William Wei
- Professor
- HISTORY
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Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1978
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1971
B.A., Marquette University, 1969
Regional and Thematic Interests
Republican period of modern Chinese history
Profile
Professor Wei teaches various courses in modern Chinese history, including "Modern China: Collapse and Brilliance, 1644-1949" and "Contemporary China: Radicalism and Reform, 1949 to Present."
His first book, Counter-Revolution in China: The Nationalists in Jiangxi during the Soviet Period, Michigan Studies on China Series (University of Michigan Press, 1985), was awarded the University of Colorado's Eugene M. Kayden Faculty Book Manuscript Prize. His book, Asians in Colorado: A History of Persecution and Perseverance in the Centennial State, Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies (University of Washington Press, 2016), was a finalist for the 2017 Colorado Authors’ League Award for General Non-Fiction. His most recent book is Becoming Colorado: The Centennial State in 100 Objects (University Press of Colorado, 2021). He is currently engaged in a book-length study titled “Hong Kong Since the Handover: A History of Protests.”
He received the Asian American Hero of Colorado Award from the Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network in 2022. He is the 2024-2025 Colorado State Historian.