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Justin Wu

Adviser: Michael Tsin

Education

B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013 (History, Psychology)
M.A. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2016 (History)
PhD University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2022-2023 (History)

Research Interests

My research interests include nationalism, identity formation, and social movement in 20th century Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Okinawa, and China. I am also interested in themes such as pan-Asianism, (anti-)colonialism, popular culture, and global connections. My dissertation explores the dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea since the 1970s.


554A Pauli Murray Hall*
102 Emerson Dr., CB #3195
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195

*Though the History Department uses the name Pauli Murray Hall for our building, on official maps you will find it as Hamilton Hall. Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton’s intellectually dishonest historical and archival work promoted white supremacy. In contrast, Pauli Murray marshaled unassailable evidence and analysis in the service of racial and gender equality. In July 2020, all of the departments housed in the building agreed to adopt the name Pauli Murray Hall in place of Hamilton Hall. An official request with the Chancellor is pending. For more information, please see here.
phone: 919.962.2115
fax: 919.962.1403
email: history@unc.edu
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