Entwined Destinies: America and China and the History of the Present

Wednesday, October 12th
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
UCLA Powell Library -- East Rotunda

 

In this special lecture, Gordon Chang will speak about his book, Fateful Ties: A History of America's Preoccupation with China (Harvard University Press: 2015) that studies the long history of America-China relations. Chang covers this history from Jamestown to today and gives historical context for the current American fixation with China. He suggests that this fascination continues centuries of American interest in China, an interest that is peculiar to the United States.

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Light refreshments will be provided & books will be available for purchase.

 

Gordon H. Chang is Oliver H. Palmer Professor in Humanities and Professor of History at Stanford University. His research focuses on the history of United States-East Asia relations and on Asian American history. He is affiliated with the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, the American Studies Program, International Relations Program, and is Director of the Center for East Asian Studies. He is particularly interested in America in the world, the historical connections between race and ethnicity in America and foreign relations, and explores these interconnections in his teaching and scholarship. He is a recipient of both Guggenheim and ACLS fellowships, and has been a three-time fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center.

 

Hosted by AASC and Stanley Kwok Lau and Dora Wong Lau Endowment for Chinese American Studies. Co-sponsored by UCLA's Asian American Studies Department, Center for Chinese Studies, Department of History, and International Institute.