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Overview
I started my PhD program at CHSTM in October 2022. Before turning to the history of meteorology, I studied environmental history in modern China. I am interested in investigating knowledge and idea changes from cultural and social perspectives.
My dissertation explores the meteorological knowledge transformation in China from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, with an emphasis on the lingering vitality of traditional weather knowledge in modern China. It is contextualized in the unprecedented intellectual and social change during these centuries.
I have been one of the organizers of CHSTM PGR Lunch Seminars since 2023.
Research interests
History of Meteorology, Environmental History, Modern Chinese History
Education/Academic qualification
Master of History, Nankai University
1 Sept 2019 → 16 Jun 2022
Award Date: 16 Jun 2022
Bachelor of History, Nankai University
15 Sept 2015 → 21 Jun 2019
Award Date: 21 Jun 2019
Environmental Science (Minor Course), Nankai University
15 Sept 2015 → 21 Jun 2019
Award Date: 21 Jun 2019
Areas of expertise
- AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities
- History of meteorology
- Environmental history
- Modern Chinese history
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Research output
- 1 Book/Film/Article review
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Li on Naylor, 'The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire'
Li, X., Feb 2026, In: H-Net Network on science, medicine and technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Open Access
Activities
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Emotional Resistance and Intellectual Competition: "Chinese Origin of Western Learning" and A Response to Western Meteorology in Late 19th-century China
Li, X. (Speaker)
8 Jul 2025 → 10 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Pint of Science
Li, X. (Organiser)
19 May 2025 → 21 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching
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Translating a New World: The Introduction of Meteorology to China in the 19th Century
Li, X. (Speaker)
22 Nov 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Has Western science changed Chinese weather? A view from the nineteenth century
Li, X. (Speaker)
Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Local Formation of Western Superiority—From the Chinese Comments on Thermometers in China in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Li, X. (Speaker)
Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research