Ox.C.R.G. OXFORD CHINA READING GROUP
Fridays Michaelmas Term 2024, 2pm - 4pm
Lucina Hoo Room, China Centre (except week 5)
All welcome
oxcrg_mt24_termcard.pdf
Period Late Imperial to Modern
Convenors: Duanran Feng, Pak Hei Hao, Simon Lam, Alexander Yen
Topic and Readings
MT1 Applying Theory to Historical Research
- Aihwa Ong, Flexible Citizenship, Introduction.
- Shih, Visuality and Identity, Introduction.
MT2 Chinese Food
- Fuschia Dunlop, Invitation to a Banquet, prologue.
- Wu and Cheung, eds., Globalization of Chinese Food, any chapter of interest from Section I.
MT3 Twentieth Century Chinese Theatre
- Li, Opera, Society, and Politics in Modern China, chapter 2. ⋅
- DeMare, Mao’s Cultural Army, chapter 4.
MT4 The Lineage in Chinese History
- Faure, Emperor and Ancestor, chapters 14-16, epilogue (optional).
MT5 Curing the Fifth Week Blues: Pub Social
Join us at the Gardener’s Arms, North Parade, for a mid-term break!
MT6 Language and Politics in the Sinophone World
- Rachel Leow, Taming Babel, chapter 5. ⋅
- Janet Chen, The Sounds of Mandarin, chapter 5.
MT7 KMT Authoritarianism and “Project National Glory” ⋅
Cheng, ‘Saving the Nation by Sacrificing Your Life’.
Igarashi, ‘When did the ROC Abandon “Retaking the Mainland”?’
MT8 The CCP at the Grassroots TBC
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