Ed Pulford

I am an anthropologist with research interests in the past and present of socialism, transnational and cross-border connections across Eurasia, and indigeneity in northeast Asia. I completed my PhD in Anthropology at the University of Cambridge in 2017, and before joining Manchester in 2020 held postdoctoral research positions at Hokkaido University in Japan and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

My first book Mirrorlands (Hurst, 2019) is an anthropological and historical account of life in the borderlands between China and Russia, which argues that senses of nationhood and identity in each major power have emerged in reference to the other. My second book, entitled Past Progress (Stanford University Press 2024), explores how socialist projects in China, the Soviet Union and North Korea have shaped local people's understandings of time and 'progress'.

I am also a regular host on the podcast New Books in East Asian Studies.

Courses Taught:

• CHIN10050 Introduction to Chinese Studies
• CHIN20060 China's Borderlands: Culture, Ethnicity and History
• CHIN32012 Socialism and Post-socialism in China
• JAPA13222 Empire and Culture in East Asia

Administrative Responsibilties:

• Residence Abroad Tutor and Visiting Students Officer, Chinese Studies, September 2020 -
• Programme Director, Politics/Sociology & A Modern Language, March 2023-

Office: Samuel Alexander Building S3.34

Email: [email protected]