June 4 1989 20th Anniversary: Conference in honor of Maurice Meisner, Reflections on History and Change in Modern China

The University of Wisconsin is holding a conference of twenty professors who will present papers on China's history and change.

Over the course of his career, Maurice J. Meisner, Harvery Goldberg Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has made numerous significant contributions to the history of modern China through his studies of Marxism, socialism, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and the People's Republic of China, among other. To honor him and his scholarship, 20 of his former Ph.D. students--now faculty members themselves--will come together June 4-7 in Madison, WI at the University of Wisconsin Pyle Center to present scholarly papers in his honor. The event is open to the public.

The organizing committee includes the following:
*Tina Chen (University of Manitoba)
*Thomas Lutze (Illinois Wesleyan University)
*Catherine Lynch (Eastern Connecticut State University)
*Robert Marks (Whittier College)
*Dreux Mongomery (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
*Paul G. Pickowicz (University of California, San Diego)