Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Lecture: Practicing Islam in Communist China
Speaker: Michael Brose
Director East Asian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
Michael Brose researches, publishes and teaches in two areas of Chinese history and society, Mongol China social history, and the history and current role of Islam in SW China.
Research Interests
Yuan-Ming Chinese social history. Social, political and military history of Mongol Yuan and Ming China.
Islam in China. Research on the history and current socio-political role of the Yunnan Chinese Muslim (Hui) community; focus on mosque architecture, halal food industry and economy.
Digital History Methods: GIS and Network Analysis. Applying digital, quantitative methods to biographical and geographical data mined from Chinese primary sources such as gazetteers, tomb inscriptions, official and personal biographical materials.