H-PRC is the H-Net presence of the PRC History Group, a network of scholars with interests in the history of the People’s Republic of China. We define history broadly, to encompass a wide variety of disciplinary approaches, and we understand the history of the PRC to include eras prior to the official change of state power in 1949.
Here is a link to Rebecca Karl's response to a review of Roseann Lake's new book Leftover in China. Both the review and professor Karl's response were originally posted on MCLC.
http://u.osu.edu/mclc/2018/02/16/chinas-leftover-women-review-1/
Note: This was originally posted on H-Asia but I'm reposting here as it might be of interest to H-PRC members.
Seeking panelists for the AHA Annual Meeting - Ethnic Minorities in the PRC
by Dongjo Shin
I am currently organizing a panel proposal for the AHA Annual Meeting in Chicago (Jan. 3 - 9, 2019).
Dear colleagues,
I am working on a book project (Habilitation) on Sino-Swiss relations in the Cold War. I am particularly interested in the use of Switzerland as a hub for Chinese business, diplomatic, propaganda, and intelligence networks. Unfortunately, I began my research after the Foreign Ministry Archive restricted access to its holdings.
Congratulations to Sigrid Schmalzer, whose book Red Revolution, Green Revolution: Scientific Farming in Socialist China won the 2018 Joseph Levenson Post-1900 prize at the Association for Asian Studies. Here is the announcement.
WAGIC https://www.wagic.org/ is a new (well, not so new - the first issue came out last September) blog and discussion forum on Women and Gender in China. Its authors describe WAGIC as
Teach your kids about PRC History!
Colleagues!
Does one of you happen know when, give or take a year, the PRC first managed to manufacture infrared and/or ultraviolet lights (lightbulbs) domestically? If you do know, do you also happen to know which factory made such lights? And from which country, prior to developing its own production capacity, would the PRC have imported infrared/ultraviolet lights? East Germany?
Best,
Michael
Dear Colleagues,
I am hoping that someone can help me identify the American whose Chinese name is 弗兰德.
I am circulating this note, written by Rebecca Karl, in remebrance of her teacher, Arif Dirlik, who passed away on December 1.
The Center for East Asian Studies’ Japan, China and Korean Studies Library Travel Grants are designed to assist scholars from outside the Chicago metropolitan area in their use of University of Chicago’s East Asian collections for research related to Japan, China and Korea.
