Dissertation: The Pan-Pacific Territory: Hawai‘i at the Border of China and the U.S. Empire, 1910s to 1950s

Advisor: Professor Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu

Bohan Zhang is an ABD Ph.D. candidate specializing in the history of the United States in the world, with a particular focus on the Territory of Hawai‘i as a maritime borderland between the U.S. Empire and East Asia. His Ph.D. dissertation examines the trans-Pacific endeavors of Chinese Hawaiians, Asian intellectuals, diplomats, anti-imperialists, and athletes in shaping Pan-Pacific internationalism throughout the twentieth century, up until Hawaiian statehood. Bohan has published book reviews in H-Net and the Journal of Military History, and has served as a mentor for the School of Humanities’ Moody Undergraduate Research Fellowship, as well as an editorial assistant at the Journal of Southern History. Before joining Rice, Bohan studied at Tsinghua University, the University of Oxford, and the University of Chicago. His master’s thesis at the University of Chicago, supervised by Professor Bruce Cumings, focused on trans-Pacific China politics from 1945 to 1951 and was awarded honors by the Committee on International Relations.