The East Asia: Transregional Histories Workshop is back for the 2015-6 academic year, and the schedule for the Fall Quarter is set!
Oil on canvas of the Foreign Factories, Canton, 1850–1855 – Sunqua
October 8
Dr. Laura Hostetler, University of Illinois at Chicago/ Dr. Kenneth Pomeranz, Discussant
“Narrating Empire: Cartographic, Comparative, and Horticultural Perspectives.”
October 22
Dr. Pat Giersch, Wellesley College/ Alíz Horvath, Discussant
New research on the intersection of geography, ethnicity, and trade in early twentieth-century China. Title TBA.
November 5
Dr. Roderick Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign/ Sophia Sherry, Discussant
“Turbulent Stream: Reengineering Environmental Relations along the Rivers of Japan, 1750-2000.”
November 19
Dan Knorr, University of Chicago/ Evelyn Atkinson, Discussant
“Blessed Are the Peacemakers: American Presbyterians as Imperial and Local Actors in Jinan, China, 1881-91.”
December 3
Seong Kim, University of Chicago/ William Feeney, Discussant
Dissertation Chapter, title TBA.
