Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Center for Great Plains Studies – Great Plains Art Museum
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Keynote Speech: “Creating a History of Republican China: Personal Reflections”
Presenter: Parks M. Coble, James L. Sellers Emeritus Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
“Infrastructure Development and the Making of Modern China: From Sun Yat-sen to the Belt and Road Initiative”
Presenter: Elisabeth Köll, Professor and Chair of the Department of History & William Payden Collegiate Professor, University of Notre Dame
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
“A Century of Midnight: Business in Chinese Popular Culture since 1930”
Presenter: Brett Sheehan, Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California
Friday, October 18th, 2024
Nebraska Union – Regency Suite
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
“Historians’ Fallacies in Accounts of China’s Civil War, 1946-49”
Presenter: Emily M. Hill, Associate Professor of History, Queen’s University
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
“Bandit Goods and Petty Commerce: Taiwan in the Cold War Shadow Economy”
Presenter: Philip Thai, Director of Global Asian Studies, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Northeastern University
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
“Qinjian jianguo 勤俭建国: Frugality and Nation Building across 1949”
Presenter: Margherita Zanasi, Professor of Chinese History, Louisiana State University
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“Hong Kong as China’s Financial Spigot: A Legacy of Republican China”
Presenter: John D. Wong, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Hong Kong
List view. All times are Central Standard Time (CST).
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
| Time | Presentation | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:30 a.m. – Noon | Keynote Speech: “Creating a History of Republican China: Personal Reflections” | Parks M. Coble, James L. Sellers Emeritus Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Center for Great Plains Studies – Great Plains Art Museum |
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | “Infrastructure Development and the Making of Modern China: From Sun Yat-sen to the Belt and Road Initiative” | Elisabeth Köll, Professor and Chair of the Department of History & William Payden Collegiate Professor, University of Notre Dame | Center for Great Plains Studies – Great Plains Art Museum |
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | “A Century of Midnight: Business in Chinese Popular Culture since 1930” | Brett Sheehan, Professor of History and Director of the East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California | Center for Great Plains Studies – Great Plains Art Museum |
Friday, October 18th, 2024
| Time | Presentation | Presenter | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | “Historians’ Fallacies in Accounts of China’s Civil War, 1946-49” | Emily M. Hill, Associate Professor of History, Queen’s University | Nebraska Union – Regency Suite |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | “Bandit Goods and Petty Commerce: Taiwan in the Cold War Shadow Economy” | Philip Thai, Director of Global Asian Studies, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Northeastern University | Nebraska Union – Regency Suite |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | “Qinjian jianguo 勤俭建国: Frugality and Nation Building across 1949” | Margherita Zanasi, Professor of Chinese History, Louisiana State University | Nebraska Union – Regency Suite |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | “Hong Kong as China’s Financial Spigot: A Legacy of Republican China” | John D. Wong, Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Hong Kong | Nebraska Union – Regency Suite |