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Zhao Wenjun

Associate Professor

Email:zhaowenjun1973@126.com

EDUCATION

2001-2011 Ph.D in World History Northeast Normal University

1996-1999 M.A.in History Tianjin Normal University

1992-1996 B.A. in History Tianin Normal University

Research Interests

The economic and social history of medieval and modern western Europe, especially England,which includes the formation of the idea of private property rights, the management of farm, relations between town and country, the conditions and attitudes of peasants, poverty, the origins of capitalism, money and finance. Now the main project is to complete work on ‘the theory of private property rights in medieval England 500-1500’ funded by the National Philosophy and Social Science Foundation Project. This is intended to make a new assessment of the types of landhold by lords and peasants,and to evaluate their idea in that era.

Professional Experience

2006.09-2007.01,Visiting Scholar, University of Leeds (UK).

Teaching

Undergraduate

Selected Reading of Western Historical Documents

Postgraduate

Seminars on European Economic and Social History of Europe;

Translations of Historical Readings

Funded ResearchProjects

1. 2019-present, Project Director, National Philosophy and Social Science Foundation Project: “The Study of the idea of private property rights in Medieval England”（19BSS027）

Key Publications (in Chinese)

Articles

·”Christianity and the Theory of the Private Property Rights in the Modern Western Society”,Historiography Quarterly,No.4,2010.

·”A Comparative Study of Rural Credit in Pre-industrial China and England”,Journal of Historical Science, No.2, 2005. (Collaborated with Professor Jianxin Hou)

Translations

1.’Gender,Sacrament and Ritual:The Making and Meaning of Marriage in Late Medieval and Early Modern England’,in Hou jianxin (eds), Economic and Social History:New Directions in Historical Research(2002), pp.395-414.

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