The University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge are
co-hosting the "Global China: New Approaches" lecture series funded by
the Chiang Ching-kuo foundation.
“Global China: New Approaches” will bring public intellectuals of the
highest caliber from the disciplines of literature, history, history of
medicine, and cultural studies to the University of Birmingham and
University of Cambridge to share their cutting-edge research and
approaches to the study of “Global China.” The lecture series
demonstrates the necessity of employing multi-disciplinary approaches to
understanding China and its cultures and histories and intends to
decenter our contemporary understanding of Global China. The temporal
scope of the lecture series is intentionally broad in order to explore
the interlinked processes of modernity and globalization – from the late
imperial to the contemporary periods – that have shaped the contemporary
world we know today.
The final three lectures in the series will be hosted at University of
Cambridge:
Angela Leung, “Glocalizing medicine in the Canton/Hong Kong region in
late Qing China (ca. 1840-1911)”, 14 May 2015, 4pm (Faculty of Asian and
Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)
Eugenio Menegon, “A Micro-Historical Approach to Global China: The Daily
Life of Eropeans in Beijing in the Long 18th Century”, 11 June 2015, 4
pm (Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge)
Shu-mei Shih, “From World History to World Literature: China, the South,
and the Global 1960s”, 12 June 2015, 4pm (Faculty of Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge)
Bursaries are available for student attendance of the lectures. Please
contact Shirley Ye at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> for
further details.
For more information on the lecture series, please visit:
http://globalchinalectures.wordpress.com
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