In recent times Shanghai has witnessed a proliferation of new societies and clubs, as well, of course, as the reinstatement of the RAS itself. In days gone by Shanghai boasted an astonishing number of such associations encompassing a diversity of interests ranging from those of missionaries and charity workers to those involved with music, women’s issues, recreation, science, culture, sport, and politics, to name but a few. During his residence here Nenad Djordjevic’s passion for Shanghai’s past and culture has expressed itself in a consummate quest to reveal the nature of expatriate and Chinese clubs from the city’s earliest days as a treaty port to the present day. He will be talking about the historical importance played by them in defining Shanghai’s social being and in shaping its multifarious image and reputation.
Nenad Djordjevic was born in Belgrade (Serbia) in 1970. He studied history in Stockholm and Belgrade and took a masters degree at BelgradeUniversity in 1994. After working as a historian in the Archives of Yugoslavia he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1997 His first diplomatic mission was to Pyongyang in 2000. From 2002 to 2006 he was responsible for cultural, political and consular affairs in Beijing and he is currently Consul-Gerant of Serbia in Shanghai. He has published several historical articles and written a book on North Korean ideology. He was recently elected Honorary Vice President of the RAS.
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