Yang Zhang

Associate Professor @AU_SIS. Sociologist studying contentious & elite politics, empires, social networks, knowledge, methodology, theory, and China.

[Rogers Brubaker @wrbucla]

My book Gender Identity: The Career of a Category was published today in the UK. It will be published in early August in the US, but the Kindle edition is available now. Print edition can be pre-ordered here: https://t.co/ro07KUSXlI

[Xiao Ma @maxiaoalex]

🚗🔋 Many think Beijing masterfully planned China's EV takeover. Fengming Lu (@ANUBellSchool ) and I spent 3 years and 60+ interviews finding out what actually happened in our latest article @TheChinaJournal. A thread 🧵

[Yue Hou @YueHou7]

New paper w/@jieunkim1211 in World Politics: do societal actors matter in authoritarian legal systems? We argue lawyers in China act as "rightful challengers" — leveraging intra-state tensions to advance their clients' interests. https://t.co/HFgufNbsL1

[Ho-fung Hung @hofunghung]

great cover! https://t.co/U8iYJ5JeFW

[Cihan Tugal @CihanTugal]

Yet another reason why Arrighi’s The Long Twentieth Century deserves many revisits.
Rarely cited as a discussion of tariffs, the book has an original angle on why and how American tariffs worked in the past; and would allow us to develop a unique (and unlike mainstream ones, 1/

[Ho-fung Hung @hofunghung]

delighted to see Xiaohong's book is coming out this fall, posthumously. It is going to demythicize the revolution while revolutionizing our understanding of China's Cultural Revolution and market reform. https://t.co/U8iYJ5JeFW

[Taisu Zhang @ZhangTaisu]

Truly wonderful news that some of Xiaohong Xu’s book manuscript will be published posthumously. The field owes the three editors who made this happen a tremendous debt. [The Great Separation | University of Michigan Press] https://t.co/hGDUXRJb0y

[HKIHSS 香港人文社會研究所 @hkihss]

Don't miss the final interdisciplinary research seminar of this semester! 📚

Join us as @ProfYangZhang from @AmericanU explores "Studying Elite Politics through Conversation Networks: Elite Conflicts and the Making of the Chinese Reform."

🗓️ Date: Dec 5, 2025 (Fri)
🕧 Time: 12:30 - 14:00 HKT | 20:30 - 22:00 PST (Dec 4)
📍 Venue: Rm 201, May Hall, HKU or via Zoom

👉Register now: https://t.co/RVD7jALUdq

Stay tuned for more exciting seminars next semester! ✨

#InterdisciplinaryResearch #ChineseReform #ElitePolitics #HKU #ZoomEvent
@HKUniversity
@hkihss

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

Please join the day-long series "Historical Social Sciences and China" this Friday in the Grant Park Parlor at Palmer House @socscihist. Our symposium features four sessions on elite politics, socialism & capitalism, state & empire, and a roundtable on Remaking Modernity.

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

You can download a copy of my review essay “Changing China in Sociological Eyes” (AJS, July 2025) from the link below. https://t.co/IuxSHNXHrh...

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

Glad to share my essay “Changing China in Sociological Eyes” (AJS, July 2025). It reviews three recent books, while urging historicizing China’s reform and discussing the relationship between area studies and sociology. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
https://t.co/BFmD3xrK2A

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

You can download a copy of my review essay “Changing China in Sociological Eyes” (AJS, July 2025) from the link below. By reviewing three recent books, I argue it is crucial to assess China’s reform era by historicizing its past, present, and future. https://t.co/u6ls83IzJD

[THiS: Theory, History, Society @THiS_TheHisSoc]

This Friday at 9 am EST, we'll host Jack Goldstone @jgoldsto to offer a demographic view on the competition among the U.S., China, Russia, and India in the 21st century. It is followed by an interdisciplinary panel by @hofunghung @ZhangTaisu etc. Join us: https://t.co/wrUf3rEIcy

[THiS: Theory, History, Society @THiS_TheHisSoc]

“Navigating the Nexus in Politics, History, and Methodology,” a conference in honor of Professor Dingxin Zhao on the occasion of his retirement, will be held on October 11-12 at the University of Chicago.
See details in the poster. Registration link: https://t.co/iFWoARLcyo

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

@AntongLiu Congrats! Wow!

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

@dikaioslin I used to teach his work in my Empire courses, but I will remove it next time.

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

Honored and excited for this symposium on After Positivism, hosted by @NSSRNews on Friday 9/27. @LeeJackJin_Gary has pulled together a tremendous set of panelists for a robust discussion on the comparative method. Free & open to the public; register here: https://t.co/O1EkDrvWn9

[SIS Office of Research @research_sis]

Congratulations to @mutinous_lass and @ProfYangZhang for receiving honorable mentions for the @ASAnews Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award! https://t.co/JAm30mWCYc

[Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang]

@cfmeyskens He is indeed one of most insignificant secretaries of Mao.

[THiS: Theory, History, Society @THiS_TheHisSoc]

We have organized four panels commemorating Xiaohong Xu on Nov. 1 in the upcoming Social Science History Association Annual Meeting in Toronto. The panels will bring together 23 scholars from sociology, history, political science, and law to explore and engage with his main work.