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Modern China Lecture Series

The Dark World in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty
January 29, 2018

Sarah Schneewind, an associate professor of history at UC San Diego and an expert on the Ming Dynasty, will present her talk on Friday, Feb. 2, at the John M. Pfau Library, PL-4005

Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan topic
February 9, 2018

“Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan: Barbarian Conquerors or Agents of Global Interactions,” will be presented by Morris Rossabi at noon on Feb. 16 at the John M. Pfau Library, PL-4005.

Qing Dynasty art
May 2, 2018

“Building the Marital Bond in Qing Dynasty China (1644-1911)” will be presented by Weijing Lu, an associate professor from UC San Diego, at noon May 17, John M. Pfau Library, PL-4005.

Modern China Lecture Series
February 25, 2019

“Asylums and the Insane in Early Twentieth-Century China,” is the title of the talk to be given by Emily Baum, associate professor of modern Chinese history at UC Irvine, at the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-4005.

Examination of ‘pseudohistory
April 4, 2019

“How Not to Write History: Teaching Methodology Through Aliens, Conspiracies, and the Chinese Discovery of America,” will be presented by Chelsea Zi Wang, an assistant professor of history at Claremont McKenna College, on April 19.

May 21, 2019

“When History Matters Little: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, 1000-2000 AD,” will be presented by Ruixue Jia at the John M. Pfau Library, room PL-4005, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 23.