leadership organization of Chinese Americans in business, government, academia and the arts whose stated aim is "to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China."[10]

In 2019, Chang became a senior associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford University.[3]

In 2024, Chang co-founded the Asian American Research Center at Stanford (AARCS) with Stephen Sano and Jeanne Tsai and became the center's inaugural director.[11]

In 2024, Chang was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.[12]

Works

  • 1990 Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and Soviet Union, 1948–1972.[6]
  • 2019 Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Stories of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad.[13]

Awards

  • 1987 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award (Organization of American Historians).[14]
  • 1991 Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize Bernath Book Prize (Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations).[7]
  • 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship Award.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Manuel, Diane (Nov–Dec 1996). "Gordon Chang: A personal journey". Stanford Today. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. [His parents] were married in 1947 and Gordon was born the following year in Hong Kong...
  2. ↑ "Fateful Ties: A Conversation with Professor Gordon H. Chang". Project Pengyou. July 12, 2015. Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Van Danen, Eric (March 21, 1999). "Gordon H. Chang to become senior associate vice provost for undergraduate education". Stanford Report. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  4. ↑ US–China media brief 2009.
  5. ↑ Manuel 1996.
  6. 1 2 Chang, Gordon H. (January 1, 1990). "Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972". goodreads.com. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Three wins Guggenheim for the past achievement, future promise". news.stanford.edu. April 21, 1999. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Gordon H. Chang explores history through a personal lens in new book of essays". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Gordon H. Chang, Stanford University East Asia Center Director, Becomes a Committee of 100 Member". committee100.org. 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ Didi Kirsten Tatlow (March 21, 2013). "As Hacking Continues, Concerns Grow That Chinese-Americans May Suffer". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Asian American research center launches". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  12. ↑ "7 faculty elected to the Academy of Arts & Sciences". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-22.
  13. ↑ Chang, Gordon H. (May 7, 2019). "Ghosts of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad". goodreads.com. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Louis Pelzer Memorial Award".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Sources

  • "US–China media brief". University of California, Los Angeles, Asian-American Center. 2009. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
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