Yue Qiu

Biography

I am a second-year history Ph.D. student at UW-Madison under the supervision of Professor Viren Murthy. For my doctoral studies, I aspire to study the social and intellectual history of left-wing exchanges across India, the U.S., and China during the late-colonial and post-colonial eras. Before joining UW-Madison, I took a gap year with the American Institute of Indian Studies, studying Bangla.

In addition to the Sino-Indian exchanges, I have a keen interest in Caribbean and American histories and developed interests in thematic areas of internationalism and decolonization. My undergraduate thesis explores nineteenth-century American abolitionist writings on India, while another research project during my undergraduate studies interrogates the twentieth-century Chinese Marxist writings on the Haitian revolution. I am currently further exploring the ramifications of Sino-Caribbean ties during the era of neo-liberalism and the gradual dismantling of neo-liberalism.

Education

B.A. in World History: Duke Kunshan University, 2022

Field

•  Individual Plan of Study

Selected Publications

•  Yue Qiu, “‘Where Liberty Is Not, There Is My Country’: Nineteenth-Century American Abolitionist Writings on India and Its Legacies.” Slavery & Abolition, September 2024, 1–29. doi:10.1080/0144039X.2024.2397730.
• Yue Qiu, ‘A Forgotten Revolutionary Solidarity: The Echoes of the Haitian Revolution in China’, The CLR James Journal, 12 January 2024, https://doi.org/10.5840/clrjames2024111105.