November 23rd, 4-6 pm, Social Sciences 224

Helen Li, University of Chicago Sociology PhD candidate

Sisterhood:Building of a Coalition for Taiwanese Democracy, 1989- 1991

The paper is available here.

November 12th, 4-6 pm, Social Sciences 224

Akira Iriye,

Charles Warren Research Professor Emeritus of American History

Harvard University

Transnationalizing East Asian History


November 5th, 4-6 pm, Social Sciences 224

Fei-Hsien Wang, University of Chicago History PhD candidate

“Hunting Pirates in Beijing (1930-1937)”

Paper is available here

October 29th, 4-6 pm, Social Sciences 224

Grace Chae, University of Chicago History PhD candidate

“Drawing the Leaflet Enemy: Semiotics and the Social History of the Psywarrior Imagination”

October 19th, Cobb 219, 4-6 pm

Professor Shao Dan, UIUC, Assistant Professor EALC and Gender/ Women’s Studies

“Chinese by Definition: Nationality Law, Jus sanguinis, and State Succession (1909-1980)” 

The paper is available here.

Note: For this date only, the workshop will be held in  Cobb 219.

East Asian Transregional Histories Workshop Fall Schedule

Location/Time: John Hope Franklin Room/4-6 pm

October 19th – Professor Shao Dan, UIUC, Assistant Professor EALC and Gender/ Women’s Studies
Title: “Chinese by Definition: Nationality Law, Jus sanguinis, and State Succession (1909-1980)”  Note: Location Cobb 219

October 29th – Grace Chae, graduate student in History
Title: “Drawing the Leaflet Enemy: Semiotics and the Social History of the Psywarrior Imagination”

November 5th – Fei-Hsien Wang, graduate student in History
Title: “Hunting Pirates in Beijing (1930-1937)”

November 12th – Professor Akira Iriye, Charles Warren Research Professor of American History
Title: “Transnationalizing East Asian History”

November 23rd – Helen Li, graduate student in Sociology
Title: “Grassroots, Sisterhood and Activism: A revisit of Taiwanese feminist history”

December 3rd – If you would like to present, please contact cfmeyskens@uchicago.edu

Hyun-ho Joo, June 1

please note, we will meet Monday in the John Hope Franklin Room

Hyun-ho Joo
PhD candidate in EALC
University of Chicago

Late Qing Transformation of Traditional Tributary Ideas


June 1 Monday 4-6pm
John Hope Franklin Room

Limin Teh, May 14

Limin Teh
Graduate student in History
University of Chicago

(paper available soon)
“Producing Race in Fushun: Japanese Colonialism and Chinese Labor in a
Northeast Chinese Town, 1906-45″

May 14 Thursday 4-6pm
Social Sciences Tea Room (SS201)

Tani Barlow, April 30

Tani Barlow

Professor of History

Rice University 

“What is a Poem? The Event of Women and the Modern Girl as Problems in Global or World History”

April 30 Thursday 4-6pm 

Social Sciences Tea Room (SS201)

please note we will be meeting Monday rather than Thursday

Louise Young
Professor of History
University of Wisconsin-Madison

“World War I, Capitalism, and the City in Japan

April 13 Monday 4-6pm
Social Sciences Tea Room (SS201)

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