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Research Description

Intellectual and Cultural History
History of Western Relations with China, especially pre-1949
Colonialism, Decolonisation and the Post-Colonial Third World
History of Science, including science & society relations, 20th century life sciences and pre-modern Chinese science

Interdisciplinary Research

My current research on Sino-Western relations lies at the intersection of History, Asian Studies, Political Theory and Philosophy.

Research Keywords

Community Interaction

UVic Speakers Bureau

Blue takes part in the UVic Speakers Bureau.
More information about the Speakers Bureau can be found here.

International Involvement

International Research

My general research interests cover several topics:
Intellectual/cultural interactions between China and the West from medieval times onward.
The history of colonial empires and decolonisation.
Post-colonial social and political conditions in various parts of the Third World.
I am currently engaged in a SSHRC-funded project on Western social theorists writing on China from 1914 to 1941, and I am a co-investigator on the SSHRC-funded collaborative research initiative devoted to comparing Asian nationalisms.

Countries lived/worked in

United States, Belgium, United Kingdom