Meet Your Coordinators
Helen Hundley
helen.hundley@wichita.edu
202 Fiske Hall, 316-978-7745
Professor Hundley teaches courses on Russian and Soviet History, Eastern Europe, modern English History. She studes imperialism with a particular emphasis on the relations of Russia and other world powers in Central Asia. Her article, "George Kennan and the Russian Empire: How America's Conscience became an Enemy of Tsarism," appeared in Kennan Institute Occasional Paper (Kennan Institute, 2000) and "The London Missionary Society's Mongolian Missions: British Insights into the 'Great Game' in Asia," was included in Splendidly Victorian, Essays in Honor of Walter l. Arnstein.
Xiufen Lu
311 Fiske Hall, 316-978-7889
Professor Lu's main interests are in ancient Chinese philosophy, social/political philosophy, feminism, and ethics. Her current research interests include Classical Chinese philosophy, Euro-American feminist theories and their relation to Third World women, and Marxism and its impact on Chinese society. She is currently researching the work of Li Daozhao, the first Chinese intellectual to adapt Marxism to China's situation and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party.