Julian Gewirtz

Julian Gewirtz
Born	1989or1990(age 34–35)
Education	Oxford University (PhD), Harvard College (BA)
Occupation(s)	Historian, diplomat, poet
Parents	Paul Gewirtz (father) Zoë Baird (mother)
Website	http://www.juliangewirtz.com

Julian Gewirtz (born 1989 or 1990) ^[1] is an American diplomat, historian, and poet ^[2] who served as Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs at the White House National Security Council in the Biden administration. ^[3] He was previously Deputy Coordinator for Global China Affairs at the U.S. Department of State ^{[4] [5]} and Director for China at the White House National Security Council (NSC). ^{[1] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Education

Gerwirtz attended Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut, ^[10] and later earned a PhD in modern Chinese history from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar ^[11] in 2018 and a BA from Harvard College in 2013. ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Publications

Books

• Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s, Harvard University Press, 2022 ^[14]
• Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China, Harvard University Press, 2017 ^[15]

Articles

• China's Road Not Taken, Foreign Affairs , September 29, 2022 ^[16]
• China Thinks America Is Losing: Washington Must Show Beijing It’s Wrong, Foreign Affairs , November/December 2020 ^[17]
• The Chinese Reassessment of Interdependence, China Leadership Monitor , July 1, 2020 ^[18]
• Stop writing China off as an enemy. Millennials don't. The Washington Post , 2017 ^[19]
• The Cruise that Changed China, Foreign Affairs , November/December 2016 ^[20]

Poems

• Your Face My Flag: Poems, Copper Canyon Press , 2022 ^[21]

Personal life

Gewirtz's father is Yale Law School professor Paul Gewirtz and his mother is Zoë Baird. ^[22]

References

1. Thompson, Alex; Ward, Alexander; Tani, Max (September 28, 2022). "A China-centric poet, don't you know it". Politico . Retrieved April 21, 2024.
2. "The Poet and the Historian: On Julian Gewirtz's "Your Face My Flag" and "Never Turn Back"". Los Angeles Review of Books. August 21, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
3. https://x.com/JulianGewirtz/status/1880711276038590904?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. Pelayo, Joze (March 30, 2023). "US Perceptions of China's Middle East Presence with US State Department's Dr. Julian Gewirtz and Chris Backemeyer". Atlantic Council. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
5. "Critical Issues Confronting China Series featuring Julian Gewirtz - The Global China Challenge". Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
6. Thompson, Alex (December 16, 2022). "American Gothic". West Wing Playbook. POLITICO. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
7. Reale, Hannah (March 21, 2021). "Biden's China Team". The Wire China. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
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. "Julian Gewirtz '08 Named 2008 Presidential Scholar". Hopkins School. May 30, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
11. "American Rhodes Scholars-elect for 2013" (PDF). November 27, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
12. "Julian B. Gewirtz". ChinaFile. April 10, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
13. "Julian Gewirtz". www.wilsoncenter.org. March 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
14. Gewirtz, Julian (2022). Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
15. 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.
16. Gewirtz, Julian (September 29, 2022). "China's Road Not Taken". Foreign Affairs. ISSN   0015-7120 . Retrieved November 18, 2023.
17. Gewirtz, Julian (November 1, 2020). "China Thinks America Is Losing". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
18. Gewirtz, Julian (July 1, 2020). "The Chinese Reassessment of Interdependence". China Leadership Monitor. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
19. Gewirtz, Julian (February 23, 2017). "Stop writing China off as an enemy. Millennials don't". The Washington Post . Retrieved November 18, 2023.
20. Gewirtz, Julian (November 1, 2016). "The Cruise that Changed China". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
21. Gewirtz, Julian (2022). Your Face My Flag. Copper Canyon Press.
22. "Son of Zoë Baird, From Hamden, Wins Rhodes Scholarship". Hartford Courant. November 19, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2024.