Greta Rauch is a PhD student in the History Department at Boston University. She currently serves as the Project Manager for the CHCD. She received a bachelor’s degree in computer science with a supplemental major in Chinese from the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests include Catholicism in China during the late Qing and Republic periods, Christian literature, translation studies, and digital humanities.
At a time when the study of Christianity in China is becoming more difficult, the CHCD opens a new portal to explore China’s Christian past. The tool might be different than rummaging through a traditional archive, but by repackaging archival materials into an online tool it invites anyone to ask, “What could be discovered if…?”