EDUCATION
1997-2001, Department of History, Shandong Normal University, B.A. in History
2001-2004, School of History and Culture, Tianjin Normal University, M.A. in History
2005-2008, School of Law, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Ph.D. in Law
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2008.07-2024.07, School of Law, Henan University
2010.07-2010.12, Open University, UK (funded by the British Academy), Visiting Scholar
2011.07-2014.10, Postdoctoral Researcher, Legal Postdoctoral Program, School of Law, Southwest University of Political Science and Law
2014.01-2014.12, University of Sheffield, Visiting Scholar
2015.07-2019.07, Postdoctoral Researcher, World History Postdoctoral Program, Henan University
2017.07-2017.08, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Zhejiang University, Resident Scholar
2019.08-2020.09, University of Exeter, Visiting Scholar
2024.08-now, Institute of European Civilization, Tianjin Normal University
RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS
local governance in early modern Europe, especially through the exploration of grassroots judicial archives to conduct integrated studies of legal history, political history, and social history.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Village Elites and Law Enforcement in Early Modern England,” Collected Papers of History Studies, Issue 6, (2024).
2. “Juries and Patriarchal Justice in Medieval England,” The World History Review, Issue 3, (Autum, 2024).
3. “Rural Crime, Local Justice, and Social Power Networks in Early Modern England: A Study Focused on the Parish of Earl Cone,” World History, Issue 6, (2022).
4. “Comparison of Rural Governance in 16th–18th Century China and England,”Historiography Bimonthly, Issue 4, (2022).
5. “Judicial System Resources and the Formation of Local Litigation Cases—A Comparative Study of Early Modern China and England,”Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), Issue 6, (2022).
6. “Theft Crimes, the ‘Bloody Code’, and Summary Trials in 18th Century England,”Historical Rresearch and Teaching, Issue 2, (2022).
7. “A Review of Keith Wrightson’s New Social History of England,”Historiography Bimonthly, Issue 1, (2017).
8. “A Study of Dispute Resolution in Early Modern English Villages,”Economic and Social History Review, Issue 1, (2015).
9. “Judicial Practices of Justices of the Peace in 18th Century England”, Historical Research, Issue 4, (2013).
10. “The Structure of Political Power and New Changes of Criminal Prosecution in 18th Century England,” Journal of Historical Science, Issue 7, (2012).
11. “Liberty and Power: The Debate between Private and Public Prosecution in Early Modern England,”, Journal of East China University of Political Science and Law, Issue 5, (2012).
12. “A Review of Crime of History in Early Modern England,”World History, Issue 4, (2007).
FELLOWSHIPS
1. 2021 Fund of National Social Science General Project, The Constable and Grassroots Governance in 17th–18th Century England, Principal Investigator.
2. 2019 Major Project of Henan Province Higher Education Philosophy and Social Science Basic Research, A Study on Petitions in Local Litigation in 18th Century England, Principal Investigator.
3. 10th Batch of China Postdoctoral Foundation Special Grant (2017), Authority, Order, and Conflict in Early Modern English Parishes, Principal Investigator.
4. 59th Batch of China Postdoctoral Foundation General Grant (First-Class, 2016), Village Litigation, National Justice, and Local Society in Early Modern England, Principal Investigator.
5. 2010 Fund of National Social Science, Project for early career scholars, A Study of Violent Crime and Criminal Justice in London, 1750-1830, Principal Investigator.
6. 2015 Henan Provincial Higher Education Bilingual Teaching Demonstration Course, The History of British Judicial Civilization, Principal Investigator.
MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the Board of Directors, The Society for Medieval World History in China
Member of the Committee on Resarch, International Society for Chinese Law and Society (2020–2024)
