Yijun Ding
yjding@shmtu.edu.cn
Lecturer
He received his Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication Studies from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2016. In 2017, he obtained his Master’s degree in Media Studies from Uppsala University, Sweden. From September 2022,he served as a Senior Visiting Scholar of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a Young Visiting Scholar at the Alexandre Koyré Centre for the History of Science and Technology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France. In 2023, he earned his Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature from the School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. From July 2023 to June 2025, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of History, Shanghai Normal University, focusing on Sino-French relations in the 19th century and archival manuscripts of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In July 2025, he joined the School of International Education, Shanghai Maritime University, where he currently teaches Chinese Literature and College Chinese.
Research Funding
National Social Science Fund of China (2025): Research on Archives of French Peking Legation in Late Qing Period (25CZS067)
75th China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2024)
Young Visiting Scholar, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Humanities and Social Sciences Fund, French Embassy in China (2022)
Publications
Ding Yijun. France and the Origin of the Inspector General of Customs System in Modern China (1853–1863). Studies in Qing History, 2025(6).
Ding Yijun. The Lawrence Photo Album Recording Japanese Atrocities in Shanghai. Wenhui Daily (Theory Edition), September 7, 2025.
Ding Yijun & Zhang Zhiyun. French Propaganda Activities in China during World War I. Historical Review, 2021(1).
Ding Yijun & Zhang Zhiyun. The Customs Library and China's Political Process. Journal of Soochow University (Philosophy & Social Science Edition), 2025(6).