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Basic Information
 Name：Wang Ruiheng Carrer：Associate Professor
Department ：Department of World History Email：feierjane@hotmail.com
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Personal profile
Dr. Ruiheng Wang received her B.A. and Ph.D. in History from Peking University. Currently she is an Associate Professor, Ph.D. supervisor, and Chair of the Department of World History at the School of History, Nanjing University. Her main research interests include the history of U.S. foreign relations, Sino-American relations, and transnational history.She has been selected for the National Young Talent Program and the Jiangsu Province Outstanding Young Scholar Program. She serves as a board member of the American History Research Association of China, the Chinese Association for the History of the World War II, and the Jiangsu Association for World History (also as Deputy Secretary-General). Dr. Wang conducted joint training at the University of Virginia and has visited Skidmore College and Florida State University. She is a Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Scholar for the 2025–2026 academic year. Research results
Major Papers: 1. China’s image in America’s China-targeted publicity during the Pacific War.Historical Studies, (4), 2016; reprinted in full by Contemporary History of China(China Social Science Excellence), (2), 2017; the English version published in Chinese Studies in History, vol. 54, no.1 (2021), pp.63-84. 2. The self-shaped image of America in its publicity during the Pacific War. World History, (5), 2017. 3. American publicity to China during the Pacific War: Origin, policy and mechanism.World History, (4), 2014. Other Papers: 1. “How to Identify New Research Questions amid Methodological Shifts: A Case Study of Wartime U.S. Propaganda toward China,” in Liang Zhi ed., Daxia World History Studies: Topics and Historical Writing (revised edition), Shanghai: Oriental Publishing Center, 2026. 3. The Existing Paths and Transnatioanl Turn of the Research on the History of Sino-US Relations. Collective Papers of History Studies, (4), 2023; reprinted by China Social Sciences Digest, (1), 2024. 4. Chinese response to American publicityfor China during the Pacific War: A perspective of transnational history.Global History Review, (18), 2020. 5. George Kennan's view of China, the father of containment strategy.The Chinese Journal of American Studies, (1), 2020; reprinted in full byChina's Foreign Affairs (China Social Science Excellence)(6), 2020 6. American publicity to China during the Pacific War: Media and audience.Collective Papers of History Studies, (1), 2016; reprinted in full by Contemporary History of China(China Social Science Excellence)(4), 2016; and included in Workshop on history of international relations II: Origin and preliminary development of the cold war, Xu Lan & Toko Yoshida,eds. Beijing: World Affairs Press, 2018. 7. Introduction to the archives of the US Office of War Information.Research on History of Modern International Relations, (12), 2017. 8. Historical interpretation of the US-Canada settlement of territorial disputes in the gulf of Maine. History Research and Teaching, (6), 2016. 9. American and Chinese views of the United States, 1800-1949.Journal of PLA Nanjing Institute of Politics, (1), 2015. 10. Positive peace: American peace movement and international order construction after WWI (second author).Social Science Front, (8), 2013. 11. From positive peace to negative peace: Manchuria crisis and the turning point of American peace movement, 1931-1933.Collective Papers of History Studies, (5), 2011. Translated Works: 1. Wang Ruiheng & Zhai Tao, eds., Gao Kepan & Wei Yuxing, trans.Archives of the US office of war information, I.Research on the History of Modern and Contemporary International Relations, (12), 2017. 2. Wang Ruiheng & Zhai Tao, eds,. Gao Kepan & Mei Min, trans.Archives of the US office of war information, II.Research on the History of Modern and Contemporary International Relations, (13), 2017. 3. Wang Ruiheng & Zhai Tao, eds., Gao Kepan & Mei Min, trans.Archives of the US office of war information, III.Research on the History of Modern and Contemporary International Relations, (14), 2018. 4. Wang Ruiheng, ed., Zhou Jingyi &Zhang Zhaoqing, trans.Archives of the US office of war information, V.Research on the History of Modern and Contemporary International Relations, (18), 2020. 5. John Louis Gaddis(US).George F. Kennan: An American Life (co-translator).Social SciencesAcademicPress, to be published. 6. Odd Arne Westad(Norway).Global cold war: U.S. and Soviet third world interventions and the making of our times (co-translator). Beijing: World Book Publishing House, 2012. Research Projects: 1. “Research on American Propaganda and Cultural Diplomacy to China during World War II,” Project(15CSS016), supported by the National Social Science Fund of China in 2015, project leader. 2. “The Compilation and Research Summary of Historical Materials of American Foreign Publicity and Cultural Diplomacy,” Project(SZ201510028013), supported by Beijing Municipal Education Commission in 2015, major participant, complete. 3. A Key Program supported by the National Social Science Fund of China in 2020, project leader. 4. "Commissioned Project of Collecting Historical Materials of American Aviation Martyrs," 2020, project leader. Teaching situation
Courses 1. Undergraduate students (elective): American History 2. Master's students(required): European and American Historical Documents and Research Methods 3. Master's students(required):Academic Frontier of World History 4. Master's students (elective): Research on the History Sino-American Relations 5. Ph. D students (required): World History Studies 6. Ph. D students (elective): Research on the Hisotry of American Foreign Relations Awards
Awards 2016: Nanjing University Innovative Award of Humanities Research for Young Teachers 2020: The third prize of the Outstanding Achievement Award in the 16th Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Province 2020: Social Science Outstanding Youth of Jiangsu "Zijin Cultural Talent Training Project" 2021: Top Young Talent of the National High-level Talent Special Support Program 2022: Nomination award for Humanities Research by Young Teachers of Nanjing University Humanities Fund 2022: Nomination Award of Best Young People's Paper of The second Yang Shengmao American History Represents results
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