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Mae Ngai

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Mae Ngai

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
The Bronx, New York City (birthplace) → Chicago, Illinois (taught at University of Chicago) → New York City (Columbia University, current affiliation)

経歴

職業
Historian, Author, Professor
活動期間
1972年〜
所属
Columbia University (History; Asian American Studies), University of Chicago (former affiliation), Radcliffe Institute (Fellowships/visiting)
影響を受けた人物
Eric Foner

学歴

Empire State College
学位: B.A.
期間: 〜1992
卒業年: 1992
国: United States
Columbia University
History
学位: M.A.
期間: 1992–1993
卒業年: 1993
国: United States
Columbia University
History
学位: Ph.D.
期間: 1993–1998
卒業年: 1998
国: United States
Doctoral dissertation supervised by Eric Foner

受賞歴

Bancroft Prize
2022
主催: Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
結果: 受賞
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2022
主催: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
結果: 選出
Frederick Jackson Turner Award
2005
対象作品: Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
主催: Organization of American Historians
結果: 受賞
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2009
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
Theodore Saloutos Book Award
2004
対象作品: Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
主催: Immigration and Ethnic History Society
結果: 受賞
Littleton-Griswold Prize
2004
対象作品: Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America
主催: American Historical Association
結果: 受賞
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship
2003
主催: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Harvard University)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America

2004年 History / Immigration history

A scholarly study of how the legal category of the "illegal alien" was constructed in early twentieth-century America, and the social and historical consequences of that construction, examining nationhood, race, and citizenship.

nationalismcitizenshipraceimmigration policy

The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America

2010年 History / Family history

Through the story of one family, the book traces the making of Chinese American communities and the historical invention of "Chinese America."

immigrant experiencefamily historycommunity formation

The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics

2021年 History / Global history

Examines Chinese migration during the nineteenth-century gold rushes within a global political context and the international questions raised by Chinese migration.

gold rushesglobal politicsChinese migration

全著作

  • Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America (2004; 2nd ed. 2014)
  • The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America (2010)
  • The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics (2021)
  • Scholarly articles and essays (Journal of American History, Law and History Review, etc.)

作風・主題

文体
Scholarly, rigorous archival analysisClear prose reflecting interests in legal and policy history
頻出モチーフ
construction of nationality and citizenshipinstitutional processes of racializationmigration and border experiences

評価・遺産

As a Columbia historian, Ngai has produced influential work on immigration, nationality, and race, speaking widely in both academic and public spheres. Works such as Impossible Subjects are considered important contributions to immigration and legal history.

関連学会

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow)

引用

  • "Being Chinese and being American existed in tension, but not in contradiction."
    出典: Interview / memoir commentary (summarized from multiple sources)

豆知識

  • Her family are Taiwanese waishengren; her maternal grandfather was a Kuomintang official.
  • Her doctoral advisor was Eric Foner.
  • She has written for major newspapers including the Washington Post and The New York Times.