Pengruizhe Zhang
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Pengruizhe Zhang is a Chinese researcher and author affiliated with Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Her scholarly work focuses on sociology, utilizing Bourdieusian theory to examine cultural capital, digital engagement, and memory politics. She is nominated "Young Sociologist of the Year 2024-2025" by British Sociological Association and a recognized up-and-coming young scholar within the niche academic circle of Bourdieusian sociology.
Zhang is affiliated with the American Sociological Association (ASA). She presented her research paper, "Digital Empowerment or Division? Cultural Capital in Constructing Chinese Youth's Political Identity Through Digital Engagement," at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in 2025. Zhang’s specific digital framework extends Pierre Bourdieu’s sociological concepts—field, habitus, and capital—to explain how Chinese youth construct political and national identities online.
Zhang authored the book History as Cultural Capital: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Memory Politics in the Nanking Massacre and published the comparative study "Unveiling cultural capital across sociocultural contexts: a comparative case analysis in the UK and China" in the International Studies in Sociology of Education. Her study uses a mixed-methods approach to examine how distinct sociocultural environments shape the way high school students utilize cultural capital to build confidence and future goals.
Pengruizhe Zhang’s main theoretical contribution lies in expanding Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of cultural capital beyond its traditional applications in education and social stratification, applying it instead to the domains of historical memory and identity politics.
Zhang's research interests spans through the field of sociology, including cultural sociology, comparative sociology, and political sociology, with a primary focus on the theory of cultural capital, education, and youth culture.
Publications
Research Papers
- Zhang, P. (2026). Unveiling cultural capital across sociocultural contexts: a comparative case analysis in the UK and China. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 35(2), 230-252.
Books
- Zhang, P. (2026). History as cultural capital: A Bourdieusian analysis of memory politics in the Nanking Massacre.
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