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Russell Duncan

BS Political Science (1973); MA Sociology (1975); MA History (1984); PhD History (1988)

1986 …2018

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Primary fields of research

American Civil War and Reconstruction

Social History of American Art

US-China Politics and Culture in the 21st Century

Contemporary United States

Current research

Colonel James Montgomery and the 2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment

Tunis Campbell and Reconstruction Georgia

Louise Bourgeois and the Art of the Cold War

Chinese Immigration to America since 1980

Teaching American Culture in China

Contemporary United States in the Era of Trump

Teaching

Social and Political History of American Art

American Civil War and Reconstruction

Globalization, World Order, and Theories of International Relations

Tangled Titans: EU-US-China Relations

American Mosaic: Contemporary US Immigration Stories

Contemporary American Society

The Modern Mind and the American Intellectual Tradition

Office hours: On leave autumn 2019

CV

Seven Highlights

1. book (with J. Goddard).  Contemporary United States: An Age of Anger and Resistance (2018).

2. excursion leader (with J. Goddard). 19th Annual Contemporary America Study Excursion. This year's trip was to New York City. 17 students participated. 27/03 - 05/04 2018.

3. article. "The Responsible Stakeholder: Global Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping and Donald Trump" (2017). Feng Zikai International Award for Best Political Article by a foreigner, Zhejiang Province, China.

4. Conference lecture. "Chinafornia, Chimerica, and Easternization: Xi Jinping, Donald Trump, and Responsible Leadership," 3rd Chang'an Cultural Dialogue, Northwest University, Xi'an, China, 21 May 2017.

5. grant participant. US National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar on Reconstruction, Beaufort, South Carolina, and Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA, 16-21 July 2017.

6. US election lectures. Five lectures to high school students at Danish high schools in October 2016 with Q & A focused on the 2016 US presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

7. book. The Dragon and the Eagle: Cultural Comparisons of China-US Politics (2015).

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):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

  • Faculty of Humanities
  • American Civil War
  • Reconstruction
  • American art
  • Americanization and globalization
  • American culture
  • US-China relations
  • Contemporary United States
  • American politics
  • US foreign policy

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