Research Interest

Landscape history and theory, architectural history and theory, landscape design and theory, architectural design and theory.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy--Landscape History and Theory--The Univeristy of Sheffield, UK--2008

Master of Architecture--Architectural Design and Theory--Tsinghua University, Beijing,China--2002

Bachelor of Architecture--Architecture--Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan,China--1999

Oversea Study and Visit

Visiting Scholar,The Univeristy of Sheffield,UK,2008-09-01-2009-01-31

Academic Memberships

Member,Landscape Architecture Theory & History Committee,Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture (CSLA),2013-10-01.

Honours and Awards

Historical Origins, Theoretical Explorations, and Professional Experiences of Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture in the 1950s,National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC),2011-01-01

Honours and Awards

[1] In English [1] Zhao Jijun and Jan Woudstra. ‘Making Green the Motherland’: greening the Chinese socialist undertaking (1949–1978). Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes, Volume 32, Issue 4, 2012: 312-330. ISSN: 1460-1176 [2] Zhao Jijun and Jan Woudstra. ‘In Agriculture, Learn from Dazhai’: Mao Zedong’s Revolutionary Model Village and the Battle against Nature. Landscape Research, Vol. 32, No. 2 (April, 2007): 171-205. ISSN: 0142-6397 In Chinese [1] Zhao Jijun. Chinese Modern Landscape Architecture: A Historical and Theoretical Study (Nanjing: Southeast University Press, 2014). ISBN: 978-7-5641-4743-3 [2] Zhao Jijun. 'On "Yuanlin" and Its Modernisation', Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2 (2014): 56-60. ISSN: 1000-6664 [3] Zhao Jijun. 'The Origin and Development of the Concept of "Lühua" (Greening)', Chinese Landscape Architecture, 2 (2013): 57-59. ISSN: 1000-6664 [4] Zhao Jijun, Wang Yan. 'An Investigation of the Cultural Exchange between China and the West in the Making of Chinese Public Parks of the Republican Era', New Architecture, 5 (2012): 50-54. ISSN: 1000-3959 [5] Zhao Jijun, Chen Ganglun. 'From Garden to Landscape: Commemoration Representations in Shouyi Park', New Architecture, 5 (2011): 35-39. ISSN: 1000-3959 [6] Zhao Jijun. 'A Historical Study on the Evolution of Shouyi Park, Wuchang', Chinese Landscape Architecture, 9 (2011): 70-73. ISSN: 1000-6664 [7] Zhao Jijun. 'A Historical Inquiry about "National Landscaping and Gardening Movement"', Chinese Landscape Architecture, 10 (2010): 56-60. ISSN: 1000-6664 [8] Zhao Jijun. 'Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (5): National Garden City', Landscape Architecture, 6 (2009): 88-91. ISSN: 1673-1530 [9] Zhao Jijun. 'Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (4): Garden Revolution', Landscape Architecture, 5 (2009): 75-79. ISSN: 1673-1530 [10] Zhao Jijun. 'Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (3): "Making Green the Motherland"', Landscape Architecture, 3 (2009): 91-95. ISSN: 1673-1530 [11] Zhao Jijun. 'Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (2): Soviet Experiences', Landscape Architecture, 2 (2009): 98-102. ISSN: 1673-1530 [12] Zhao Jijun. 'Sixty Years of Landscape Policies and Development in China (1): "Chinese also New"', Landscape Architecture, 1 (2009): 102-105. ISSN: 1673-1530 [13] Zhao Jijun. 'Modernity versus Tradition: The Influence of the Design Theory of Soviet Park of Culture and Rest on the Development of Chinese Modern Public Parks', Landscape Architecture, 2 (2008): 53-56. ISSN: 1673-1530