About Me
Vicky Shen has been a doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh since fall 2018. She received her BA in History from Boston College and her MA from Pitt. Her research focuses on the intersections of empire, commodities, science, and the environment in the 20th century Asia-Pacific. She is currently conducting research for her dissertation, which explores the transpacific knowledge networks between Hawai’i, Australia, Taiwan, and Okinawa through the lens of the sugar industry.
Dissertation Committee:
Dr. Raja Adal (Advisor)
Dr. Ruth Mostern
Dr. Molly Warsh
Dr. Martin Dusinberre (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Dr. Brett L. Walker (Montana State University, Bozeman, MT)
Research fields:
World History
East Asia
Environmental History
Empires
Commodity History
Fellowships:
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship (2022-2023)
Social Science Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2021-2022)
World History Center Fellowship (2020-2021)
University of Pittsburgh Arts and Sciences Fellowship (2018-2019)
Representative Publications
“Rethinking India’s Eighteenth Century, from the perspective of Twentieth Century Japan," #AsiaNow Blog, https://www.asianstudies.org/rethinking-indias-eighteenth-century-from-t....