Associate Professor
Emily Mokros is a historian of late imperial and modern China with interests in cultural, urban, and political history.
Dr. Mokros teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Chinese, East Asian, and global history. She is interested in advising potential graduate students on a range of topics related to these areas.
Contact Information
emilymokros@uky.edu
1761 Patterson Office Tower
(859) 257-1515
Education
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2016
Research Interests
Late Imperial and Modern China
Urban History and Culture
Imperial Encounters
War and Memory
media and information
Affiliations
History
Social Theory
International Studies
Global Asias
Awards and Fellowships
Resident Associate, National Humanities Center, 2024
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2024
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, 2023
First Book Subvention, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, 2021
Center for Chinese Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California-Berkeley, 2017-2018
Fulbright-IIE Scholar, 2012-2013
Research
In addition to continuing work on the intertwined histories of political information and media in late imperial and modern China, Mokros is currently at work on a book project on the Qing capital, Beijing, during a decade of war in the mid-nineteenth century. It explores resource, security, and economic crises that transformed daily life and capital administration alike.
Mokros's first book, The Peking Gazette in Late Imperial China: State News and Political Authority, was published by University of Washington Press in 2021. It traces the untold story of a distinctive state periodical, the Peking Gazette (jingbao ). The book explores how the Peking Gazette contributed to momentous shifts in political culture in Qing China and influenced representations of the Qing state at home and abroad. This project draws on archival and library research conducted at various sites in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
