Prof. Mei Xueqin, born in Anhui province, China, is a professor of Modern World History, British History, and Environmental History with a focus on industrialization, urbanization and their impact on both society and environment (including topics such as property rights, air pollution, river pollution, preservation, national park, heritage of environmental culture of British Empire, theory and method of environmental history, etc.)

Courses teaching at Tsinghua involve Modern World History, Introduction on Environmental History, and Lectures on Ecological Civilization.

Publications involve about 5 monographs in Chinese, such as Environmental Issues and Environmental History (Beijing, 2004), Comprehensive Narrative on Environmental History Studies (Beijing, 2011), Social Development and Environmental Protection (Beijing, 2014).

English papers involve:

1) RUISHENG ZHANG, XUEQIN MEI, “Neo-Green Imperialism: The Development of Virgin Islands National Park,” Environmental History, Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct. 2024).

2) Mei Xueqin, “The Past, Present and Future of Environmental History in contemporary China,” CHINESE STUDIES IN HISTORY, 2023, VOL. 56, NO. 3.

3) Xueqin Mei, Jon Mathieu “Mountains beyond Mountains: Cross-Cultural Reflections on China,” in Marcus Hall, Patrick Kupper, eds., “Crossing Mountains: The Challenges of Doing Environmental History,” RCC Perspectives, 2014.

4) Da Mao, Xueqin Mei, “Protecting the Tibetan Antelope: A Historical Narrative and Missing Stories,” in Marco Armiero, Lise Sedrez, eds., A History of Environmentalism: Local Struggles, Global Histories, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014.

5)Mei Xueqin, “From the History of the Environment to Environmental History: A Personal Understanding of Environmental History,” Frontiers of History in China, 2 (2007).