Clement Qiang Huang

PhD student in the History of Science, studying nineteenth-century Sino-French encounters in the field of natural history.

Based at York University, Toronto, Canada, I have broad interests in the global cross-pollination between epistemic traditions of science, art, and religion. I am an avid language learner, always curious about the experiences and motivations of beings that moved, or were moved, across borders.

My doctoral research is supported by a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS-D) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

What’s New

Jul 2026
I presented my paper at the 2026 ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting in the panel “Imperial Botany in Asia.”
Jun 2026
I received a Shorrock Travel Fund award from the French Colonial Historical Society and presented my paper at its 50th Annual Meeting in Maynooth.

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My Research

My dissertation project, Redefining Chinoiserie: Chinese–French Encounters in Natural Knowledge, 1830–1870, examines the bidirectional yet asymmetrical flows of natural knowledge between France and China, entangled with missionary expansion and the treaty-port system. Read more →

CV

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Contact

clemh@yorku.ca

Department of History, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada