Zan Tao serves at Peking University as Deputy Director of the Institute of Area Studies, professor of History Department, and Director of Center for Turkish Studies. He has been committing to the studies on modern and contemporary history of Turkey and the Middle East. His works include Modern State and Nation Building: A Study on Turkish Nationalism in the Early 20th Century, From Baghdad to Istanbul, From Osmanli to Turkiye, and Between Bukhara and Istanbul: Central Asian Muslims' Hajj and the Silk Roads during 16-19 Centuries (paper).
