Gordon H. Chang
Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities
History
Bio
I am interested in several different areas of history, including the historical connections between race and ethnicity in America, on the one hand, and foreign relations, on the other, and trans-Pacific relations in their diplomatic as well as their cultural and social dimensions. I have written and continue to publish in the areas of U.S. diplomacy, America-China relations, the Chinese diaspora, Asian American history, and global history. My most recent books have examined the history of Chinese railroad workers in America in the 19th century.
I continue to work with undergraduates, master’s students, and doctoral students.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, History
Administrative Appointments
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Senior Associate Vice Provost, VPUE (2019 - 2022)
Honors & Awards
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Fellow, Society of American Historians (current)
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Stanford Alumni University Fellow, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (current)
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Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center (1993-1994, 2002-2003, 2010-2011)
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Fellow, American Council of Learned Societies (1999-2000)
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Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1999-2000)
Program Affiliations
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American Studies
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Center for East Asian Studies
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Modern Thought and Literature
Professional Education
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Ph.D, Stanford
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B.A., Princeton
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
I co-direct an international project that seeks to recover the history of Chinese railroad workers in North America.
2024-25 Courses
- 350 Years of America-China Relations
AMSTUD 256C, EASTASN 256, HISTORY 256, HISTORY 356 (Aut) - American Marxism
HISTORY 265, HISTORY 365 (Spr) - Anti-Asian Violence in America: A History
ASNAMST 254, HISTORY 254F (Win) -
Independent Studies (12)
- Curricular Practical Training
HISTORY 299F (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Directed Reading
EASTASN 300 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Directed Reading
HISTORY 399W (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Graduate Independent Study
MTL 398 (Win, Spr) - Graduate Research
HISTORY 499X (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Individual Work
AMSTUD 195 (Win) - Reading for Orals
MTL 399 (Win, Spr) - Senior Honors Thesis
URBANST 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Senior Research I
HISTORY 299A (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research II
HISTORY 299B (Aut, Win, Spr) - Senior Research III
HISTORY 299C (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Directed Research and Writing
HISTORY 299S (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Curricular Practical Training
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Prior Year Courses
2021-22 Courses
- Anti-Asian Violence in America: A History
ASNAMST 254, HISTORY 254F (Aut) - Research Seminar in America in the World
HISTORY 460 (Spr, Sum) - The History of 2021
HISTORY 21 (Aut)
- Anti-Asian Violence in America: A History
Stanford Advisees
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Jue Lin -
Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Jeffery Chen, Chanhee Heo -
Orals Evaluator
Tanner Allread, Miri Powell -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Miri Powell, Vannessa Velez -
Doctoral (Program)
Miri Powell, Vannessa Velez
All Publications
- Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 2019
- The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad edited by Chang, G. H., Fishkin, S. F. Stanford University Press. 2019
- Fateful Ties: A History of America's Preoccupation with China Harvard University Press. 2015
- Asian American Art History: 1850-1970 edited by Chang, G. H. Stanford University Press. 2008
- Chinese American Voices edited by Chang, G. H. UC Press. 2006
- Asian Americans and Politics: Perspectives, Experiences, Prospects edited by Chang, G. H. Woodrow Wilson Center and Stanford Univ. Press. 2001
- Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: The Wartime Writings of Yamato Ichihashi Stanford University Press. 1996
- Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union 1948-1972 Stanford. 1990
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A 'New Normal' or Returning to the 'Old Normal': Deteriorating US<i>-</i> China Relations, Chinese Americans, and the Future
JOURNAL OF CHINESE OVERSEAS
2024; 20 (1): 42-49
View details for DOI 10.1163/17932548-12341504
View details for Web of Science ID 001258122400006
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Foothills
CALIFORNIA HISTORY
2019; 96 (2): 105–8
View details for DOI 10.1525/ch.2019.96.2.105
View details for Web of Science ID 000475549300011
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The Chinese and the Stanfords: Nineteenth-Century America's Fraught Relationship with the China Men
AMERASIA JOURNAL
2019; 45 (1): 86–102
View details for DOI 10.1080/00447471.2019.1611344
View details for Web of Science ID 000484363000007
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A Note for History INTRODUCTION
AMERASIA JOURNAL
2019; 45 (1): 3–5
View details for DOI 10.1080/00447471.2019.1627115
View details for Web of Science ID 000484363000002
- ghosts of gold mountain: the epic story of the chinese who built the transcontinental railroad 2019
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Gordon H. Chang
AMERASIA JOURNAL
2018; 44 (3): 133–35
View details for Web of Science ID 000466246900015
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The Many Sides of Happy Lim: aka Hom Ah Wing, Lin Jian Fu, Happy Lum, Lin Chien Fu, Hom Yen Chuck, Lam Kin Foo, Lum Kin Foo, Hom, Lim Goon Wing, Lim Gin Foo, Gin Foo Lin, Koon Wing Lim, Henry Chin, Lim Ying Chuck, Lim Ah Wing, et. al.
AMERASIA JOURNAL
2008; 34 (2): 70-98
View details for Web of Science ID 000260904300008
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Remembering Yuji - Yugi Ichioka
AMERASIA JOURNAL
2002; 28 (3): IX-XIV
View details for Web of Science ID 000228551800003
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Writing the history of Chinese immigrants to America
SOUTH ATLANTIC QUARTERLY
1999; 98 (1-2): 135-142
View details for Web of Science ID 000084801800009
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HISTORY AND POSTMODERNISM
AMERASIA JOURNAL
1995; 21 (1-2): 89-93
View details for Web of Science ID A1995RR43300008
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TO THE NUCLEAR BRINK - EISENHOWER, DULLES, AND THE QUEMOY-MATSU CRISIS
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
1988; 12 (4): 96-123
View details for Web of Science ID A1988M452300005
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JFK, CHINA, AND THE BOMB
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY
1988; 74 (4): 1287-1310
View details for Web of Science ID A1988M690300005
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A SYMPOSIUM ON MARXISM IN CHINA TODAY - COMMENTS
BULLETIN OF CONCERNED ASIAN SCHOLARS
1988; 20 (1): 26-27
View details for Web of Science ID A1988P166800009