BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IHSS - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IHSS X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ihss.hku.hk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IHSS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Hong_Kong BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:HKT DTSTART:20160101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161101T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161101T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T010212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102855Z UID:87543-1478001600-1478005200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Let There Be Light: China Light & Power and the Manufacture of “Modern” Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/let-there-be-light-china-light-power-and-the-manufacture-of-modern-hong-kong/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161025T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161025T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T011919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102855Z UID:87549-1477396800-1477400400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Religion and Pluralism: Modes of Religious Authority and Political Contestation in Urban Shanghai Funerals DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/religion-and-pluralism-modes-of-religious-authority-and-political-contestation-in-urban-shanghai-funerals/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161020T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161020T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T012253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102856Z UID:87555-1476979200-1476984600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:To Live for Food (食為天) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/to-live-for-food-%e9%a3%9f%e7%82%ba%e5%a4%a9/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161012T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161012T160000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T175829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102857Z UID:87584-1476288000-1476288000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Paradox of Moving Labor: Workers in the Films of Jia Zhangke DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-paradox-of-moving-labor-workers-in-the-films-of-jia-zhangke/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161011T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161011T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T014259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102857Z UID:87564-1476187200-1476190800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Monumentality of Linear Landscape DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-monumentality-of-linear-landscape/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161006T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20161006T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T175150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102857Z UID:87570-1475771400-1475776800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Sinophiles and Sinophobes: Medical Debates and Medical Philology in Tokugawa Japan DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/sinophiles-and-sinophobes-medical-debates-and-medical-philology-in-tokugawa-japan/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lecture-by-professor-benjamin-a-elman-20161006-1920x1080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160927T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160927T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T180259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102858Z UID:87593-1474977600-1474981200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Trusting Big Data? A Critique from Confucian Trust DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/trusting-big-data-a-critique-from-confucian-trust/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160922T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160922T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T180714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102858Z UID:87599-1474560000-1474565400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Planting for Life (種植人生) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/planting-for-life-%e7%a8%ae%e6%a4%8d%e4%ba%ba%e7%94%9f/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160914T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160914T160000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T181343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102858Z UID:87609-1473868800-1473868800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:When the Psycho-Boom Meets the Startup Frenzy: Therapist-Entrepreneurs and Their Remaking of the Psychotherapy Scene in China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/when-the-psycho-boom-meets-the-startup-frenzy-therapist-entrepreneurs-and-their-remaking-of-the-psychotherapy-scene-in-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160913T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160913T160000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T181726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102859Z UID:87616-1473778800-1473782400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Dejiaohui and the Construction and Development of Its Transnational Network between Chao-Shan Region\, Hong Kong\, Thailand\, Singapore and Malaysia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-dejiaohui-and-the-construction-and-development-of-its-transnational-network-between-chao-shan-region-hong-kong-thailand-singapore-and-malaysia/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160912T123000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160912T140000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T182212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102859Z UID:87625-1473683400-1473688800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Rockefeller Philanthropy and China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/rockefeller-philanthropy-and-china/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160909T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160909T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T183210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102859Z UID:87638-1473422400-1473426000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Anthropological Study of Religion in China: Contexts\, Collaborations\, Debates\, and Trends DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-anthropological-study-of-religion-in-china-contexts-collaborations-debates-and-trends/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160906T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160906T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T185624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102900Z UID:87648-1473163200-1473166800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Small Property Right Housing Development in China: Towards a Renewed Understanding of Urban Villages DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/small-property-right-housing-development-in-china-towards-a-renewed-understanding-of-urban-villages/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160818T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160818T163000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T232005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102900Z UID:87672-1471537800-1471537800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Canton’s India Connections: A Dialogue with Amitav Ghosh DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/cantons-india-connections-a-dialogue-with-amitav-ghosh/ LOCATION:Theatre P3\, LG1 Floor\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160809 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T221926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102900Z UID:87655-1470009600-1470700799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Humanities\, Social Sciences and Medicine in East Asia: Interdisciplinary Approaches DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/humanities-social-sciences-and-medicine-in-east-asia-interdisciplinary-approaches/ CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/banner-advanced-training-workshop-humanities-social-sciences-and-medicine-in-east-asia-interdisciplinary-approaches-768x256-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160620T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160620T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T233112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102832Z UID:87685-1466440200-1466445600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Chao Yuen Ren and the Modern Soundscape of Republican China (1912 – 1937) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/chao-yuen-ren-and-the-modern-soundscape-of-republican-china-1912-1937/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160610T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160610T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240729T005708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102855Z UID:87534-1465560000-1465563600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Urban Restructuring and Temple Agency — the Case Studies of Han Buddhist Temples in Shanghai DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/urban-restructuring-and-temple-agency-the-case-studies-of-han-buddhist-temples-in-shanghai/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160606T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160606T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031749 CREATED:20240730T004542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102901Z UID:87695-1465230600-1465236000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Hong Kong in China Studies DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/hong-kong-in-china-studies/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/trialogue-by-professor-poshek-fu-professor-stephen-chu-and-professor-john-carroll-20160606-960x742-nr9ywk8aa522t2bz7ml33ld2axd1tzhqi7a0b73njw.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160601T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160601T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T005826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102901Z UID:87706-1464798600-1464804000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:China in the World DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/china-in-the-world/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/critical-dialogues-about-china-by-professor-arif-dirlik-and-professor-alka-acharya-20160601-960x742-nr9ywdneyat2jslja1qp450u589hc3rm5aply9derg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160520T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160520T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T011504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102901Z UID:87717-1463761800-1463767200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Ethnic Studies in China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ethnic-studies-in-china/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dialogue-with-professor-mark-c-elliott-and-professor-xiaomeng-liu-20160520-960x742-nr9ywcpkrgrs86mwfjc2jn9djue44envt624gzesxo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160429T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160429T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T012654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102902Z UID:87730-1461947400-1461952800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:War Memories in China Studies DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/war-memories-in-china-studies/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160427 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160501 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T013240Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102902Z UID:87737-1461715200-1462060799@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:InterAsian Connections V: Seoul (2016) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/interasian-connections-v-seoul-2016/ LOCATION:Asia Center\, Seoul National University\, Korea\, Korea\, Republic of CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160426T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160426T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T174208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102902Z UID:87751-1461672000-1461675600@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Performing the Nation\, Performing the Market: Hybrid Practices and Negotiated Meanings of Chinese Rural Teachers DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/performing-the-nation-performing-the-market-hybrid-practices-and-negotiated-meanings-of-chinese-rural-teachers/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160419T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160419T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T174633Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102903Z UID:87758-1461067200-1461070800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Birth of a Religious Group: An Ethnographic Study of Confucian Congregation DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-birth-of-a-religious-group-an-ethnographic-study-of-confucian-congregation/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160414T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160414T163000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T175211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102832Z UID:87767-1460651400-1460651400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:A Costly Order: Labour Migration\, Commercial Intermediaries and Social Reordering in China DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/a-costly-order-labour-migration-commercial-intermediaries-and-social-reordering-in-china/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS,IHSS Public Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160412T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160412T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T180514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102903Z UID:87778-1460462400-1460466000@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:One Country\, Two Economies: The Conflict Between Hong Kong Capitalism and Mainland Socialism DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/one-country-two-economies-the-conflict-between-hong-kong-capitalism-and-mainland-socialism/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160329T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160329T130000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T180938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102904Z UID:87785-1459252800-1459256400@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Ethnic Tourism and the Recreation of “Reindeer Evenki Culture” in Inner Mongolia DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/ethnic-tourism-and-the-recreation-of-reindeer-evenki-culture-in-inner-mongolia/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160323T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160323T160000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T181835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102905Z UID:87792-1458748800-1458748800@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:The Beginning of China’s Ethnicity Challenge DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/the-beginning-of-chinas-ethnicity-challenge/ LOCATION:Room 201\, 2/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160321T163000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160321T180000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T182345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102905Z UID:87798-1458577800-1458583200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Gender in China Studies DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/gender-in-china-studies/ LOCATION:CRT 4.36\, 4/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ihss.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/critical-dialogues-about-china-by-prof-louise-edwards-and-prof-harriet-zurndorfer-20160321-960x742-nr9ywherpmy7u8g2o3d7e42oirqy6w6jhtbjvd7u2k.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160318T160000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20160318T173000 DTSTAMP:20261109T031750 CREATED:20240730T182736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T102906Z UID:87807-1458316800-1458322200@ihss.hku.hk SUMMARY:Listen to Macau (聆聽澳門街) DESCRIPTION:Language: English\n \n \n \n \n T6\, 1/F\, Meng Wah Complex\, The University of Hong Kong\n \n \n \n \n January 8\, 2015 4:30 pm\n \n \n \n \n (Tel) (852) 3917-5772\n \n \n \n\n \n \n Enquiry: ihss@hku.hk\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABSTRACT \n \n \n \n In 1925\, leftist Bolshevik Preobrajenski argued against rightist Bukharin that the revolutionaries ought to accomplish what Marx had called “primitive accumulation”\, in other words to industrialize the country by exploiting peasants. Stalin implemented Preobrajenski’s views several years later; Mao followed by copying Stalin’s strategy of industrialization. This talk explores how similar policies could be adopted and implemented by two sets of revolutionary leaders\, whose relationships with peasants had in the past been utterly different\, if not to say contrasted. It also asks the question of how Russian and Chinese revolutionaries viewed and treated peasants within their ideological framework and historical experiences.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE SPEAKER \n \n \n \n Lucien Bianco is an eminent historian and sinologist specializing in the history of the Chinese peasantry in the 20th century. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale des Langues Orientales\, where he learned Chinese\, and obtained his Ph.D in history from the Université de Paris in 1968. Professor Bianco has since taught at Harvard University\, Princeton University\, University of Michigan in USA\, and in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He is the Former Director of the Research and Documentation Center on Contemporary China at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris\, where he was also professor of modern Chinese history. He is now Professor Emeritus at EHESS. Professor Bianco is the author and co-author of many books on China and Chinese revolution. His Les origines de la révolution chinoise 1915–1949 (1967; published in English in 1971 and subsequently in revised editions) remains a highly regarded signature work. He has also written the award-winning studies Peasants without the Party: Grass-roots Movements in Twentieth-Century China (2001) and Jacqueries et révolution dans la Chine du XXe siècle (2005). His recent publications include Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution (2009); La révolution fourvoyée: Parcours dans la Chine du XXème siècle (2010); and La Récidive: révolution russe\, révolution chinoise (2014). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Previous\n \n \n Next URL:https://ihss.hku.hk/events/listen-to-macau-%e8%81%86%e8%81%bd%e6%be%b3%e9%96%80%e8%a1%97/ LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, G/F\, Hong Kong CATEGORIES:IHSS END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR