Di Luo, Beyond Citizenship: Literacy and Personhood in Everyday China, 1900 –1945 (Brill, 2022). Assistant Professor Di Luo’s Beyond Citizenship: Literacy and Personhood in Everyday China, 1900-1945 (Brill, 2022) focuses on the role of literacy in building a modern nation-state by examining the government provision of adult literacy training in early twentieth-century China. Based on untapped archives and diaries, Dr. Luo uncovers people’s strategic use of literacy and illiteracy in social interactions and explores the impact of daily experiences on […]
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Nuclear War on the Korean Peninsula: Historical Perspectives on a Possible Future
The History Department is hosting a panel discussion entitled, “Nuclear War on the Korean Peninsula: Historical Perspectives on a Possible Future,” on Friday, February 9, at 4pm, in 125 ten Hoor Hall. The event will include: Dr. Howard Jones, “The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Nuclear War That Wasn’t.” Dr. Di Luo, “Inside the Hermit Kingdom: What Can We Know about the DPRK.” Dr. Harold Selesky, “Nuclear War Can Ruin Your Day: Thinking about the Unthinkable.” The event is free and […]
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Presentation to Explore the Standardization of Mandarin
How did people in the early decades of the twentieth century learn to write and speak the national language in China? This roundtable presentation will feature Robert Culp and Janet Chen in conversation, to discuss how textbook editors, linguists, and educators tried to standardize Mandarin when it was in the infancy of its formation. The event will be held in rm 205 Gorgas Library at 7:00 PM, on Monday, October 10. For more information, contact Assistant Professor Di Luo.
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