Dr. Qian Liu
Positions
Assistant Professor
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 4032206512
Location
Office: Social Sciences 948
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Study participants
Asian Canadian lawyers and law students to share experiences in the legal profession and law school;
Chinese immigrants to share experience dealing with family/community/workplace disputes in Canada.
Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Law and Society, University of Victoria, 2020
Biography
Dr. Qian Liu's research has examined legal consciousness in Asian and Canadian societies, Asian Canadians in the legal profession, legal consciousness, Chinese family relations, gender and sexualities in the Chinese context, and dispute resolution among Chinese immigrants. She has published several articles in leading law and society journals, such as Law & Society Review, Law & Social Inquiry, Journal of Law and Society, Law & Policy, Asian Journal of Law and Society, and International Journal of Law in Context. Her book, Leftover Women in China: Understanding Legal Consciousness through Intergenerational Relationships, is scheduled for publication in August 2025 by the University of California Press.
Since June 2023, Dr. Liu has been conducting a research project on the legal consciousness of Chinese immigrants in Alberta and British Columbia (funded by the SSHRC Insight Development Grant) and another project on the experiences of Asian Canadian lawyers and law students (funded by Faculty of Arts EDIA Grant).
She is on the Asian Law and Society Association Board of Trustees and the Editorial Board of the Asian Journal of Law and Society.
Research
Areas of Research
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| LWSO 201 | Introduction to Legal Studies | |
| LWSO 313 | Research Methods in Law and Society | |
| LWSO 591 | Integrative Seminar |
Projects
Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 2023 Insight Development Grant (June 2023 to present).
Funded by UCalgary Faculty of Arts Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility Grant (June 2023 to present).
Awards
- 2019 Asian Law and Society Association Graduate Student Article Award (for the article “Legal Consciousness of the Leftover Woman: Law and Qing in Chinese Family Relations,” published in the Asian Journal of Law and Society.), Asian Law and Society Association . 2019
- Käte Hamburger Kolleg “Legal Unity & Pluralism” Digital Fellowship , The University of Münster, Germany. 2021
- International Development Research Centre Doctoral Research Award, International Development Research Centre of Canada. 2016
- University of Victoria Doctoral Fellowship , University of Victoria. 2014
- 2024 Asian Law and Society Association Distinguished Article Award, Asian Law and Society Association . 2024
- University of Calgary Teaching Award (for Full-Time Academic Staff), University of Calgary. 2024
Publications
- Legal Collusion: Legal Consciousness under China's One-Child Policy. Qian Liu. Law & Social Inquiry. 1-22. (2024)
- Relational Legal Consciousness in the One-Child Nation. Qian Liu. Law & Society Review. (2023)
- "Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkey": Heavy Penalties, Excessive COVID-19 Control Mechanisms, and Legal Consciousness in China. Qian Liu. Law & Policy. (2023)
- 'Wrong' Cases and 'Wrong' Plaintiffs: Intergenerational Relationships and Legal Consciousness in China. Qian Liu. Journal of Law and Society. (2023)
- Complicating Images of the Modern Chinese Woman: From Only Child to 'Leftover Woman.'". Angie Chau and Qian Liu. Feminist Media Studies. (2023)
- "'We Got Nothing to Lose': Covid-19, Excessive Surveillance, and the Right to Privacy in China.". Qian Liu and Yucong Zhang. Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. 3-31. (2023)
- Law's Imposition of a Heteronormative Timeline in a Rapidly Ageing Authoritarian State. Qian Liu. Jindal Global Law Review. 231-251. (2022)
- Qualified to be Deviant: Stigma Management Strategies among Chinese Leftover Women. Qian Liu. International Journal of Law in Context . 284-300. (2021)
- Relational Dignity, State Law, and Chinese Leftover Women’s Choices in Marriage and Childbearing. Qian Liu. Asian Journal of Law and Society. 151-167. (2021)
- With or Without You: Qing, Li, Fa, and Legal Pluralism in China. Qian Liu. China Law and Society Review. 88-118. (2020)
- Legal Consciousness of the Leftover Woman: Law and Qing in Chinese Family Relations. Qian Liu. Asian Journal of Law and Society . 7-27. (2018)
- China: Community Policing, High-tech Surveillance, and Authoritarian Durability. Feng Xu and Qian Liu. Victor V. Ramraj eds, Covid-19 in Asia: Law and Policy Contexts, Oxford University Press. 27-42. (2021)
- Unmarried Mothers in China and their Feminist Resistance: Demanding Legal Rights or Social Understanding?. Qian Liu. Guoguang Wu, Yuan Feng & Helen Lansdowne eds, Gender Dynamics, Feminist Activism and Social Transformation in China, Routledge. 166-184. (2019)
- From China to Canada: How important is legal recognition of same-sex marriage to Chinese LGBT folks?. Qian Liu. BarTalk’s special issue on Human Sexuality and the Law. (2020)
- Book Review: Rights Claiming in South Korea. Qian Liu. The Journal of Asian Studies. 590-591. (2022)
- Book Review: China’s Leftover Women: Late Marriage among Professional Women and its Consequences. Qian Liu. Asian Journal of Women's Studies. 471-474. (2015)
In the News
- Chinese Women’s Egg Freezing. BBC World News. (2017)
- The rent-a-friend industry is booming among Canada's Chinese diaspora. The Canadian Press. (2024)
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