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 The Qianlong Emperor, 1735-1796 |
Professor Westad's main fields of interests are the international history of the Cold War and contemporary East Asian history. The main focus of his current research is China's foreign affairs since 1750. His new book is attempting to look at Chinese international relations in a broad perspective, including issues such as migration, trade, and intellectual history. Professor Westad is also preparing a history of China in transition from Cultural Revolution to the era of reform (with Professor Chen Jian of Cornell University). |
Professor Westad is also interested in broader aspects of global and international history. He has just revised J.M. Roberts's The New Penguin History of the World.
Professor Westad supervises the following PhD students at LSE:
| RESEARCH STUDENT | TOPIC |
| Jeffrey Byrne | An International History of Algerian Foreign Policy, 1962-65 |
| Goetz Bechtolsheimer | The United States and Zaire (Congo), 1964-1979 |
| Victor Figueroa-Clark | The Chilean Left and the Battle for Nicaragua, 1973-1989 |
| Thomas Field (joint) | The United States and Bolivia, 1958-1965 |
| Harcourt Fuller (joint) | Symbolic Nationalism in Ghana under Nkrumah |
| Amal Tarhuni | The United States, Britain, and Libya, 1969-1986 |
| Mohammed Lakhdar Ghettas | Algeria and the United States, 1970-1981 |
| Dandan Zhu | China and the Hungarian Crisis, 1956 |
Research student NEWS 2008-09
Jeffrey Byrne, who will defend his international history thesis at LSE this year, has accepted a tenure-track position in the History Department at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Chris Connolly, who did his graduate work on 'China and the Vietnam War, 1966-1973', has been hired to teach Chinese history at University College, Cork (Ireland). Tanya Harmer (who graduated in 2008), Sergey Radchenko (2006) and Arne Hofmann (2003) received LSE fellowships (post-docs) for 2007-09. Louise Woodroofe started her new job at the US State Department in the fall of 2007. Victor Clark has received the prestigious Pinto Scholarship in LSE IDEAS for 2008; he is now doing research in Cuba.
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