Associate Professor
liangxuecun@ruc.edu.cnDr. Xuecun LIANG is Associate Professor at the Department of International Politics. She holds a B.A. from Renmin University of China and a M.A. from Tsinghua University before obtaining her PhD degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to her work at RUC, she conducted post-doctoral studies at the University of St Andrews and King’s College London, where she focused on nationalism and state-formation in late modernizers.
Nationalism
Modern State
World Order
International Political Theory
Dangdai zhongguo minzu zhuyi: Rongyao yu liyi (Contemporary Chinese Nationalism: Glories and Interests), forthcoming.
Ouzhou yitihua jiqi fanduizhe (European Integration and its Dissent), forthcoming.
“Oumeng weishenme xuyao minzu guojia? Jianlun ouzhou yitihua de lilun wudu” (The Theoretical Predicament of European Integration: Why Has the EU Not Overcome the Nation-state?), Ouzhou yanjiu, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2020), pp. 1-26.
“Quanqiuhua zhangli xia de jijin zhegnzhi: Ziben, Guojia yu ren de neizai chongtu” (Radical Politics under the Stress of Globalization: Conflicts among Capital, State, and People), Waijiao pinglun, Vol. 36, No. 6 (2019), pp. 91-120.
“‘Chengren de zhengzhi’: minzu zhuyi weishenme meiyou shuailuo?” (Politics of Recognition: Why Has Nationalism Not Declined?), Guoji zhengzhi kexue, Vol. 3, No. 4 (2018), pp. 92-117.
“Minzu guojia de shenfen zhengzhi: Duoyangxing yu zuqun chongtu” (Identity Politics in Nation-states: Diversity and Ethnic Conflicts), Jiaoxue yu yanjiu, Vol. 52, No. 12 (2018), pp. 39-48.
“Fada guojia de fanjianzhi yundong: Ziyou zhixu yu xiandaixing weiji” (Origins of Global Anti-Establishment Movements: Liberal Order and the Crisis of Modernity,” Guoji zhengzhi kexue, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2017), pp. 33-61.
“Bei ‘weigong’ de minzuzhuyi yu ziyou guoji zhixu de daode pinji” (Nationalism in Predicament: International Order and Ethical Pluralism), Waijiao pinglun, Vol. 33, No. 1 (2016), pp. 106-127.
“Nationalism Inside Out: An Ethical Review,” Economic and Political Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 2016), pp. 122-136.
“Mincui zhuyi: Yige ouzhou wenti?” (Populism: An European Problem?), Ouzhou yanjiu, Vol. 33, No. 6 (2015), pp. 42-57.
“Cuozhi de yiti: Xifang zhongguo minzuzhuyi yanjiu de deyushi” (Flawed Approaches: Why is the Western Study of Chinese Nationalism Undershooting?), Waijiao pinglun, Vol. 32, No. 2 (2015), pp. 30-49.
Dr. Liang is currently teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including Nations and Nationalism in Asia (English), Academic Norms and Thesis Writing (English), Nationalism and Modern State (Chinese), Classics of International Relations (Chinese), Contemporary International Relations (Chinese).
I am happy to supervise theses on most aspects of nations and nationalism, world order, and modern China.