William Wei

Professor Wei in an expert on the Republican period of modern Chinese history.

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."

Professor Wei earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1978. 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.

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.”

  Professor Wei is not currently accepting graduate students.