

Dr. Qian Liu, PhD, LLM, LLB
Positions
Assistant Professor
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 4032206512
Location
Office: Social Sciences 948
For media enquiries, contact
Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Law and Society, University of Victoria, 2020
Research
Areas of Research
Courses
Course number | Course title | Semester |
---|---|---|
LWSO 591 | Integrative Seminar | Winter 2023 |
LWSO 201 | Introduction to Legal Studies | Winter 2023/Fall 2023/Winter 2024 |
LWSO 313 | Research Methods in Law and Society | Fall 2023 |
LWSO 591 | Integrative Seminar | Winter 2024 |
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 (6,400 EUR), The University of Münster, Germany. 2021
- International Development Research Centre Doctoral Research Award (C$ 16,547), International Development Research Centre of Canada. 2016
- University of Victoria Doctoral Fellowship (C$54,000), University of Victoria . 2014
- University of Victoria Graduate Award (C$ 9,456), University of Victoria . 2017
- Graduate Student Research Fellowship (C$5,000), The Center for Global Studies of the University of Victoria. 2018
Publications
- 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)
- Law's Imposition of a Heteronormative Timeline in a Rapidly Ageing Authoritarian State. Qian Liu. Jindal Global Law Review. 231-251. (2022)
- "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)
- Relational Legal Consciousness in the One-Child Nation. Qian Liu. Law & Society Review. (2023)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Are you the profile owner?
Login to edit.