Roya Chu

Hometown: Shanghai, China; Chicago, Illinois

Previous education: University College London, History

Specialization in MARSEA: China

Research interests: Social and cultural history of modern China from below, individual-society and state-society dynamics, cultural politics and the construction of historical memory, "public spheres" and public consciousness

Thesis title: With Prussian Blue and Magnetite: From Adulteration to Transnational Innovation in Chinese Tea Production, c. 1800–1940