Relief and Reconstruction in Wartime and Postwar China, 1937-1949

University Club
The University of Oxford
10-11 June, 2011




 
   
 
 
      

This workshop will feature new, primary source-driven research that addresses the significance of social programs, movements, and organizations in China during and after the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945. One goal of this gathering is to explore specific ways in which the war and post-war reconstruction and relief altered the trajectory of Chinese society. We believe looking more closely at the attempts to (re)construct a war-torn nation by individuals, organizations, and the state will help historians understand postwar China both as it was and how it might have been. While these topics have been explored in great detail for Europe and Japan, far less has been said about China. With this in mind, the workshop seeks to showcase innovative scholarship on a society in transition between 1937 and 1949. Workshop organizers Tehyun Ma and Helen Schneider intend to edit a special journal issue or edited volume featuring some of the papers following the event.
This workshop will be funded by the Leverhulme Trust’s China’s War with Japan Project.
Please note that more information about the workshop will appear on these pages later in the spring.

Programme

Submitted papers (participants only)

Report of the workshop


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Places are limited so please contact akiko.frellesvig@history.ox.ac.uk if you wish to attend the workshop.