Li Chen (Asst. Professor, History Department, University of Toronto)
Precarious Empire
Law, Sovereignty, and Cultural Politics in the Sino-Western Encounter, 1700-1860
The trial of four British seamne at Canton: the scene inside the court, by unknown Chinesea artist, about 1807
Date and Time: 12/5/2013 (Thu), 4 – 6pm
Venue: John Hope Franklin Room (SS 224)
Discussant: Guo-Quan Seng (PhD candidate, History)
Japanese Doctors Abroad: Imperial Japan and the Geo-Politics of Japanese Physicians’ Overseas Migration, 1868-1945
Japanese fishermen in a Japanese Hospital in Steveston, Vancouver (probably 1897)
Date and Time: 11/7/2013 (Thu), 4 – 6pm
Venue: John Hope Franklin Room (SS 224)
Student discussant: Zachary Barr (PhD Student, History)
Please note that Wei-ti will be giving a presentation of the introductory chapter of her dissertation. For optional readings are Weiti’s dissertation abstract and Chapter One, “Setting the Institutional Ground”.
Anyone with disabilities who needs assistance to access the venue, please get in touch with Guo-Quan at gqseng@uchicago.edu
East Asia in World History Roundtable Series (Part 1 of 3):
Histories in a Less National Age
American Historical Association Presidential Address, 2013 (draft)
Kenneth Pomeranz
University Professor of Modern Chinese History and in the College
Roundtable Discussants:
Dipesh Chakrabarty Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor
Paul Cheney Associate Professor of European History
Date: October 10, 2013
Time: 4 – 6 pm
Venue: John Hope Franklin Room (Social Sciences 224)
Some highlights from the roundtable discussion:
Paul Cheney, “It’s the principle of variation that counts, not the scales!” (quoted from Jacques Revel’s contribution to his edited volume Jeux d’échelles.)
Professor Chakrabarty commenting.
Wei-Ti Chen
(PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
“Cosmopolitan Medicine, National Medical Profession: The Evaluation of Foreign Medical Certificates in Meiji Japan”
May 2 (Thursday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Judd 313
Hoyt Long
(Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
“Global Literary Networks: Macro-Scale Approaches to the Sociology of Literature and Translation”
***April 17 (Wednesday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.***
Location: Judd 313
Please note the time and the location!!
Douglas Howland
(David D. Buck Professor of Chinese History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
“Meiji Japan and International Administrative Unions: An Alternative Genealogy of Internationalism”
Mar. 7 (Thursday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Judd 313
Jonathan Glade
(PhD Candidate, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
Transforming Boundaries: Japan and Southern Korea under US Occupation, 1945-1952
Feb. 21 (Thursday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Judd 313
Novella Chiechi
(PhD Candidate, History, University of Chicago)
“State Formation and Household Registration Documentation in the early PRC and USSR”
Feb. 7 (Thursday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Judd 313
Mark Caprio
(Professor, Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University)
“Wartime Preparations for East Asian Occupations: Laying the Foundations for Postwar Alliances”
Jan. 17 (Thursday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Judd 313
Susan Burns
(Associate Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago)
“Hybrid Institutions/Local Solutions: The Iwakura “Colony” and Academic Psychiatry in Prewar Japan”
Jan. 10 (Thursday) 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Judd 313