E-Mail:
jiayi.chang@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Telefonnummer:
+49 234-32-18240

Raum:
213 im HGR
Clemensstr. 17-19
44789 Bochum

Funktion:
Managing Editor

Forschungsschwerpunkte (Auswahl):

• Nationalism and museums 
• red tourism
• heritage politics
• presentation on war memory

Beruflicher Werdegang:

• 2015-2019, BA (Hons.) in History, with specialisations in Cultural Heritage and Museology, Qufu Normal University, China
• 2019-2020, MA (with Distinction) in Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK
• 2021-2025, PhD in Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK.
• From 2025: Managing Editor/ Research Assistant, Institute of Social Movements, Ruhr University Bochum.

Forschungsprojekte: 
Jiayi Chang has recently completed her PhD in the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK. Her PhD thesis, entitled “In Pursuit of the China Dream: The Communist Party of China and Its Uses of Heritage”, examines the ideological functions of museums in contemporary China, with a particular focus on the role of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in fulfilling political objectives through museums and heritage. Her research engages with both archaeological heritage and red tourism, exploring how different forms of the past are curated to serve contemporary political narratives. Drawing on contemporary museology, cultural studies, and discourse analysis, she explores how museums and heritage operate as mediums of political performance and identity formation. She is currently working on converting her PhD thesis into a monograph.