Recent Alumni

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The University of Chicago is proud to present the following historians, current PhD candidates and recent alumni, who are seeking faculty appointments in the academy or professional positions in other sectors.

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Stephanie Painter



PhD'23 (East Asia)
stephanie3@uchicago.edu
Interests:

Cultural and social history of late imperial and modern China; gender and sexuality; legal history; masculinity studies; ethnicity and the state; everyday life

Surabhi Pudasaini



PhD '24 (South Asia)
surabhip@uchicago.edu
Griffin Ridley

Griffin Ridley



PhD '24 (Medieval)
gridley@uchicago.edu
Interests:

History of political thought; intellectual history; medieval papacy; medieval Italy

Brian Salas



PhD '24 (Byzantine)
bwsalas@uchicago.edu
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Jiakai Sheng



Teaching Fellow in the Social Sciences, East Asian Civilizations (2024-26)
Office Hours:
  • Autumn Quarter 2025
  • Tuesday, 2:00-3:30pm in Foster Hall, room 04
    • jiakaisheng@uchicago.edu
    Interests:

    Modern Japan; Modern China; East Asian Transnational History; Japanese Colonial Empire; Japanese Diaspora; Sino-Japanese Relations; Urban History; History of Shanghai

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    Juan Coddou Wilson



    PhD '25 (Latin America)
    jiwilson@uchicago.edu
    Interests:

    Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin America; Law and Legal Practice; Economic History; Agrarian Studies; Commodities and Development, Social Movements and State Formation; Political and Legal Theory