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Ihor Pidhainy
Assistant Professor
Dept: History
740-376-4461
Office: Thomas 305
Degrees: PhD, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto.
Expertise: China
Year appointed: 2009
Ihor Pidhainy is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he earned his PhD in the Department of East Asian Studies. His dissertation was on the Chinese poet, exile and scholar, Yang Shen (1488-1559). Ihor Pidhainy's research areas include Ming dynasty history, travel writing, Chinese fiction and biography. He is currently working on two projects: a biographical study of Yang Shen and Russian travelers to China during the 19th and early 20th centuries.