Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
On the Front Line in the Far East: The Chinese Eastern Railway and Russo-Chinese-Japanese Relations, 1905-1935
Part of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies' Visiting Scholar Roundtable
Where
Blaine R. Chiasson, Wilfred Laurier University
Chia Yin Hsu, Portland State University
Ronald Suleski, Suffolk University
and Masafumi Asada, IERES and Hokkaido University
Moderator: Daqing Yang, George Washington University
The history of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) is a good example of transnationalism in historical studies of the Russian Far East and Northeast Asia. The goal of this roundtable is to conduct a full and frank exchange of views about the CER and the build bridges between experts focused on Russia, China and Japan.
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP at go.gwu.edu/railway.
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