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Department of History

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Howard R Spendelow

Title

Associate Professor

Department

HISTORY DEPARTMENT
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Phone

202-687-6198

Alt. email

panjiaoshou@gmail.com

Location

607 ICC

Office hours

TR 3:00-5:00 & by appointment

Bio

Professor Spendelow teaches several courses on China (including one on Sino-Russian relations) and World History. He also supervises the Department's Senior Honors Seminar. With a research focus on Sino-Russian interaction in Manchuria, his first book project is "Russia's South Manchurian Adventure: The Liaodong Leasehold and China's Resistance to Imperialism, 1889-1905". He has also been researching Chinese popular resistance to the Russian occupation of Manchuria in 1900.

Education

  • Ph.D. (1982) Harvard University, History & East Asian Languages
  • M.A. (1970) Harvard University, Chinese Regional Studies
  • B.A. (1966) Oberlin College, Government

Languages

  • Chinese (speak, read)
  • French (read)
  • Japanese (read)
  • Russian (speak, read)
  • Spanish (read)
Box 571305
ICC 600 Washington, DC 20057-1305
Phone (202) 687-6061
Fax (202) 687-7245
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