“The Four Great Inventions: A Global History of Modern China.” Galen Poor History Ph.D. Candidate (Chinese History, History of Science and Technology) Friday, April 20, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) …
East Asian History
Lecture – Gail Hershatter
“Domestic Cosmopolitanism: Rethinking Gender and Social Change in Republican China” Gail Hershatter Distinguished Professor of History UC Santa Cruz Thursday, April 19, 2018 5:30 – 7:00 PM Elvehjem Building Room L140 800 University Avenue How …
Film Screening and Discussion: Behemoth
Screening of “Behemoth 悲兮魔兽” by documentarian Zhao Liang 赵亮. “The dehumanizing impact of coal mining is laid bare in a Chinese documentary whose stunning images speak louder than words.” Chinese with English subtitles. Following the …
The French Institut d’études avancées published an interview with Viren Murthy
The French Institut d’études avancées just published an interview with Viren Murthy on Pan-Asianism and China’s place in the world. A must read for the Sinologists among you who read French! Viren held a fellowship …
Interview with David Fields on U.S.-Korea Relations
Interview with David Fields on U.S.-Korea Relations Historian David Fields discussed the background of the relationship between North Korea and South Korea and the involvement of the United States. The interview took place at the …
Lecture: Dr. Zach Fredman
“The Jeep Girl Crisis of 1945: American Servicemen and Chinese Women in Wartime China” Dr. Zach Fredman U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow Dartmouth College Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 Masley Media …
Lecture: John Marston
“Transnationalizing Buddhism: Cambodian Temples, Student Monks, and Pilgrims in Sri Lanka and India” John Marston Professor of Asian and African Studies Colegio de Mexico Friday, November 10, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Free and …
Lecture: Joe Dennis
“Songs to Encourage the Cessation of Litigation: Printing, Orality, and Legal Knowledge in China, 1595-1949” Joe Dennis Professor of History UW-Madison Monday, November 6, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 PM 212 University Club 803 State St …
Panel Discussion: Asia Rising
“Asia Rising” Come hear UW-Madison History faculty Judd Kinzley, Al McCoy, and Charles Kim at Asia Rising, a panel discussion on the presence of Asia in global politics and economics. A reception for alumni and …
Judith Ladinsky Lecture
“Rethinking the Tet Offensive: 50 Years Later” Lien-Hang T. Nguyen Dorothy Berg Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia Columbia University Friday, October 20, 2017 12:00 – 1:00 PM 206 Ingraham …