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Ralph A. Litzinger, Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology and Director, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

Contact Info: 

Office Location:	113 Social Sciences
Office Phone:	(919) 681-6250
Email Address:

Teaching (Summer2 2025):

• CULANTH 360S.01, GLOBAL APPLE Synopsis

  Online ON, MTuTh 02:00 PM-04:05 PM

  (also cross-listed as AMES 360S.01, ICS 369S.01, LIT 361S.01, PUBPOL 358S.01, SOCIOL 360S.01)

• CULANTH 360S.01, GLOBAL APPLE Synopsis

  Friedl Bdg 204, M 06:15 PM-08:45 PM

  (also cross-listed as AMES 360S.01, ICS 369S.01, LIT 361S.01, PUBPOL 358S.01, SOCIOL 360S.01)

• CULANTH 419S.01, GLOBAL ENVIR/POL NATURE Synopsis

  Friedl Bdg 204, W 06:15 PM-08:45 PM

  (also cross-listed as ENVIRON 419S.01, ICS 429S.01, LIT 419S.01, PUBPOL 419S.01, SOCIOL 319S.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Washington	1994
M.A.	University of Washington	1990
B.A.	Evergreen State College	1985

Specialties:

Globalization
Transnationalism
Nationalism
Ethnicity
Social Movements
Migration
Asia

Research Interests:

Ralph Litzinger, PH.D. University of Washington, 1994, does research on minority politics in the People's Republic of China. He has written on Marxist theory in nationality policy in socialist states, ethnic and indigenous revitalization in the post-Cold War global order, and on ethnographic film, photography, and popular culture. He is the author of Other Chinas: the Yao and the Politics of National Belonging and numerous essays in anthropology, cultural studies, and East Asian studies journals. He is currently doing research on the politics of nature, non-governmental organizations, and global environmentalism in northeastern Yunnan and Eastern Tibet.

Keywords:

Asia • China • Marxist theory • Popular Culture • Cultural Studies

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Ana Huang  
• Travis Klinsberg  
• Dasa Mortensen  
• Robert Powers  
• Jennifer Chien  
• Adam Bund  
• June Hee Kwon  
• Ju Hyung Shim  
• Gabi Lukacs  
• Yu Wang  
• Hui-ru Tsai  
• Margo Weiss  
• Yidong Gong  

Postdocs Mentored

• Megan Moody (2007-2008)  

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Litzinger, RA, Other Chinas: The Yao and the Politics of National Belonging (2000), Duke University Press  [abs]
2. Litzinger, R, Afterword: Beyond the Corporate Leninist Box, in Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar, edited by Ong, A; Zhang, L (2008)
3. Litzinger, RA, The Mobilization of Nature: Perspectives from Northwest Yunnan, China Quarterly, vol. 178 no. 178 (Spring, 2004), pp. 488-504, Cambridge University Press (CUP) [doi]  [abs]
4. Ralph Litzinger, “Contested Sovereignties and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund”, Political And Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR), vol. 29 no. 1 (2006), pp. 66-87, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
5. Litzinger, RA, In Search of the Grassroots: Hydroelectric Schemes in Northwest Yunnan, in Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China, edited by Perry, E; Goodman, M (April, 2007)