Julian Gewirtz

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Julian Gewirtz
Education Oxford University (PhD), Harvard College (BA)
Occupation(s)Historian, diplomat, poet
Employer US Department of State
Father Paul Gewirtz
Website http://www.juliangewirtz.com

Julian Gewirtz is an American diplomat, historian, and poet [1] currently serving as Deputy Coordinator for Global China Affairs at the U.S. Department of State in the Biden administration. [2] [3] He was previously Director for China at the White House National Security Council (NSC). [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Education

Gerwirtz earned a PhD in modern Chinese history from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar [10] in 2018 and a BA from Harvard College in 2013. [11]

Career

Prior to joining the NSC, Gewirtz was a Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a Wilson China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in 2020. [12]

Publications

Books

Articles

Poems

Personal life

Gewirtz's father is Yale Law School professor Paul Gewirtz and his mother is Zoë Baird. [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Poet and the Historian: On Julian Gewirtz's "Your Face My Flag" and "Never Turn Back"". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ↑ Pelayo, Joze (2023-03-30). "US Perceptions of China's Middle East Presence with US State Department's Dr. Julian Gewirtz and Chris Backemeyer". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Julian Gewirtz - The Global China Challenge". Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Alex; Ward, Alexander; Tani, Max (September 28, 2022). "A China-centric poet, don't you know it". Politico . Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Alex. "American Gothic". West Wing Playbook. POLITICO. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Alex; Ward, Alexander; Tani, Max (2022-09-28). "A China-centric poet, don't you know it". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  7. ↑ Reale, Hannah (2021-03-21). "Biden's China Team". The Wire China. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  8. ↑ "Biden's China Team" (PDF). The Wire China. March 19, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Julian Gewirtz Bio" (PDF). Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  10. ↑ "American Rhodes Scholars-elect for 2013" (PDF). November 27, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Julian B. Gewirtz". ChinaFile. 2015-04-10. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  12. ↑ "Julian Gewirtz | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
  13. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2022). Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
  14. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2017). Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-97113-4. JSTOR   j.ctv24trbv0.
  15. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2022-09-29). "China's Road Not Taken". Foreign Affairs. ISSN   0015-7120 . Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  16. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2020-11-01). "China Thinks America Is Losing". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  17. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2020-07-01). "The Chinese Reassessment of Interdependence". China Leadership Monitor. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  18. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (February 23, 2017). "Stop writing China off as an enemy. Millennials don't". The Washington Post . Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  19. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2016-11-01). "The Cruise that Changed China". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  20. ↑ Gewirtz, Julian (2022). Your Face My Flag. Copper Canyon Press.
  21. ↑ "Son of Zoë Baird, From Hamden, Wins Rhodes Scholarship". Hartford Courant. 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
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