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Ming Gao

(he/him)
Researcher, Monash University

Dr. Ming Gao is a scholar of modern East Asia.

He researches the gendered dynamics of violence, emotions, women's history, and the history of the Japanese empire.

He now resides in Melbourne, Australia, and has previously studied and worked in Korea (Seoul), Japan (Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, & Tokyo), Singapore, the United States (Los Angeles), and China.

He is proficient in English, Japanese (JLPT N1), Korean (TOPIK6), and Chinese.

Experience

  • –present
    Researcher, Australian Catholic University
  • –present
    Researcher, Monash University

Education

  • 2020 
    National University of Singapore, PhD
  • 2019 
    University of California Los Angeles, PhD VGR

Publications

  • 2024
    Women's History Review, Emotions in the making: sexual violence in the Japanese empire, 1937–1945
  • 2023
    Asian Studies Review, Gendering and Sexualising Opium Consumption in Manchukuo, 1932–1945
  • 2022
    Critical Asian Studies, Competing for opium profits: the Japanese Empire and imperial subjects in Manchukuo, 1932–1937

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Women's History Network
  • 만주학회