Staff profile

Nicholas McGee is a specialist in Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History, who received his PhD from the University of Toronto. His research places China in global history, using diaspora as a method for turning the study of Chinese history outward and bringing world history into China. In particular, his work focuses on untangling the intertwined histories of Chinese mobilities and European imperialism in the 18^th through 20^th centuries.

• Qing Empire
• Migration
• British Empire
• Imperialism

Journal Article

• Mcgee, N. (2019). Putting Words in the Emperor's Mouth: A Genealogy of Colonial Potential in the Study of Qing Chinese Diaspora. Journal of World History, 30(4), 591-619. https://doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2019.0075