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Monday 05 February 2018, 5pm-6.30pm
Educating Nurhaci's descendants: Manchu language training in Qing China
Speaker: Dr Lars Laamann (SOAS, University of London)
Room G3, Main college building, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
Abstract
Manchu language learning and socio-linguistic identity in 19th-century China – the Tanggū Meyen revisited.
We usually equate the introduction of compulsory school education with the republican ideals of Jules Ferry (France, 1880s) – and therefore with the onset of social modernity. By the same token, the Manchus of the Banner communities (qi 旗, gūsa) were “modern”, if not republican, since the seventeenth century. Universal schooling in Manchu language and culture was introduced by both imperial and communal coercion rather than by binding legislation, but proved an effective means of keeping the Manchus’ ancestral language alive.
This seminar will introduce aspects of Dr Laamann's research into conversational Manchu language primers, as a key instrument for gaining insight into the role of the Manchus in late Qing society, as well as their everyday preoccupations, but also into their specific ethnic sensitivities.
Biography
Lars Laamann is Senior Lecturer at the History Department of SOAS, University of London, where he convenes courses on Qing and Republican China, as well as eastern and central Asian history. Dr Laamann also teaches Manchu language to speakers of all levels.
Further details:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/china-institute/events/seminars/05feb2018-educating-nurhacis-descendants-manchu-language-training-in-qing-china.html
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