Zhou Yan

Education: Doctoral degree
Language: Chinese, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Email: zhou_yan@tsinghua.edu.cn
Countries/Regions: Brazil, Latin America
Research Interests: State and society relations; social class and political behaviours; culture and religion

Education and Work Background:

• Dual B.A. degree in International Relations and English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University;
• M.A. program in International Journalism, Tsinghua University;
• Ph.D. in Political Science, Tsinghua University;
• Postdoctoral Fellow at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Academic Visiting:

• Visiting Scholar, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., 2013-2014;
• Visiting Scholar, Political Science Department, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2014-2017

Journal Articles:

• ZHOU, Yan. 2019. “Explaining the Brazilian New Middle Class’s Weakening Support for Left-wing Parties.” International Forum, 21(1): 114-126. (Academic paper in Chinese, published on peer-reviewed journal of Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index).
• ZHOU, Yan. 2019. “Christian Evangelicals’ Participation in Brazilian Institutionalized Politics and Its Impact.” World Religion and Culture, 117(3): 60-67. (Academic paper in Chinese, published on peer-reviewed journal of Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index).
• ZHOU, Yan. 2019. “Conservatism in Brazil: New Wave or a Return to History?” World Affairs, 1747(8): 52-53. (Academic paper in Chinese)

Book Chapters:

• ZHOU, Yan. 2020. “The Road to Elite Higher Education for Brazilian Students with Low Socioeconomic Status.” In Area Studies: New Realities, New Conceptions, edited by Timothy Niblock, Yang Guang and Zhou Yan, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, pp.123-155.

Edited Books:

• Timothy Niblock, Yang Guang and Zhou Yan. 2020. Area Studies: New Realities, New Conceptions, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.