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Assistant Professor
jiangche@tsinghua.edu.cn / jiang@fastmail.net
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University
Research Interests
History of Natural History, Pre- and Early Modern Natural Knowledge across Eurasia
Education
- Ph.D., History of Science and Technology, Department of Philosophy, Peking University, 2017
- B.A., Economics, School of Economics, Peking University, 2012
- B.Sc. (Double Degree), Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, 2012
Visiting
- Visiting Student Researcher, Department of History, Stanford University, 2014–2015.
Selected Publications (in Chinese)
Monograph
- From Methodus to Systema: The Reconfiguration of Nature in Early Modern Europe. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2019.
Articles
- “Toward a Philological Reading of Classical Natural History Texts”, Chinese Journal of Natural History, no. 6, 2022, pp. 123–133.
- “V. L. Komarov’s Botanical Expeditions to Northeastern China”, Chinese Journal of Natural History, no. 5, 2021, pp. 158–177.
- “On Vincent de Beauvais’ Natural History”, Science & Culture Review, vol. 15, no. 4, 2019, pp. 64–72.
- “European Naturalists’ Investigation of Chinese Butterflies in the Nineteenth Century”, Chinese Journal of Natural History, no. 4, 2019, pp. 62–68.
- “Historiography of Early Modern Natural History: An Overview”, Science & Culture Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2016, pp. 24–41.
Translations
- Linnaeus, C. Fundamenta botanica. In: Chinese Journal of Natural History, no. 6, 2022 (pp. 165–187).
- Ogilvie, B. W. The Science of Describing: Natural History in Renaissance Europe. Beijing: Peking Unversity Press, 2021.
- Lindqvist, S. (ed.) Museums of Modern Science. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 2021.
- Audubon, J. The Quadrupeds of North America (abridged). Beijing: Peking University Press, 2011.
Grants
- “Natural History Texts in Medieval Europe: Translation and Commentary”. National Social Science Foundation of China. 2021
- “Zoological Knowledge in Pliny’s Historia Naturalis”. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Special Grant. 2019–2020.
- “Pliny’s Historia Naturalis, Books 7–32: Translation and Commentary”. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, First Class Grant. 2018–2020.
- Collaborator in “A General History of Science and Technology”, led by Prof. WU Guosheng. National Social Science Foundation of China, Major Project. 2014–