EVENT DETAILS

"China in 1943: A Two-Day Workshop on a Year of Trials, Tribulations, and Transitions"

April 26-27, from 10am-4pm

This workshop will bring together scholars from within the UC system and beyond who have been doing research on this pivotal year, as well as local specialists who have agreed to serve as commentators for the proceedings. The goal of the event is to refine the thinking behind and fine-tune a book devoted to 1943. The workshop will be jointly convened by Joseph Esherick, Professor Emeritus of History, UC San Diego, and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History, UCI. Presentation topics will include Chiang Kai-shek's China's Destiny (a book published in 1943), the aftermath of the Hunan Famine of 1942, and Chinese Communist Party campaigns and purges of the time.

For more information, please contact Matt Combs at mtcombs@uci.edu.