BIO
Dr. Yuan ZHANG is Professor and Director of the Religion in the Middle East Research Program of the Middle East Studies Institute (MESI) of Shanghai International Studies University (SISU). Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. of International Politics from Fudan University. She is also an adjunct Research Fellow of the Center for Religion and China’s National Security at Fudan University. She specializes on Regional Conflicts, Religion and International Security, Extremism and Terrorism. She visited Hong Kong Chinese University (2011), University of Oregon (2012), Brigham Young University (2013); Cornell University (2013-2014) as a visiting scholar.
CONTACT
E-mail: zyirt@yahoo.com
Tel: 0086 21 35373301
POSITIONS
Professor, Director of the Religion in the Middle East Research Program
RESEARCH INTERST发布
Regional Conflicts, Religion and International Security, Extremism and Terrorism
EDUCATION
Ph.D., International Politics, Fudan University, 2010
M.A., International Politics, Fudan University, 2007
B. A., International Politics, Shandong University, 2004
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor, Middle East Studies Institute, Shanghai International Studies University
Visiting scholar at the East Asia Program at Cornell University, 2013.8-2014.8
Postdoctoral Fellow, East China University of Political Science and Law, focused on Religion and the Rule of Law, 2010-2013
Visiting scholar at the Department of Political Science at University of Oregon, 2012.12-2013.3
Visiting scholar at International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University, 2013.3-2014.4
Associate Professor, Institute of Political Science, East China University of Political Science and Law, 2013.7-2017.4
Assistant Professor, Institute of Political Science, East China University of Political Science and Law, 2010.1-2013.6
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Yuan ZHANG, Religious Functional Units and Regional Violent Conflicts (Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2014).
Yuan ZHANG, Religion and the Role of Law in the Anti-Terrorism Era (Beijing: Law Press-China, 2012).
JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Influence of Religious Parties on Political Integration in the Changing Political System,” Journal of the Central Institute of Socialism, No. 2, 2019.
“China’s 21st Century Marine Silk Road Initiative and Chinese Religious Diplomacy Construction: A Case Study of Chinese Buddhist Foreign Exchange in Southeast Asia,” Global Review, No. 1, 2019.
“The Political Development and Party Mobilization in Jordan,” Comparative Politics Studies, Vol.15, No. 2, 2018.
“Islamic Finance Cooperation between Malaysia and the Middle East on Qatar Diplomatic Crisis,” Religion and American Society, Vol. 18, 2019.
“Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear Security in the Middle East,” Arab World Studies, Vol. 174, 2018.
“Militarized Non-state Actors and Regional Security: based on a Comparison of Private Military Company and Extremist Terrorist Organizations,” Fudan International Studies Review, Vol. 27, 2018.
“G20 and Multiple Anti-terror Cooperation: A Religious Perspective,” Religion and American Society, Vol. 14, 2017.
“Conceptualizing and Measuring Terrorism: An Analysis of Terrorism Research Data and Terrorism Index Construction,” Probe, No. 2, 2017.
“ISIS: Quasi-Sovereignty and Regional Security,” Journal of International Security Studies, Vol. 34, No. 6, 2016.
“Interpretation of Institutional Discourse Right under the Perspective of Culture,” Probe, No. 2, 2016.
“‘The Belt and Road’ Initiative and Anti-Extremist Cooperation between China and European Countries,” Studies in World Religions , No. 1, 2016.
“Governance Dilemma of Ethno-Religious Conflict in Post-Colonial Myanmar,” Southeast Asian Studies , No. 1, 2016.
“Culturalism in Comparative Politics,” Foreign Theoretical Trends , No. 2, 2016.
“In a modern society, no religious group can be above the law,” Global Times, March 13, 2016.
“Global Religious Resurgence and Faith-based International Crisis Management,” Beijing Cultural Review , No. 3, 2015.
“The Role of Religious Ethics in ASEAN’s Regional Governance,” Journal of World Peoples Studies , No. 1, 2015.
“Religious Violence between Buddhists and Muslims after Myanmar’s Independence,” Religion and American Society, Vol.10, 2014.
“Modern Research Tendency on Religion and Rule of Law”, Religion and American Society, Vol.8, 2013.
“ASEAN can tackle religious divides”, Global Times, April 18, 2013.
“Manila faces plight of religious separatism”, Global Times, October 13, 2013.
“External efforts can’t shift Russia’s attitude toward LGBT rights”, Global Times, March 13, 2014.
“External Religious Interventions and Regional Security,” Studies in World Religions , No. 1, 2013.
“Extremism Makes Tenuous New Move into Central Asia,” Global Times, December 11, 2012.
“Aesthetical Observation of Democratic International Relations,” Journal of Tianjin Administration Institute , No. 5, 2012.
“Religion in Thai-Cambodia Border Conflicts,” Southeast Asian Studies , No. 6, 2012.
“Religious in Kosovo Conflict,” World Economics and Politics , Vol.373, No. 9, 2011, pp. 20-35.
“Anti-Semitism in Russia,” Comparative Politics Studies , Vol. 2, 2011, pp. 112-120.
“Internationalized Chinese Civilian Collecting and China’s Society,” Zhejiang Academic Journal , Vol. 189, No. 4, 2011, pp. 173-185.
“An International Relational Theory Paradigm of Religious Conflicts in Former Yugoslavia,” Comparative Politics Studies , Vol. 1, 2010, pp.125-137.
“An Overview of the Western Scholars’ Study on Religions and Regional Conflicts,” Chinese Journal of European Studies , Vol. 27, No. 6，2009, pp. 130-146.
“Religious Factors in Regional Conflicts: A Post-September 11 Perspective,” International Review , No. 4, 2009, pp. 58-65.
“A Research Paradigm on Religion and China’s National Security,” Fudan Journal Social Sciences , No. 4, 2009, pp. 109-116. (With Xu Yihua).
“Regional Conflicts and Group-Binding Functional Behaviors of Religious Worship Places,” Religion and American Society, , pp. 281-351.
“Aesthetical Observation of Democratic International Relations within the Context of Globalization,” International Review , No. 4, 2006, pp. 147-158.
“Aesthetic Dimension of Constructivism in IRT,” Journal of Guizhou Normal University (Social Science) , Vol. 6, 2006, pp. 53-57.
“Kosovo Crisis and US Religious Strategy,” Science of Christianity,Vol.7, pp. 312-325.
“The Dimensions of Regional Religious Conflicts in Southeast Asia during the Turning of New Century”, Religion and American Society, Vol 4, pp. 369-389.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“International Religious Conflicts,” in Xu Yihua, ed., Religion and International Affairs (Shanghai: Shanghai People’s Publishing House, 2012).
TEACHING
Graduate Courses
Religion and Political Science Studies
Global Conflicts
Modern Western Religious Studies
A History of Western Political Theory
Undergraduate Courses
Religion and Contemporary International Politics
Religious Congregations and Social Security
LANGUAGES
Native in Chinese, Fluent in English
