University of Southern California
School of International Relations

Daniel C. Lynch

Associate Professor
School of International Relations
Von KleinSmid Center, 326b
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0043
(213) 740-0773
dlynch@usc.edu
Curriculum Vitae in Adobe Acrobat format.

 

 
Professor Lynch is currently researching how Chinese intellectual and political elites are 'mapping the future.' He wants to understand the subtle nuances in debates about managing China's rise and the sociological and political problems faced. He will also assess regional reactions to the Chinese discourse in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia.

Books Published


  • Rising China and Asian Democratization: Socialization to “Global Culture” in the Political Transformations of Thailand, China, and Taiwan (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006).
  • After the Propaganda State: Media, Politics, and "Thought Work" in Reformed China. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999.

Articles and Chapters

  • "Envisioning China's Political Future: Elite Responses to Democracy as a Global Constitutive Norm." In International Studies Quarterly, forthcoming, 2007.
  • "Taiwan Adapts to the Network Society." In Edward Friedman, ed., China's Rise, Taiwan's Dilemmas, and International Peace (New York and London: Routledge, 2005).
  • "Refocusing the Taiwan Nationalists' 'Subjectivity' Movement," in the Jamestown Foundation China Brief, 4 January 2005.
  • "Taiwan's Self-Conscious Nation-Building Project." In Asian Survey, July-August 2004.
  • "International 'Decentering' and Democratization: The Case of Thailand." In International Studies Quarterly, June 2004.
  • The Asia-Pacific Region in a Time of Insecurity: Implications for Public Policy and the Private Sector, final report for the First Annual Pacific Rim Workshop organized jointly by the Pacific Council on International Policy and the University of Southern California (Los Angeles: Pacific Council and USC, February 2004).
  • "Taiwan's Democratization and the Rise of Taiwanese Nationalism as Socialization to Global Culture." In Pacific Affairs, Spring 2003.
  • "The Turbulent US-China Relationship: Insights from Chaos Theory and Constructivism," the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont-McKenna College, Winter 2002/2003.
  • "Media in China," "Socialist Spiritual Civilization," and "Thought Work," three articles for The Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (New York: Scribner's, 2002).
  • "Perversity and Alacrity in International Affairs," a working paper from the USC Center for International Studies workshop on "(Re)Constructing Constructivist International Relations Research," October 2001.
  • "Dilemmas of Thought Work in Fin-de-Siecle China." In The China Quarterly, March 1999, pp. 173-201.

Major Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

  • 2004: Blakemore Foundation Grant for advanced Chinese language studies (for Taipei, Taiwan).
  • 2000: Fulbright Foundation Senior Research Grant (for Bangkok, Thailand).
  • 2000 (and resumed in 2002): Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Research Grant (for Bangkok, Thailand and Taipei, Taiwan).
  • 1999: Asia-Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Fellowship (to attend APRU workshops in Berkeley, Kyoto, and Bangkok).
  • 1993: Social Science Research Council/MacArthur Foundation Fellowship on Peace and Security in a Changing World (for research at Stanford University and in Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, and Kunming).

Current Teaching Responsibilities

  • Graduate level: Chinese Foreign Policy; East Asian Security Issues; State and Society in International Relations.
  • Undergraduate level: China in International Affairs; Introduction to Asian Security; Managing New Global Challenges; Issues and Theories in Global Society.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan (Political Science)
  • M.A., George Washington University (International Affairs/East Asian Studies)