BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1842@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230815T100737 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231115T090000 SUMMARY:Comparative Colonial Studies or Frontier Studies? A Case Study of Q ing Imperial Discourse on Taiwan DESCRIPTION:To expand our understanding of global imperialism in the pre-mo dern and modern eras\, this workshop will use the case study of Taiwan to explore how the frameworks of comparative colonial studies and frontier st udies differ in their interpretations of Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) expansio nism. How do these divergent frameworks produce competing notions of indig eneity\, for example\, or of territorial sovereignty? In what ways does th e notion of “Chinese colonialism” (or “imperialism”) contest histo rical narratives of European exceptionalism? To consider the contemporary relevance of these historiographical questions\, we will also discuss whet her academic resistance to the idea of “Chinese colonialism” foreclose s critiques of current PRC territorial claims or precludes the discourse o f indigeneity in contemporary China. Workshop participants will be asked t o reflect on how an understanding of Qing expansionism might inform their own research.\\r\\n\\r\\nRecommended Reading:\\r\\n Mark Elliott\, “The Case of the Missing Indigene: Debate Over a ‘Second-Generation’ Ethni c Policy\,” The China Journal\, vol. 73 (Jan. 2015): 186-213. James A. Millward\, “The Qing and Twentieth-Century Chinese Diversity Regimes. ” In Andrew Phillips and Christian Reus-smit eds. Culture and Order in World Politics\, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press\, 2020: 71–92. P eter C. Perdue\, “Comparing Empires: Manchu Colonialism\,” Internatio nal History Review\, 20.2 (June 1998): 255-62. Emma J. Teng\, Taiwan’s Imagined Geography: Chinese Colonial Travel Writing and Pictures\, 1683-1 895\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center/dist. Harv ard University Press\, pp. 1-30\, and 247–258. X-ALT-DESC:

To expand our understanding of global imperialism in the pre- modern and modern eras\, this workshop will use the case study of Taiwan t o explore how the frameworks of comparative colonial studies and frontier studies differ in their interpretations of Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) expans ionism. How do these divergent frameworks produce competing notions of ind igeneity\, for example\, or of territorial sovereignty? In what ways does the notion of “Chinese colonialism” (or “imperialism”) contest his torical narratives of European exceptionalism? To consider the contemporar y relevance of these historiographical questions\, we will also discuss wh ether academic resistance to the idea of “Chinese colonialism” foreclo ses critiques of current PRC territorial claims or precludes the discourse of indigeneity in contemporary China. Workshop participants will be asked to reflect on how an understanding of Qing expansionism might inform thei r own research.

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