Liu Zhao
刘钊

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2017 to May 2018

University Affiliation (Current)

University Affiliation

Jules Zhao Liu is an associate professor in the School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-Sen University. An interdisciplinary scholar, he received his PhD degree from the University of Hong Kong. He was a visiting fellow at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in 2016–17 and a Harvard-Yenching Fellow in 2017–18. His research is situated at the intersection of anthropology, sociology, and history. He is dedicated to bridging the gaps between different disciplines and establishing dialogues between scholars from the humanities and social sciences.

Current Research Projects: The sociopolitical network of the Lingnan School of Painting in the Greater Bay Area; Rhizome and Resilience: Statebuilding and Popular Religion in the 20th century China.

Recent Publications

“Improvisation, collective structure, and culture change: A theory of bricolage,” Anthropological Theory 24 (4), 436-457, 2024

“How party-history-revision became a tactic for leadership struggles within the Chinese Communist Party in China,” Asian Journal of Social Science 52 (1), 27-34 2024

“A new cultural sociological approach to social movements: cultural pragmatics, iconicity, and the transformation of the Hong Kong Palace Museum into a symbol of authoritarian power,” American Journal of Cultural Sociology 12 (4), 620-651, 2024

“Digital Governance, Dataveillance, and Participatory Panopticon: Public Health Surveillance in China from 2020 to 2022,” Journal of Contemporary China, 1-17 2025

“Disaster, death, and religion: The resurgence of ghost drama in China, 1961–1965,” History and Anthropology, 1-21, 2026

“Building Symbolic Capital through International Cultural Exchange: A Study of Gao Jianfu’s South Asian Art Tour,” The Journal of Asian Studies, 11445247, 2025

“Re-Enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China,” China Review International 26 (3), 210-212, 2019

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