曹新宇，中国人民大学清史研究所教授，兼任《清史研究》编委、清史文献馆馆长、中国会党史研究会副会长。主要研究方向为明清以来的秘密社会史、民间宗教史、中西文化交流史。近著有《祖师的族谱：明清白莲教社会历史调查》（2023，2016）、《中国秘密社会（第三卷）清代教门》（合著 2002）。主编《新史学（第十卷）激辩儒教：近世中国的宗教认同》（2019）；主编大型海外稀见中国史料丛书《澳大利亚国立大学图书馆许地山藏书珍本选辑》100册（与Benjamin Penny合编）（2021）、《明清秘密社会史料撷珍·黄天道卷》7册（2013）。

Cao Xinyu is Professor at Institute of Qing History, Renmin University of China. He specializes in the history of Chinese popular religions; recently published Zushi de zupu—Ming Qing Bailianjiao shehui lishi diaocha 祖师的族谱：明清白莲教社会历史调查 (2023, 2016) (Lineage genealogy of the Patriarch: A social-historical investigation of the White Lotus Teachings in the Ming and Qing dynasties). He also co-edited (with Benjamin Penny) an anthology of interesting popular religion sources entitled Selected Volumes of the Xu Dishan Collection in the Australian National University Library, 100 vols., (2023), compiled a sectarian scripture library uncovered in fieldtrips, Ming Qing mimi shehui shiliao 明清秘密社会史料撷珍•黄天道卷 (A precious selection of Ming Qing historical materials on secret societies: scrolls from the Way of Yellow Heaven), 7 vols.(2013), and a theme issue of the journal Xinshixue (New History) 新史学 (2019) on popular Confucianism (激辩儒教：近世中国的宗教认同).

研究领域：秘密社会史、民间宗教史、近代中西文化交流史

通讯方式：中国人民大学清史研究所 100872