Event Details

Don't miss author Paul French, back by popular demand, introducing his latest project which launches this month!


WHAT: China Revisited: Recovering Lost Travel Writing, featuring Paul French, an online event jointly organised by RASBJ and the History Club of RAS Shanghai


WHEN: Mar 15, 2023, Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 PM Beijing time


MORE ABOUT THE EVENT:China Revisited is a new series of rediscovered travel writing on China from the Victorian, Edwardian, and Interwar periods from independent publisher Blacksmith Books. Each book is abridged, introduced and annotated by historian and author Paul French. The series aims to "recover" largely forgotten and invariably dismissed works that often perpetuate the cliches and stereotypes of their authors and times. Yet often the writing reveals moments in China's history, providing snapshots of a country now forever changed. And problematic as these texts can be they do show us the terms of engagement and preoccupations of both westerners and Chinese in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. This presentation looks at the first three books in the series and asks how we can best appreciate and understand these historic works through the lens of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Historian Dr. Jeremiah Jenne will moderate.


The three books discussed in this talk are available from Blacksmith Books at https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/books/china-revisited-a-bundle-of-three-books/#​ Enter the promotional code "BB23" on checkout to get a 20% discount and free postage to anywhere in Asia!


HOW MUCH: This online event is free for RASBJ members and members/friends of RAS Shanghai; RMB 50 for members of partner RAS branches in London, Hong Kong and Seoul; RMB 100 for non-members. If you wish to become an RASBJ member, please go to https://rasbj.org/membership/​


HOW TO JOIN THE EVENT: Please click "Register" or "I Will Attend" and follow the instructions. After successful registration you'll receive a confirmation email with a link to join the event. If you seem not to have received it, please check your spam folder. Members of partner RAS branches: Please register at least 48 hours before the event, allowing time for membership verification. You'll receive several emails from RASBJ, one confirming receipt of your registration request, another requesting payment (this step is skipped for members/friends of RAS Shanghai), and one more confirming your registration with a link to join the event. Please check your spam folder to ensure you see all RASBJ emails; those who think they are missing their confirmation email often find it there! Hope to "see" you at the event!

Speakers

  • Paul French (Speaker)

    Paul French

    Speaker

    British author Paul French produces articles, interviews and podcasts about a range of China-related subjects. He specialises in books about modern Chinese history and contemporary Chinese society, including "City of Devils: A Shanghai Noir", the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning "Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China", "Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand", and "Through the Looking Glass: China’s Foreign Journalists from Opium Wars to Mao".

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  • Jeremiah Jenne (Moderator)

    Jeremiah Jenne

    Moderator

    https://jeremiahjenne.com

    Dr. Jeremiah Jenne is a writer and historian based in Beijing since 2002. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, and taught Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History for over 15 years while also leading educational and research trips to every part of China. His essays and articles have appeared in "The Economist", "South China Morning Post", and numerous other publications. Jeremiah is the proprietor of Beijing by Foot, a division of The Hutong, which organizes historic walking tours of Beijing's most famous sites and less-traveled byways, and leads workshops on history, culture, and cultural adaptation for students, embassies, companies, and community groups. Along with David Moser, Jeremiah is also the co-host of the podcast "Barbarians at the Gate".

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