Name: Li Yuqing

Education: Doctoral degree

Language: English, Thai

Email: yuqingli@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Political Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, Cultural Polity, Body Theory and Gender Studies, Thai and Southeast Asian Studies.

• B.A. in Thai Language and Literature, Peking University, 2008-2012.

• M.A. in Thai Language and Literature, Peking University, 2012-2015.

• Ph.D. in Anthropology, Tsinghua University, 2015-2020.

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, USA, 2017.1-2017.12.

• Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2018.6-2019.2.

• Visiting Scholar, Institute of East Asian Studies, Thammasat University, Thailand，2022.9-2023.9

• Li, Yuqing (2016). Forms and Causes of Buddhist Intervention in Thai Political Conflicts. Southeast Asian Studies, (4), 106-112. (CSSCI)

• Li, Yuqing (2017). Money for Nothing: Commercial Surrogacy Cases in Thailand. Rian Thai: International Journal of Thai Studies, 10(2).

• Li, Yuqing (2019). Lost in Narratives of Identity: The Predicament of Surrogates in Thailand. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 12(1), 157-171. (SSCI)

• Li, Yuqing (2020). An Observation and Analysis of Thai Folk Responses to COVID-19: Religious Practices Perspective. Regional Observations (1).

• Li, Yuqing (2021). Journey to Utopia: Thai Workers’ New Village. Field Observations (5).

• Li, Yuqing (2022). After the Opening of China-Laos Railway: Current Situation and Prospects of China-Thailand Railway. Regional Observations (8).

• Li Yuqing. "Fieldwork from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Vision, Ecology, and Commonalities." Area Studies, Issue 2, 2023(8).

• Li Yuqing. "Thailand: Fireflies, Forests, and Fate." In Fieldwork Investigations of Worldly Affairs and Human Relationships - Selected Fieldwork Investigations from the Institute for International and Area Studies, Tsinghua University. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2023.

• Michael Herzfeld and Li Yuqing. “Possibilities of Fieldwork: Methodology, Engagement and Comparison—Interview with Professor Michael Herzfeld”. Tsinghua Journal of Field Research. 2024(2.)

• Li, Yuqing et al. (2024). The Socioeconomic Status of Women in the Coffee Industry in Yunnan from a Comparative Area Studies Perspective. Yunnan University Journal of Area Studies, 2024(9).

• Li, Yuqing (2024). Buddhadasa Bhikkhu and Thailand’s Dhamma Society. In Jing Jun & Gao Liangmin (Eds.), Southern Theory: Alternative Constructions in Humanities and Social Sciences. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

• Chris Baker & Pasuk Phongpaichit (2023). A History of Thailand. Translated by Yuqing Li & Jin Yong. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

• 2016.7.28-29, participated in the ENITS (Empowering Network for International Thai Studies) International Conference on Thai Studies organized by the Center for Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, and delivered a speech entitled "Money for nothing: an empirical study on surrogacy cases and surrogate legislation changes in modern Thailand";

• 2016.12.10-11, participated in the "Young Anthropologist Forum" organized by the Institute of global ethnology and anthropology, Minzu University of China, and delivered a speech entitled "Contemporary Dialogue between Ethnography and History: Perspectives from Southeast Asia".

• 2023.11.8-10，Presented “Jumping out of Narratives of Danger: Security Governance in the Lancang-Mekong Basin in the Information Age” at the 2nd Lancang-Mekong River Basin Security Cooperation Forum, Yunnan University.