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2024 Carroll R. Pauley Symposium Schedule
Thursday, October 17th, 2024 (all times are in US Central)
Center for Great Plains Studies – Great Plains Art Museum
Time: 10:30 a.m. – Noon
Presentation: 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
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Presentation: “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
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Presentation: “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
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Presentation: “Historians’ Fallacies in Accounts of China’s Civil War, 1946-49”
Presenter: Emily M. Hill, Associate Professor of History, Queen’s University
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Presentation: “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
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Presentation: “Qinjian jianguo 勤俭建国: Frugality and Nation Building across 1949”
Presenter: Margherita Zanasi, Professor of Chinese History, Louisiana State University
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Presentation: “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
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Thursday, October 17th, 2024 (all times are in US Central)
Time | Presentation | Presenter | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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