Wei Luo

Academic Year: 
2013-14
Direction: 
From Yale
Exchange Partners: 
Fudan University
Research Interest: 
Local Elite Networks And Social Revolution In Republican China

Wei is a PhD candidate in sociology at Yale University. She holds a MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a BA in German Literature from Beijing University. Her current research interest includes social theory on elite and revolution, historical sociology, and social network. Her dissertation project focuses on the transformation of elite and the development of civil associations in China during the Nationalist Revolution. Funded by the Fox International Fellowship, she is currently doing archival research in China, based in the history department at Fudan University in Shanghai.