Lianbin Dai

Lianbin Dai is a Sinologist by training with a D. Phil degree in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford. His area of specialization is the cultural and social history of late imperial China (1368 – 1911). His research encompasses issues of traditional Chinese knowledge culture (especially history of the Chinese humanities as a whole). He has undertaken extensive studies ranging from textual scholarship to material culture. Before relocating to Victoria, BC, Canada with his family, he has held a series of teaching and research positions in York University (Toronto, Canada), University of Alberta (Edmonton), University of British Columbia (Vancouver), Harvard University, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin, Germany), and University of Oxford. For more information, please visit his personal website.

Dr. Dai enjoys working with students interested in East Asian cultures and civilizations, particularly Chinese history, philosophy and culture by intensively reading core texts and other primary verbal and visual materials (in English and/or Chinese).