This is an interdisciplinary seminar, drawing students from art history, films studies, anthropology, and creative writing, which has investigated the role of death and mortality in the formation and transformation of culture. The course is organized around the new constellation structure of HAA, focusing on the conceptual frameworks of agency, identity, and mobility/exchange.

In this presentation, Lee will analyze how Liang Qichao's idea of nation played a role in the emergence o national identity in China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The concept of nation in China didn't emerge from the bottom-up spontaneously. Rather, the emergence of Chinese national identity can largely be explained as an imported ideology pursued by Chinese elites. In the formation of the concept of nation in China, not only the contact with the West but also interactions and tensions among the East Asian countries were crucial.

In this research, I will analyze how Liang Qichao’s idea of nation played a role in the emergence of national identity in China in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The concept of nation in China didn’t emerge from the bottom-up spontaneously. Rather, I will argue, the emergence of Chinese national identity can largely be explained as an imported ideology pursued by Chinese elites. In the formation of the concept of nation in China, not only the contact with the West but also interactions and tensions among the East Asian countries were crucial.

Learn how to make Russian blini and practice your Russian! Join in making blini in the morning of March 22 (9:00am–12:00pm) on the 12th floor of the Cathedral of Learning.

Light refreshments will be served. For more information please contact: Dr. Mi-Hyun Kim at kimmh@pitt.edu or 412-624-5562

Teams of high school students from throughout the Pittsburgh region participated in the annual Pitt Model United Nations simulation.

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