Professor Li Narangoa

Li Narangoa specialises in modern Japanese and Mongolian history, culture and politics. Before she joined the ANU she was a researcher at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (Copenhagen).

She teaches courses in Japanese history and language, the Mongol empire in World History as well as broader thematic courses such as 'Reconciliation and Memories of Conflicts'. 

Her research interests include borders, empires, nationalism and traditional knowledge systems in Northeast Asia. Her current projects include Japan's relations with other Asian countries in the 20th century, 'puppet states' and knowledge transmission of Mongolian medicine.