Zuoyue Wang
Professor, History, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Lectures and Conferences
Commentator, online workshop on “Contested Collaboration” co-sponsored by Pusan National University and SOKENDAI, June 26, 2022 (Seoul time).
“Chinese American Scientists and US-China Relations: A Historical Perspective,” Global Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (online), April 29, 2021.
“Transnational History and Science Diplomacy: Chinese American Scientists as Transcultural Communicators,” online presentation for University of Science and Technology Beijing’s “Forum on History of Science and Technology for Cultural Communication,” April 16, 2022 (Beijing time).
Chair and Discussant for online panel on “The Meteoric Rise of Science and Technology in China and Taiwan: Analysis and Implications,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, March 27, 2022.
Panelist for online panel on “China and Science Diplomacy in the Long Twentieth-century 中国与20 世纪的科技外交,” International Symposium on the History of Science Diplomacy in 20th Century China, sponsored by the Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy (STAND) at Peking University, Beijing, March 20, 2022 (Beijing time).
“中美科技交流史”线上系列（8次）讲座，南开大学历史学院，北京时间2022年3月5、12、19日，4月9、16、23、30日，5月7日 [“History of China-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges” online lecture series March-May 2022, History College of Nankai University, Tianjin].
“The Making of a Global GALCIT: H. S. Tsien and Other Chinese American Scientists at Caltech,” Caltech “History, Ethics, and Identity in STEM [Online] Seminar,” February 28, 2022.
“Chinese American Scientists: Generational Experiences within the Context of Asian American History and US-China Relations,” online presentation organized by the JPL Asian American Council, January 11, 2022.
Commentator, “Building the Margins: Infrastructure and Nation at the Intersection of Sea, Sky, and Soil in China, Japan, and Korea,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting (online, jointly with Society for the History of Technology), November 19, 2021, 9-10am (CST).
Chair, “Building National Scientific Research Capacities,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting (online, jointly with Society for the History of Technology), November 18, 2021, 3:30-4:30pm (CST).
"Understanding the Life of Dr. Qian Xuesen (H. S. Tsien) [American-educated Chinese scientist and one of the founders of JPL and the Chinese space program]: A Conversation," by Erik Conway [JPL historian] and Zuoyue Wang, APIDA Heritage Month Event at JPL, organized by JPL Asian American Council, May 4, 2021.
Co-organizer of and presenter at “Climate Woke” online workshop at Cal Poly Pomona on Earth Day (April 22) 2021.
Chair and Discussant, “Science and China's Foreign Relations, from 1945 to the Deng Era,”Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting (online), March 23, 2021.
Presentation on “A New Cold War? Chinese American Scientists and US-China Relations: Then and Now,” an online webinar sponsored by Texas Tech University’s Asian Studies Program and Chinese Faculty and Staff Association, March 6, 2021.
Presentation on “Cold War 2.0? Historical Perspectives on Chinese American Scientists and US-China Relations,” Cal Poly Pomona Weglyn Social Justice Series, October 23, 2020.
Presentation on “Contributions of Chinese American Scientists” as a part of Chinese American Museum (华美博物馆), Los Angeles, online program “Studying Our Past, Shaping Our Future,” July 18, 2020.
“赛先生的演化”、“陈省身、华罗庚与普林斯顿高等研究院”、“钱学森科技史研究新进展”、“当代中美气候变化科技交流”, 内蒙古师范大学科技史研究院李迪科技史论坛, 呼和浩特，2019年10月15日。[‘The Evolution of Mr. Science”, “S. S. Chern, Hua Luogeng, and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study,” “New Advances in the Studies on Qian Xuesen (Hsue-shen Tsien) in the History of Science and Technology,” and “Contemporary Sino-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges on Climate Change,” Academy of the History of Science and Technology, Inner Mongolian Normal University, Hohhot, October 15, 2019.]
“当代美国史背景下的科技环境政策”, 中国人民大学哲学系, 2019年10月8日。[“Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy in Contemporary American History,” Department of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, October 8, 2019.]
“作为跨国史的中美科技交流历史研究”、“当代中美气候变化科技交流”, 2019年9月29日, 南京农业大学，2019年9月29日。[“Historical Studies of Sino-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges as a Case Study of Transnational History” and “Contemporary Sino-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges in Climate Change,” Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, September 29, 2019.]
“钱学森科技史研究新进展”, 上海交大钱学森图书馆，2019年9月27日。[“New Advances in the Studies on Qian Xuesen (Hsue-shen Tsien) in the History of Science and Technology,” Qian Xuesen Library, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, September 27, 2019.
“中美科技交流：从核军备控制到气候变化”, 北京大学历史系，2019年10月9日。[“Sino-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges: From Nuclear Arms Control to Climate Change,” Department of History, Peking University, Beijing, October 9, 2019.]
“中美科技交流历史研究” （九个讲座系列），清华大学科学史系，2019年9月10日-10月17日。[“Historical Studies in Sino-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges” (9-part lecture series), Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, September 10-October 17, 2019.]
“从跨国史看中美科技关系”, 江苏科技大学（镇江），2019年5月28日。[“Sino-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges in Transnational Historical Perspective,” Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, May 28, 2019.]
“中国科学家与五四运动”，河南师范大学STS所（新乡），2019年5月22日。[“Chinese Scientists and the May Fourth Movement,” STS Institute, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, May 22, 2019.]
“中国科学家与五四：密切的联系和多元的回应”, 北京大学教育学院“北大教育论坛第206讲”，2019年5月14日。[“Chinese Scientists and the May Fourth: Close Connections and Diverse Responses,” College of Education, Peking University, Beijing, May 14, 2019.]
“Making Math and Choices: S. S. Chern, Hua Luogeng, and the Princeton Institute for Advanced Study from WWII to the Cold War,” at Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology workshop, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 14, 2019. Co-authored by Jinhai Guo.
“How Climate Change Came to China: Transnational Science and Global Warming,” at “A Forum on Climate Change and its Politics,” May 16, 2019, and workshop on history of environmental technology, May 17-18, 2019, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong.
“Embodying Mr. Science: Chinese Scientists and the May Fourth Movement from Zhu Kezhen to Fang Lizhi,” at the “International Conference to Mark the Centennial Anniversary of the May Fourth Movement,” Academia Sinica, Taipei, May 2-4, 2019.
“Science and Technology in Modern China: A Transnational Perspective,” USC Marshal China Workshop, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, March 25, 2019.
“Entangled Worldlines: Four Physicists Whose Transnational Trajectories Reshaped Physics in China and the United States,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, March 4, 2019.
“Transnational Science in Los Angeles: A Historical Study of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California,” workshop on “Engineering LA: Science and Technology in Southern California,” Huntington-USC on California and the West, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, march 2, 2019.
“Embodying Mr. Science: Chinese Scientists and the May Fourth from Zhu Kezhen to Fang Lizhi,” workshop on “Mr. Science,” Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, February 15, 2019.
“Transnational Science in Modern China: From May Fourth to the Cold War and Beyond,” Modern China Lecture Series, Fairbank Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, February 13, 2019.
“Commentary,” Panel on “Sino-Foreign Scientific Relations from Republic to People’s Republic: Transnational Connections and Movements,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, October 31, 2018.
“科技史家、公众参与与公共政策”，2018年7月25日，河南师范大学STS所[“Historians of Science and Technology, Public Participation, and Public Policy,” STS Institute, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, July 25, 2018.]
“科学史家与公共政策：历史、反思和共识”，2018年6月22日，清华大学科学史系[“Historians of Science and Public Policy: History, Reflections, and Consensus,” Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, June 22, 2018.]
“从拉斯克奖到美国科促会主席：美籍华人生物学家先驱研究”，2018年6月21日，北京大学医学人文研究院[“From Lasker Awards to AAAS Presidency: Studies of Chinese American Biologist Pioneers,” Institute of Medical Humanities, Peking University, Beijing, June 21, 2018.]
“作为跨国史的中美科技交流历史研究”，2018年6月20日，北京大学历史系[“China-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges: A Transnational History,” Department of History, Peking University, Beijing, June 20, 2018.]
“Global/Local Engagement in Science and Politics: Personal Experiences and Reflections,” American Association for the Advancement of Science-Pacific Division Annual Meeting, June 14, 2018, Cal Poly Pomona.
“Chinese American Engineers, Aerospace, and Southern California: Transnational Oral Histories,” Historical Society of Southern California Annual Meeting, February 10, 2018, Cal Poly Pomona.
“中美科技交流：从核军备控制到气候变化”，2017年7月1日，清华大学科学史系成立大会[“China-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges: From Nuclear Arms Control to Climate Change,” Symposium on the Founding of the Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, July 1, 2017.]
“Mass Science and National Security State: American-Educated Chinese Scientists during the Cultural Revolution,” for the workshop on “Science, Technology, and Modern Dictatorship in Asia,” Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, June 23-24, 2017.
“卡逊之后的美国环境政策与政治”，北京大学马克思主义学院，2017年6月2日 [“American Environmental Policy and Politics since Rachel Carson,” Marxist College, Peking University, Beijing, June 2, 2017.]
“跨国科技史研究新方向”，北京科技大学，2017年6月2日 [“New Directions in Transnational History of Science and Technology,” Beijing University of Science and Technology, Beijing, June 2, 2017.]
“The Transnational Approach to the History of Science: New Trends and Directions,” for conference on “China and the World in the Global History of Science and Technology,” Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, May 30-June 1, 2017.
“美国总统科技咨询系统的演化和现状”， 中国科学院科技战略咨询研究院，2016年12月9日 [“Evolution and Current Status of American Presidential Science and Technology Advisory System,” Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, December 9, 2016.]
“竺可桢与中国科技的发展”，浙江大学东方论坛西溪分论坛，2016年12月7日 [“Zhu Kezhen and the Development of Science and Technology in China,” Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, December 7, 2016.]
“美中科技政策研究比较研究”，浙江省水科院， 2016年12月5日 [“Comparative Historical Studies in American and Chinese Science and Technology Policy,” Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics and Estuary, Hangzhou, China, December 5, 2016.]
“作为智库的美国总统科技咨询系统”，中国科协“科协发展理论研讨会”，杭州, 2016年12月4日[“American Presidential Science and Technology Advisory System as a Think Tank,” China Association of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, December 4, 2016.]
“科学史研究的跨国转向探讨”，清华大学科学史系，2016年12月3日 [“Exploring the Transnational Turn in the History of Science,” Department of the History of Science, Qinghua (Tsinghua) University, Beijing, December 3, 2016.]
Commentary on Panel “Transnationalism and Transformation of Science in Modern East Asia,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 6, 2016.
“Hybrid Transnationalism: State-Sponsorship, Private Networking, and Knowledge Circulation in US-China Scientific Exchanges on Nuclear Arms Control,” workshop on “Transnational History of Science,” Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, November 2, 2016.
“美国科技决策咨询系统历史研究：从冷战到奥巴马时代”，中国科学院国家天文台，2016年7月20日 [“Historical Studies in the American System of Advising on Science and Technology Policy: From the Cold War to the Obama Era,” National Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 20, 2016.]
“基础应用研究之争：中国科技政策中的语言与政治”，中国科学院力学所，2016年7月7日 [“Basic vs. Applied Research: Language and Politics in Chinese Science and Technology Policy,” Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 7, 2016.]
“跨国历史和科技史研究”，首都师范大学历史学院，2016年7月5日 [“Studies in Transnational History and History of Science and Technology,” School of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing, July 5, 2016.]
“Science and Technology Policy from the Cold War to Obama,” Beijing University of Foreign Studies, Beijing, July 1, 2016.
“中美高能物理交流历史研究”，首都师范大学物理系，2016年7月1日 [“Historical Studies of China-US Exchanges in High Energy Physics,” Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, July 1, 2016.]
“中美气候变化交流历史研究”， 南京信息工程大学，2016年6月22日 [“Historical Studies in China-US Exchanges in Climate Change,” Nanjing University of Information Engineering, Nanjing, June 22, 2106.]
“Archival Materials and Correspondence Related to Chinese American Scientists,” for “The 2016 Symposium on International Migration Correspondence,” Wuyi Univeristy, Jiangmen, China, June 19, 2016.
“留美华人科学家与中国的改革开放现代化”，暨南大学，2016年6月16日 [“American-educated Chinese Scientists and the Reform, Opening up, and Modernization of China,” Jinan University, Guangzhou, China, June 16, 2016.]
“从全球变暖看美国科技环境政策”，国防科技大学，2016年6月15日 [“American Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy: The Case of Global Warming,” National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, June 15, 2016.]
“中国、苏联卫星和美国科学：近代中美科技交流史从冷战到奥巴马”，国防科大，2016年6月14日。 [“China, Sputnik, and American Science: China-US Exchanges in Science and Technology from the Cold War to Obama,” National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, June 14, 2016.]
“From Arms Control to Climate Change: US-China Scientific Exchanges in the Late 20th Century,” for international colloquium on “De-localizing People and Technologies during the Second Half of the Twentieth Century,” organized by Gisela Mateos and Edna Suárez-Díaz, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, May 20, 2016.
“Studies in 20th Century Science, Policy, and Politics,” Faculty of Science, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, May 19, 2016.
Panelist for “China Without: A Series of Two Roundtables on Modern Chinese History Using Archives and Resources outside China, Taiwan, and Japan (Part 2),” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, April 2, 2016, Seattle, WA.
“Physicists as Diplomats: US-China Scientific Exchanges from Arms Control to Climate Change,” Lyne Starling Trimble Science Heritage Public Lecture, American Institute of Physics, March 23, 2016, College Park, MD.
Commentary on Panel on “Transnational Science and Politics in Modern Asia,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, November 21, 2015, San Francisco.
“中国科学社在美国”, 上海社会科学院/上海科技出版社共同举办“赛先生在中国”研讨会，2015年10月25日。[“China Science Society in the United States,” Symposium on “Mr. Science in China” jointly sponsored by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Science and Technology Press, October 25, 2015, Shanghai.]
“Transpacific Science and Politics: American-Chinese Scientific Interactions from Arms Control to Climate Change,” East Asian Science, Technology, and Society Conference, October 1-4th, 2015, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
“华人华侨科学家：留美科学家历史研究”, 中国华侨华人历史研究所，2015年7月31日。[“Overseas and Ethnic Chinese Scientists: A Historical Study of American-Educated Chinese Scientists,” Institute for the History of Overseas and Ethnic Chinese, July 31, 2015, Beijing.]
“中美跨国科技交流案例研究：军备控制、863计划和气候变化”, 首都师范大学历史学院，2015年7月29日。[“Case Studies in China-US Transnational Scientific and Technological Exchanges: Arms Control, 863 Plan, and Climate Change,” Capital Normal University College of History, July 29, 2015, Beijing.]
“美国科学家与公共政策制定案例研究”, 中国自然科学基金委，2015年7月28日。[“Case Studies of American Scientists in Public Policy Making,” National Science Foundation of China, July 28, 2015, Beijing.]
“当代中美科技交流历史研究”, 河南师范大学STS所，2015年7月23日。[“Historical Studies in China-US Scientific and Technological Exchanges,” Henan Normal University STS Institute, July 23, 2015, Xinxiang.]
“科学家华商：美国华人科学家与中美高科技贸易历史研究”, 清华大学清华华商论坛，2015年7月20日。[“Scientist Entrepreneurs: A Historical Study of Chinese American Scientists and China-US High Tech Trades,” Tsinghua University Tsinghua Forum on “Chinese in the Business World,” July 20, 2015, Beijing.]
“在原子弹的阴影下：朱光亚和中国科学家社会责任感的演化”, 中国科学院自然科学史研究所、法国远东学院联合举办“中法论坛”，2015年7月16日。[“In the Shadow of the Atomic Bomb: Zhu Guangya and the Evolution of Chinese Scientists’ Sense of Social Responsibilities,” Sino-France Forum jointly sponsored by the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the École française d'Extrême-Orient, July 16, 2015, Beijing.]
“从卫星危机到奥巴马时代：美国科学家与公共政策制订”, 中国科学院自然科学史研究所近现代室午餐会，2015年7月14日。[“From the Sputnik Crisis to the Obama Era: American Scientists and Public Policy Making,” July 14, 2015, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences (Modern China Division Informal Luncheon Meetings), Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 14, 2015, Beijing.]
“冷战与发展：中国1956年12年科技规划的制定和影响”, 中国科学院自然科学史研究所近现代室暨青年学术小组，2015年7月7日。[“The Cold War and Development: The Making and Impact of the 1956 Twelve-Year Science and Technology Plan of China,” Institute for the History of Natural Sciences (Modern China Division and Young Historians Group), Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 7, 2015, Beijing.]
“从华盛顿到奥巴马：美国科技政策历史与现状研究”, 中国国家科技部中国科技战略发展研究院，2015年7月9日。 [“From Washington to Obama: A Study of the History and Current Status of American Science and Technology Policy,” Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development, Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, July 9, 2015, Beijing.]
“从核军备控制到气候变化：美中物理学家和科学外交”, 首都师范大学物理系，2015年7月3日。 [“From Nuclear Arms Control to Climate Change: American and Chinese Physicists and Scientific Diplomacy,” July 3, 2015, Capital Normal University Department of Physics, Beijing.]
“Chinese American Scientists and Modern China: From Boxer Fellows to Reform Advocates,” Symposium on Chinese Archaeology, History, and Culture, Department of History, California State University, Fullerton, April 21, 2015.
“Scientists as Exiles: The Case of Chinese Americans in Southern California during the Cold War and Beyond,” invited keynote at Conference on “The Work of Exile: Loss, Challenge, and Possibility in Southern California,” Department of Liberal Studies, California State University at Fullerton, CA, April 10-11, 2015.
“Going to Taiwan: Chinese American Biomedical Scientists and US-Taiwan Scientific Exchanges,” session on “Transnational Biomedical Expertise in Modern China,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 6-9, 2014.
“The Chinese Developmental State during the Cold War: The Making of the 1956 Twelve-Year Science and Technology Plan,” Workshop “Dark Matters II: Science and the Cold War in a Decolonizing World,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, September 5-6, 2014.
“中美科技交流：从冷战到奥巴马”，中国科学院自然科学史研究所科技史大讲堂，2014年8月22日。[“Sino-American scientific and technological exchange: From the Cold War to Obama,” Lectures on the History of Science and Technology, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, August 22, 2014.] 讲座海报；陈百惠, “王作跃：中国科学家缺乏独立性，难以摆脱部门利益” (PDF)， 2014年8月25日。
“中美近现代科技史研究”，中国科学院自然科学史研究所中国近现代史室/格致下午茶，2014年8月19日。[“Studies in modern Chinese and American history of science and technology,” Division for the History of Modern Chinese Science and the Afternoon Science Tea Group, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, August 19, 2014.] ；讲座报道PDF。
“留美科学家跨国历史研究”，中国科学院力学研究所，2014年8月20日。[“Transnational historical studies of American-trainded Chinese scientists,” Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, August 20, 2014.]
“Chinese American Scientists and Taiwan: Claims and Connections in the Cold War,” Conference on “Modern China in Global Contexts: 1600-Present,” the Institute of Modern History of Academia Sinica (co-sponsored by the Historical Society for Twentieth Century China), Taipei, August 11-13, 2014. Program PDF.
“奥巴马时期美国科技政策”, 中国自然科学基金委，2014年7月28日。[“US science policy under Obama,” National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing, July 28, 2014.]
“中美台科技政策研究”，北京长城企业研究所，2014年7月10日。[“Studies in the science and technology policies of the US, mainland China, and Taiwan,” The Great Wall Enterprise Institute, Beijing, July 10, 2014.] 报道PDF。
“留美华人科学家与台湾的科技经济发展”，中国科技部科技信息研究所，2014年7月8日。[“Chinese American scientists and the technological-economic developments of Taiwan,” Institute of Scientific and Technological Information of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Beijing, July 8, 2014.]
“全球华人科学家共同体的形成与影响：以华人物理学会为例”，首都师范大学物理系，2014年7月3日。[“The formation and impact of global ethnic Chinese scientific communities: The case of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association,” Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, July 3, 2014.]
“近现代中美科技政策比较研究”，国防科技大学，2014年6月27日。[“Comparative historical studies in modern Chinese and American science and technology policies,” National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, June 27, 2014.]
“近现代中国科技政策历史研究”，国防科技大学，2014年6月25日。[“Historical studies in modern Chinese science and technology policy,” National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, June 25, 2014.]
“近现代美国科技政策历史研究”，国防科技大学，2014年6月23日。[“Historical studies in modern American science and technology policy,” National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, June 23, 2014.]
Commentary on Katey Anderson, “Marine Meteorology: From Global to International Observing Regimes,” Workshop on “Place and Practice: Doing Science on and in the Ocean 1800-2012,” King’s College, Halifax, Canada, June 14-17, 2014.
Commentary at Workshop on “New Horizons in the History of Modern East Asian Science and Technology,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 3-5, 2014.
“White Flags in a Red Tide: Debates over Basic vs. Applied Research in the Politics of Science in Modern China,” Conference on “Basic and Applied Research: Historical Semantics of a Key Distinction in 20th Century Science Policy,” University of Bonn, February 20-22, 2014.
“Arms Control” (the roles of scientists in US-China nuclear arms control and lessons for climate change negotiations), conference on “Nuclear Arms Control and Climate Change Negotiations: Shared Lessons and Possibilities,” University of Texas, Austin, January 16-17, 2014.
Chair of panel on “Science, Technology, and Medicine during China’s ‘Cultural Revolution,’” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Boston, November 22, 2013.
“Transnational History: From the Atomic Bomb to Climate Change,” Cal Poly Pomona History Department “Brown Bag” Series, November 20, 2013.
“The Early Republic: The Warlords, Military Technology, the New Culture Movement, and the Birth of the Scientific Community,” Workshop on “Historical Influence of Contemporary Chinese Grand Strategic Thinking on Science and Technology,” UC San Diego-Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, san Diego, October 18, 2013.
“Scientific Revolutions, Technological Revolutions, and the Modernization in the United States,” Institute for the History of Natural Sciences (as part of its international evaluation), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, October 17, 2013.
“…And the Rest Is History: How to Learn, Teach, Write, Interpret, and Present about the Past,” presentation at Cal Poly Pomona Library as part of the 75th anniversary campus celebration, October 7, 2013.
“Obama’s Science and Technology Policy: Retrospect and Prospects,” Great Wall Institute, Beijing, July 3, 2013.
“Making Developmental State during the Cold War: A Comparative Study of Chinese and Indian Science and Technology Policy in the 1950s and 1960s,” workshop “Intersections: New Perspectives on Twentieth Century History of Science and Technology in India and China,” Tsinghua University, Beijing, June 29, 2013. Co-authored by Jahnavi Phalkey
“Chinese American Physicists and China’s Reform and Opening Up,” Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing, June 27, 2013. In Chinese.
“要写出真实的历史” (the need to write true history), remarks at the conference marking the publication of 王德禄和杜开昔，《1950年代归国留美科学家访谈录》(interviews with Chinese scientists who returned from the US in the 1950s), Great Wall Institute, Beijing, June 26, 2013.
“Chinese American Scientists and China’s Reform and Opening Up,” Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, June 25, 2013.
“Chinese American Scientists: A Transnational Historical Study,” University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, June 13, 2013.
“Studies in Recent History of Science and Technology in the US and China,” University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, June 13, 2013.
“Obama’s Science and Technology Policy: Retrospect and Prospect,” Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China, June 6, 2013.
“A Comparative Study of the Developments of Modern Physical Sciences in the US and China,” Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, June 5, 2013.
“Models of Modernization? Chinese American Scientists in Reform-Era China,” Fulbright Conference of Hong Kong University on “New Perspectives on Transnational Chinese Culture and History,” Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, June 2, 2013.
“Asian Americans in Science and Technology: A Historical Study with Emphasis on Chinese American Scientists and Engineers,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Asian Pacific American Council, Livermore, May 28, 2013.
“Chinese American Scientists: A Study in Transnational History of Science and Technology,” Cal State Fullerton, April 25, 2013.
Chair of panel on “Humanities and Social Sciences,” Annual Conference of the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California, San Gabriel, March 30, 2013.
“The Sputnik Moments: Science and Technology Policy from Eisenhower to Obama,” at the conference on “Ike Reconsidered” at Hunter College, New York, March 7, 2013.
“In Sputnik’s Shadow: America in the 1950s,” Keynote at annual meeting of the Historical Society of Pomona Valley, Pomona, CA, February 9, 2013.
Chair of panel on “Modern China and Transnational Science,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, November 16, 2012.
“中美跨国科学和决策心理学” (transnational science in the US and China; new insights on policy-making), Great Wall Institute, Beijing, November 13, 2012.
Participation as a commentator at a conference on “老科学家学术成长资料采集工程” (the project to document the academic careers of senior scientists of China) sponsored by the China Science and Technology Association, Jinan, China, November 11, 2012.
“Chinese/American Scientists: Making Transnational Science in the US and China,” National Astronomical Observatory, Beijing, November 9, 2012.
“二战后美国国防科技政策演化” (Evolution of American Defense Science and Technology Policy since World War II), National University of Defense Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences, November 7 and 8, 2012.
“China’s International Scientific and Technological Exchanges: The Case of Geosciences from IGY to Global Warming,” Third International Symposium on the History of Technological Exchange between China and Foreign Countries, Changsha, China, November 6-8, 2012. Co-authored by Jiuchen Zhang.
“冷战时期跨国科学：中国、美国、欧洲” (Transnational Science during the Cold War: China, the US, and Europe), University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院大学), Beijing, October 31, 2012. Co-authored by Xiaodong Yin.
“美国关于中国近现代科技史研究” (American Studies on the History of Science and Technology in Modern China), Institute for the History of Natural Sciences (自然科学史所) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, October 23, 2012.
“中美近代科学发展比较” (Comparative Studies in the Development of Science in Modern China and US), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (大连化物所), Dalian, China. October 19, 2012.
“美国关于中国近现代科技史研究” (American Studies on the History of Science and Technology in Modern China), Zhengzhou University (郑州大学) College of History, Zhengzhou, China, October 17, 2012.
“美国关于中国近现代科技史研究” (American Studies on the History of Science and Technology in Modern China), Henan Normal University (河南师范大学) Science, Technology, and Society Institute, Xinxiang, China, October 16, 2012.
“中美近现代科技史研究” (Studies in Recent History of Science and Technology in China and the US), Henan Polytechnic University (河南理工大学), Jiaozuo, China, October 15, 2012.
“Professor Fang Lizhi: A Scientist and Advocate for Human Rights and Democracy,” Symposium on “Exploring the Dark Universe: Frontiers of Cosmology and Astrophysics in the 21st Century,” Tucson, AZ, October 6, 2012.
“General Education Curriculum and Cal Poly Pomona’s Various Colleges and Services” (通识教育课程及加州州立理工大学各学院和服务机构设置) for delegation from Jiangsu Polytechnic College (江苏农林职业技术学院), Jurong City, Jiangsu, China, at Cal Poly Pomona Extension, July 3, 2012.
Participation at Workshop on “Scientific/Technological Revolutions and National Modernization,” Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, May 1-8, 2012.
Participation at Workshop “Intersections: New Perspectives on Twentieth Century History of Science and Technology in India and China,” King’s College London, April 10-15, 2012.
“In Sputnik’s Shadow: Reflections on American Science and Technology Policy during the Cold War and Beyond,” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, March 15, 2012.
“Chinese-American Exact Scientists as Advisors to the Chinese Government,” 2012 Hixon Conference on “Engineers, Exact Scientists (Technocrats) and Political Processes: Global Perspectives,” Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, March 2-3, 2012, on March 3, 2012.
“通识教育课程发展与加州州立大学模式” (General Education Curriculum and the CSU Model), for a delegation from Yunan University （云南大学）, at CPP Extension, February 7, 2012.
“Transnational Science and Politics during the Cold War: China, US, and Europe,” Keynote Speech, Annual Meeting of the Danish National Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science on the theme of “Science and Politics at War,” Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, December 13, 2011. Co-authored by Xiaodong Yin. See a report on the conference in German by Christian Kehrt.
“Transnational Science and the Cold War: China, US, and Europe,” Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 9, 2011. Co-authored by Xiaodong Yin.
“近代史资料的收集和编撰” (The Collection and Compilation of Modern Historical Materials) for a delegation on modern history from Zhejiang Province, at CPP Extension, December 5, 2011.
“通识教育课程发展与加州州立大学模式” (General Education Curriculum and the CSU Model”), for delegation from Henan Polytechnic University （河南理工大学）, at CPP Extension, November 15, 2011.
“Making Transnational Science: American-Educated Chinese Scientists in China and the US since World War II,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Cleveland, November 5, 2011.
“Modern China, Transnational Science: The Role and Experiences of US-Educated Chinese Scientists since 1949,” The Asian Studies Center, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, September 15, 2011.
“The History of Science and Public Policy,” Keynote, Workshop on “The Public History of Science and Technology,” Department of History, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, September 13, 2011.
“Making Transnational Science: A Historical Study of Chinese/American Scientists,” 13th International Congress for the History of Science in East Asia, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, July 25, 2011.
“The Spiritual Worlds of Chinese American Scientists,” Renmin University of China, Beijing, July 8, 2011.
“The Spiritual Worlds of Chinese American Scientists,” International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 21-23, 2011.
“A Transnational History of Chinese/American Physicists,” Condensed Matter Physics Webinar, University of South Carolina, May 5, 2011.
Participation at Workshop on “Intersections: New Approaches to Science and Technology in 20th Century China and India,” York University, Toronto, April 7-10, 2011.
“Chinese/American Physicists: A Transnational History” (中国留美物理学家的跨国历史研究), American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, March 21-25, 2011 (on March 24, 2011). Link on talk, including abstract, presentation in pdf, and audio.
“教授和美国大学GE课程的设计” (Faculty and Curriculum Development: General Education) for delegation from Henan Polytechnic University (河南理工大学), March 15, 2011, Cal Poly Pomona Extension, March 15, 2011.
“Epistemology of Science” (科学认识论) (with Peter Ross), Cal Poly Pomona Political Science Department, February 10, 2011.
“Beyond the Middle Kingdom: China and the Evolution of Global Earth Sciences” (走出中国：中国和全球性地球科学的演化), “Earth Science, Global Science” Workshop, York University, Toronto, Canada, September 30-October 2, 2010 (on September 30, 2010). Co-authored by Jiuchen Zhang.
“冷战与中国科学的跨国化” (The Cold War and the Transnationalization of Science in China), 清华大学(Tsinghua University)科学技术史沙龙2010年第二期，2010年9月9日。
“中国留美科学家跨国历史研究” (A Study in the Transnational History of Chinese/American Scientists), 中国科技信息研究所 (China Scientific and Technical Information Institute), 北京，2010年9月8日。
“The Cold War and the Reshaping of Transnational Science in China” (冷战与中国跨国科学的演变), Caltech 2010 Francis Bacon Conference on “How the Cold War Transformed Science,” Caltech, May 7-9, 2010 (on May 8, 2010).
Chair of Panel on “Staging Science: Scientists at Exhibitions, 1851-1938,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies Annual Meeting, Pomona College, Claremont, March 19-21, 2010 (on March 20, 2010).
“The Post WW2 Americanization of International Science and the Transnationalization of American Science” (二次世界大战后国际科学的美国化和美国科学的跨国化)，Special Session on “Meet the Author of American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Phoenix, November 19-22, 2009 (on November 21, 2009).
“Chinese/American Scientists: A Transnational History” (留美科学家：一个跨国的历史)，National Air and Space Museum (Contemporary History Colloquium), Washington DC, November 12, 2009.
Panelist on “Ethnic Studies and Archival Research” at Archival Education Research Institute (AERI), UCLA, July 10, 2009.
“在卫星的阴影下：美国科技环境政策从艾森豪威尔到奥巴马”(In Sputnik’s Shadow: American Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy from Eisenhower to Obama)，首都师范大学(Capital Normal University)历史学院,2009年６月１６日。
“从全球变暖看美国近现代科技环境政策”(Recent US Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy: The Case of Global Warming)，清华大学（Tsinghua University）科学技术与社会研究所科学技术史沙龙，2009年6月7日。
“近现代中国物理科学的历史研究”(Historical Studies of Physical Sciences in Modern China) 和“放在跨国视野下的近现代美国科技”(Science and Technology in Modern US: A Transnational Perspective), 首都师范大学(Capital Normal University)物理系,2009年６月４日。
“Chinese American Scientists: A Transnational History” (美籍华人科学家：一个跨国的历史), Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meeting, Honolulu, April 23-25, 2009.
“US, China, and Global Warming: Alone Together at the Top” (美国， 中国，和全球变暖) Conference on “Climate and Cultural Anxiety,” Colby College, Waterville, ME, April 1-4, 2009.
“Cultural Nationalism and Modernization: Chinese American Scientists in China” （文化民族主义和现代化：美籍华人科学家在中国）, “Science and Technology in the Making of Modern China” (中国近现代科技史国际研讨会), February 27-28, 2009, at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711. (Co-organizer and speaker)
“中美近现代科技史与科技政策研究”， 河南师范大学， 新乡， 2008年12月30日。(“Studies in the History of Science, Technology, and Policy in Modern China and US,” Henan Normal University, Xinxiang，December 30, 2008).
“A Model of Modernity? Chinese American Scientists in China since 1971” （现代化的典范？１９７１年后美籍华人科学家在中国），History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, November 6-9, 2008.
“What the President Should Know about Science: Historical Reflections,” Cal Poly Pomona Phi Alpha Theta Chapter, March 13, 2008.
“Modern American Presidencies,” Teaching American History workshop sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, held at Nixon Presidential Library for teachers from Montebello Unified School District on February 26, 2008 and for the Pasadena and El Rancho Unified School Districts on April 15, 2008.
“Historical Perspectives on World War II: US, Japan, China, and the Atomic Bomb,” Teaching American History workshop for teachers, San Bernardino, CA, February 25, 2008.
“In Sputnik’s Shadow: American Science Policy during the Cold War and Beyond,” California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Physics Department Colloquia, Pomona, February 22, 2008.
“Making History: Senior Theses and Undergraduate Historical Research,” Cal Poly Pomona Showcase “Achieving Our Mission: Stories of Successful Learning,” Cal Poly Pomona, February 19-20, 2008.
“Eisenhower’s Legacy: American Science and Space Policy before and after Explorer I,” Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Conference on “Space Exploration’s Rich History: The 50th Anniversary of Explorer I,” JPL, Pasadena, January 26, 2008.
“Chinese American Scientists and Postwar American Science Policy,” American Studies Program, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, December 27, 2007.
“‘If You Learn Your Math, Physics, and Chemistry…’: Technical Immigrants from China to the US since 1978,” Conference on New Chinese Immigrants in the US, Shanghai, December 10-17, 2007.
“In Sputnik’s Shadow: American Scientists, Eisenhower, and the Negotiation over Its Meaning,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, November 1-4, 2007.
“China and the International Geophysical Year,” Conference on “Making Science Global,” the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC, October 30-31, 2007. Co-authored by Zhang Jiuchen.
“The US and the Chinese Atomic Bomb,”
Symposium on “Nukes in Asia,” Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, October 11-12, 2007.
“From the Sputnik Crisis to 9/11: A Historical Study of Recent US Science and Education Policy,”
Peking (Beijing) University Colloquium in the History and Philosophy of Science, Beijing, August 28, 2007.
“Evolution of American Science and Technology Policy since World War II and Its Impact on Higher Education,”
Tsinghua (Qinghua) University Institute on Higher Education, Beijing, August 28, 2007.
“Studies in the History of Science and Technology in Modern China: The Past, Present, and Prospect” (in Chinese),
An Invited Talk at the Symposium on Disciplinary Construction and Development in the History of Science and Technology, Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, August 17-18, 2007.
“US-China Relations,”
“Teaching American History” Project jointly sponsored by Cal Poly Pomona History Department and the Hacienda Heights School District, Hacienda Heights, CA, August 6, 2007.
“Engineering a New Space: Chinese American Scientists and Engineers in Aerospace in Southern California,”
Huntington-USC Conference on “Rocket Science and Region,” Pasadena, CA, August 3-4, 2007.
“History of Science and Science Policy,” MBL-Arizona State University History of Biology Seminar on “What’s the Value of History for Science?” Woods Hole, MA, May 14-19, 2007. Co-authored by Naomi Oreskes.
Chair of Panel on “Science and Society in the Cold War,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, November 2-5, 2006.
Chair and commentator, panel on “Science and Power in 20th Century China,” Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 2006.
“Responding to Rachel Carson: Scientists, the White House, and Environmental Policy in the 1960s,” UC San Diego Science Studies Program, La Jolla, CA, November 2005.
“Physics in China in the Context of the Cold War,” Conference on “Physics in Germany from 1920 to 1970: Concepts, Instruments, and Resources for Research and Research Support in International Comparison,” Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, September 29-October 1, 2005.
“‘It Just Scared Me to Death:’ American Response to the Chinese Atomic Bomb,” Conference on “Nukes in East Asia,” Union College, Schenectady, NY, September 2005.
“Scientists as Advisors on Military Technology: The Case of the US President’s Science Advisory Committee in a Comparative Context, 1939-1973,” International Congress of History of Science, Beijing, China, July 2005.
“Technical Aliens: Chinese Scientists in the United States and the Politics of Early Cold War,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November 2004.
“China Goes to the Poles,” NSF History of Polar Oceanography Workshop, Barrow, Alaska, September 2004.
Chair of panel on “Politics and Science in the Modern World,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, November 2003, Cambridge, MA.
“Framing the Transnational in Modern Chinese Science: Nationalism, Professionalism, and Modernization,”
Johns Hopkins University Conversation on the Future History of Science, Medicine, and Technology in East Asia, Baltimore, September 2003.
“Taming Undisciplined Enthusiasm: Presidential Science Advisors and the Space Program, 1957-1973,” Society for the Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, November 2002.
Chair of panel on “20th Century Physical Sciences in East Asia and the Pacific Rim,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, November 2002.
“Recent Trends in History of Science and Technology in the US: Merging into the Mainstream,” The Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, August 2002.
“Science, Technology, and Education in China: A Historical Perspective on Recent Changes,” International Research Forum, Cal Poly Pomona, April 2002.
“Science and Civil society in China: The Case of the Science Society of China, 1914-1951,” Symposium on “Ideology and Science,” Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley, October 19-20, 2001, Berkeley.
"Channeling Two Worlds: A Historical Study of Chinese American Physicists," The 21st International Congress for History of Science, Mexico City, July 2001.
Chair of panel on "North-South Scientific Relations during the Cold War," History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, November 2-5, 2000.
“A Model of Modernity: The Role of Chinese American Scientists in China’s Science Policy,” Policy History Conference, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, June 2000.
"Family History: A Tool in Teaching the Immigrant Experiences in US Surveys," Southern California History Retreat, Cal Poly Pomona, May 2000.
Organized and chaired panel on "Chinese Science and Society in the Twentieth Century: New Trends in Historiography," West Coast History of Science Society and UC/Stanford Workshop in the History of Science, UC Berkeley, May 5-7, 2000.
Commentary on Douglas Weiner, “Ecology and Environmentalism in the USSR and the US: Two Models of Professional and Civic Identity,” Workshop on “Science and Civil Society,” University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 13-16, 2000.
“'Ideologically Correct' Science,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, November 1999. Co-authored by M. Gordin, W. Grunden, and M. Walker.
"History of Science in the United States," a talk at the Institute of the History of the Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 1999.
"Pacific Exchanges: US-China Contacts in Oceanography in the Twentieth Century," Workshop on the History of Oceanography ("Maury II"), Woodshole Oceanographic Institution, Woodshole, MA, June 16, 1999.
"A Tale of Two Labs: SLAC, BEPC, and the Politics of High Energy Physics," Conference on the History and Sociology of the Laboratory, State University of New York, Stony Brook, June 1999.
"From Sputnik to the Internet: American Scientists and Technological Skepticism," Department of History, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, March 8, 1999.
"The Atomic Bomb: Linking World War II and the Cold War in American History," Department of History, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, March 8, 1999.
"Chinese American Scientists: From Model Minority to Model Modernity," Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley, February 1999.
"Banking on Technological Skepticism: American Scientists and Public Policy during the Cold War," a Panel on "Science and Democracy in Postwar America," History of Science Society Annual Meeting, October 1998, Kansas City.
"Ethnic America and Transnational Technoscience: The Case of the Chinese American Scientific Community," Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, May 1998, Prescott, AZ.
"American Scientists and US-China Scientific Exchange: A Case Study of Scientific Internationalism during the Cold War," Workshop on "Science, Technology, and Modern America: New Historical Perspectives," March 7, 1998, University of California, Los Angeles.
“US-China Scientific Exchange, 1971-1989,” Conference on Physicists in the Postwar Political Arena, January 1998, University of California, Berkeley.
“Between the Devil and the Deep sea: C. K. Tseng and Marine Science and Technology in Modern China,” History of Science Society Annual Meeting, November 1997, San Diego, CA. Co-authored by Peter Neushul.
"Revolutionary Utilitarianism: Science and Political Ideology in China, 1949-1976," Workshop on "Science and Political Ideology," August 1997, Union College, Schenectady, NY.
“Responding to Silent Spring: Presidential Science Advisors and the Negotiations over Federal Pesticide Policy in the Kennedy Administration,” American Society for Environmental History Meeting, March 1997, Baltimore, MD.
"American Science and the Cold War," Department of History and Center for the History of Recent Science, George Washington University, February 1997, Washington, DC.
“History of Science and Scientists: Historicizing the ‘Science Wars,’” UC-Stanford Workshop in History of Science, January 1997, UC Berkeley, CA.
“History of Science on the Internet and World Wide Web,” History of Science Program, April 1996, UC Santa Barbara.
"The Policy History of SLAC and Its Comparison with that of the SSC [Superconducting Super Collider]," as part of a panel discussion on "Learning from a Policy Fiasco: The SSC as a Science Policy Case Study,"
Society for the History of Technology-Society for the Social Studies of the Science Joint Meeting, October 1995, Charlottesville, VA.
"Negotiating the Boundaries: Science and Politics in China in the Twentieth Century," History of Science Colloquium, April 1995, UC Santa Barbara.
"US-China Scientific Exchanges since Nixon," History of Science Colloquium, December 1994, UC Santa Barbara.
"American Responses to Sputnik," Southern College of Technology, April 1993, Marietta, GA.
"American Science Challenged: The Debate over US Science Policy in Response to Sputnik," American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)--Pacific Division Annual Meeting, June 1992, Santa Barbara, CA.
"Ike, Sputnik, and PSAC: Scientists into the White House, 1957-1961," History of Science Society-Society for History of Technology Joint Annual Meeting, November 1991, Madison, WI.
"Scientists at the White House: A History of the President's Science Advisory Committee, 1957-1973," West Coast History of Science Society Annual Meeting, May 1991, Morro Bay, CA.
"World War I and Cambridge Science, 1914-1926," 18th International Congress of History of Science, August 1989, Hamburg, Germany.