SJ Zanolini
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: C.H. Kegel Liberal Arts, Office 341
Education
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (2026)
- M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder (2018)
- B.A., University of California at Berkeley (2014)
- M.S., Dongguk University Los Angeles (2011)
Research Interests
Common health knowledge and healing practices in early modern China; popular media portrayals of “traditional” medicines; food, recipes, and the history of taste; embodiment; comparative medical epistemology
Selected Fellowships and Grants
- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Doctoral Completion Fellowship, 2025
- Taiwan International Graduate Program Doctoral Fellowship, Academia Sinica, 2024
- Research Grant of the Stiftung Preussicher Kulturebesitz at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin,
2022 - Michael E. DeBakey Fellow, National Library of Medicine, 2022
Current Project
Recipes for Longevity: Health, Diet, and Knowledge in Early Modern China
Courses Taught
HIST 1100 History in Film (Sickness and Healing)
HIST 1120 Themes in World History (Groceries)
HIST 2252 Asian History and Culture (China from Yao to Mao)
HIST 4426/5526 Foodways in History (Recipes)
HIST 4431/5531 Topics in World History (Preventative Medicine)
HIST 4479/5579 Medicine, Disease, and Society (Globally Connected Med History)