RAS MODERN CHINESE HISTORY STUDY GROUP
Dates: 2nd and 4th Monday of each Month, at 7.00pm (prompt)
Starting Monday 12th of September, 2011
Venue: Melange Oasis, Jiashan Market Shanxi Nan Road Lane 550 No. 37 Building D (see map below)
Dinner with Mao.....and other legendary characters
Ever wish you could take a college level course on Chinese history without having to suffer through exams or the logistics of getting to class? RAS brings you this opportunity in the form of a series of lectures on DVD followed by discussion amongst your fellow RAS in China Shanghai Branch members.
"The Fall and Rise of China" is a course of lectures forming a part of the series; The Great Courses, publisher of college level courses taught by university professors. This series covers the modern history of China from 600AD to present day. Each lecture is approx. 30 minutes in length and will be followed by an hour (or longer) discussion afterwards, among the group. The Lecturer for this series is Professor Richard Baum.
The RAS Modern Chinese History Study Group will meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at a local restaurant beginning about 7:00. While having a drink, we would view the DVD and afterwards, discuss the lecture, period and content over our dinner. Each member would have the opportunity to lead the discussion for 6 consecutive sessions (with the option of viewing the lectures ahead of time), and then the torch would be passed to another participant.
If you are interested in participating in this exciting new RAS Study Group program, please contact
studygroup@royalasiaticsociety.org.cn
Professor Richard Baum is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, LA, specializing in modern Chinese politics and foreign relations. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berekley. He has been a consultant to the White house, the United Nations, and the Rand Corporation and a commentator on Chinese and East Asian affairs for the BBC, CNN, and NPR.
Entrance: RMB 20.00 (RAS members) and RMB 50.00 (non-members) those unable to make the donation but wishing to attend may contact us for exemption, prior to the RAS Lecture Series. Membership applications and membership renewals will be available at these events.
RSVP: to RAS Bookings at: studygroup@royalasiaticsociety.org.cn email title should read RAS MODERN CHINESE HISTORY STUDY GROUP – KATIE BAKER
FULL TITLES OF LECTURE SERIES ON MODERN CHINESE HISTORY
2011.09.12 Lecture 1. The Splendor That Was China 600 - 1700
2011.09.12 Lecture 2. Malthus and Manchu Hubris 1730 - 1800
2011.09.26 Lecture 3. Barbarians at the Gate 1800 - 1860
2011.09.26 Lecture 4. Rural Misery and Rebellion 1842 - 1860
2011.10.10 Lecture 5. The Self Strengthening Movement 1860 - 1890
2011.10.10 Lecture 6. Hundred Days of Reform and the Boxer Uprising
2011.10.24 Lecture 7. The End of Empire 1900 - 1911
2011.10.24 Lecture 8. The Failed Republic 1912 - 1919
2011.11.14 Lecture 9. The Birth of Chinese Communism 1917 - 1925
2011.11.28 Lecture 10. Chiang, Mao and Civil War 1926 - 1934
2011.11.28 Lecture 11. The Republican Experiment 1927 - 1937
2011.12.12 Lecture 12. Resist Japan 1937 - 1945
2011.12.12 Lecture 13. Chiang's Last Stand 1945 -1949
2011.12.19 Lecture 14. The Chinese People have stood up
2011.12.19 Lecture 15. Korea, Taiwan, and the Cold War 1950 - 1954
2012.01.09 Lecture 16. Socialist Transformation 1953 - 1957
2012.01.09 Lecture 17. Cracks in the Monolith 1957 - 1958
2012.02.13 Lecture 18. The Great Leap Forward 1958 - 1960
2012.02.13 Lecture 19. Demise of the Great Leap Forward 1959 - 1962
2012.02.27 Lecture 20. Never forget Class Struggle 1962 - 1965
2012.02.27 Lecture 21. Long Live Chairman Mao 1964 - 1965
2012.03.12 Lecture 22. Mao's Last Revolution Begins 1965 - 1966
2012.03.12 Lecture 23. The Children's Crusade 1966 - 1967
2012.03.26 Lecture 24. The Storm Subsides 1968 - 1969
2012.03.26 Lecture 25. The Sino-Soviet War of Nerves 1964 - 1969
2012.04.9 Lecture 26. Nixon, Kissinger and China 1969 - 1972
2012.04.9 Lecture 27. Mao's Deterioration and Death 1971 - 1976
2012.04.23 Lecture 28. The Legacy of Mao Zedong - An Appraisal
2012.04.23 Lecture 29. The Post-Mao Interregnum 1976 - 1977
2012.05.14 Lecture 30. Hua Guofeng and the Four Modernizations
2012.05.14 Lecture 31. Deng Takes Command 1978 - 1979
2012.05.28 Lecture 32. The Historic Third Plenum 1978
2012.05.28 Lecture 33. The Normalization of US-China Relations
2012.06.11 Lecture 34. Deng Consolidates His Power 1979 - 1980
2012.06.11 Lecture 35. Socialist Democracy and the Rule of Law
2012.06.25 Lecture 36. Burying Mao 1981 - 1983
2012.06.25 Lecture 37. To Get Rich is Glorious 1982 - 1986
2012.07.09 Lecture 38. The fault Line of Reform 1984-1987
2012.07.09 Lecture 39. The Road to Tiananmen 1987 - 1989
2012.08.13 Lecture 40. The Empire strikes back 1989
2012.08.13 Lecture 41. After The Deluge 1989 - 1992
2012.09.10 Lecture 42. The Roaring 90's 1992 - 1999
2012.09.10 Lecture 43. The Rise of Chinese Nationalism 1993 - 2001
2012.09.24 Lecture 44. China's Lost Territories Taiwan, Hong Kong
2012.09.24 Lecture 45. China in the New Millennium 2000 - 2008
2012.10.08 Lecture 46. China's Information Revolution
2012.10.08 Lecture 47. One World, One Dream - The 2008 Olympics
2012.10.22 Lecture 48. China's Rise - The Sleeping Giant Stirs