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Hua Tao (华涛), Ph.D.
Professor of Chinese Studies
Based in Nanjing, China
Background and Education
Has taught at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center since 1994; was previously a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute; in 2002, organized the Workshop on Dialogue Between Civilizations: A Dialogue Between Chinese Muslim and Non-Muslim Scholars; has completed extensive research on the development of Northwest China and the history of Northwestern Chinese ethnic minorities; with the support of China’s National Social Sciences Foundation and the Ford Foundation, has researched the current development of Chinese ethnic minorities, contemporary Chinese minority society and China’s minority policies; Ph.D., history and minority studies, Nanjing University
Publications
A Study of the Employment and Business Activities of Xinjiang Uighur Migrants in Eastern Cities (2003); Migrant Workers From Southern Xinjiang (2001); The End of “Seres” Myth and the Portuguese Role in Ancient East-West Transportation (2000-01); A Study of the History of China’s West in the 8th and 10th Centuries (2000), which won an award from Jiangsu Province in 2001
