Doctoral Candidate in History
renchao@umich.edu
Office Information:
2623 Haven Hall
Asia;
Global & World ;
History
Education/Degree:
MA Tufts University, 2017
MTS Harvard University, 2013
BA Illinois Wesleyan University, 2011
About
Fields of Study
- Modern South and Southeast Asia
- Colonialism and Empire
- Science, Technology, and the Environment
- Legal History
- History of Capitalism
Awards
- International Dissertation Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council
- Pattana Kitiarsa Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper, Southeast Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies
- Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan
- Small Grants for Legal History Research, American Society for Legal History
- Alfred D. Chandler Jr. Travel Fellowship, Harvard Business School
- Rackham Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
- Sidney Fine Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award
Publication
- “From the Allegheny to the Irrawaddy: American Oil Drillers in Colonial Burma.” Journal of Energy History/Revue d’Histoire de l’Énergie, No. 9, December 2022.
