Dr. James J. Hudson
Associate Professor, Asian Studies Minor Coordinator
About
A native Texan, Dr. Hudson has taught in the UNCP History Department since 2018. His current research focuses on the export of refined petroleum products to China from the United States during the early twentieth century, a time which established some of the first significant economic ties between the two countries. His current book project, Under Siege: Standard Oil in Nationalist South China, 1915-1928, will offer students, scholars, and the general public key lessons into the history of this strategic relationship, one that remains critically important to this day. For the 2022-2023 academic year he was the recipient of an Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, and in Summer 2024 was a NC Humanities Fellow. He served in the United States Marine Corps (1993-1997) and always welcomes the chance to work with our nation's veterans and non-traditional students.
Recent selected publications include:
“Beyond the Wall: Mapping Christian Fundamentalism in Hunan During the 1920s,” in The Chinese Historical Review (Spring 2023), Volume 30, No. 1, 17-35.
“Jiayou (加油) for the Lamps of Republican China: Seizures of Kerosene during the Northern Expedition, 1926-28,” in The American Review of China Studies. (Spring 2022). Volume 23, No. 1, 44-64.
“The Early War of Resistance and the Changsha YMCA, 1937-41,” in the Journal of Chinese Military History. (Spring 2017). Volume 6 (2017), 92-114.
Featured Interviews, Podcasts & More
Listen and watch Dr. Hudson talk about some of his current research featured in UNC Pembroke's digital journal, Bravery:
https://sway.cloud.microsoft/KtEKMTjRZTTRgjcy?ref=Link.
In March 2022 Dr. Hudson was interviewed by his colleague Dr. Jamie Mize about a major fire that ingulfed the city of Changsha in south China in 1938:
https://notjustgreatmen.podbean.com/e/the-1938-changsha-fire/
Watch Dr. Hudson talk about some of the teachers and other important people in his life that inspired him to become a scholar and educator:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YSTkVs1722M
Check out what Dr. Hudson and some of his history colleagues had to say about the history of plagues and pandemics during Covid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IktxB_rIQO4
In November 2023 Dr. Hudson sat down with his fellow UT Austin alumnus, Dr. Josiah Marineau to talk about the 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination:
