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Nicole Elizabeth Barnes

Associate Professor of History
History
Dept of History, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708
114 Campus Drive, 226 Classroom Building, Durham, NC 27708-0719

Overview


I research public health and medicine in twentieth-century China from a gendered perspective, incorporating the changing life stories of men and women into my analysis of how health regulations and medical practices reflect Chinese society's principal values as well as the assumptions and political goals of state actors.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of History · 2023 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies · 2023 - Present Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute · 2015 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published September 15, 2023
Opinion: In Support of Our Sanitation Workers
Published August 12, 2021
A Laboratory Is The Ideal Place to Study ... the Humanities
Published March 30, 2020
Epidemics in History: Stories of Cataclysm and Astonishing Advances

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Recent Publications


The Many Values of Night Soil in Wartime China

Journal Article Past and Present · April 22, 2023 AbstractIn March 1940, leaders of the Chongqing night-soil trade union sent a petition to the governor of China’s Sichuan province to contest health officials’ attempts to seize the night-soil industry. Clea ... Full text Open Access Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, Irvine · 2012 Ph.D.