James Lin (he/him/his)

Adjunct Assistant Professor
James Lin photograph

Contact Information

226 Thomson

Biography

B.A., History, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
M.A., History, Columbia University, 2010
Ph.D., History, University of California, Berkeley, 2017

James Lin is a historian of Taiwan and its interactions with the world in the 20th century. His book, In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan (University of California Press 2025), examines rural reform and agricultural science in China and Taiwan from the early 20th century through the postwar era, then its subsequent re-imagining during Taiwanese development missions to Africa, Asia, and Latin America from the 1950s onward.  His primary appointment is Associate Professor in the Jackson School of International Studies.

Fulbright-IIE Grant (Taiwan)
Association for Asian Studies Grant
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Dissertation Fellowship
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan Fellowship
Agricultural History Society Best Dissertation Award
National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

Autumn 2025

Winter 2025

Spring 2024

Autumn 2023

Spring 2023

Winter 2023

Winter 2022

Additional Courses

Modern Taiwanese History and Contemporary Taiwanese Society (HSTAS 490)

Making Modern Taiwan (HSTAS 590)

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