Frank Dikotter, China Past and Future
Frank Dikötter, one of the world's leading historians of China, will discuss his new book China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower (2022).
Dikötter is Chair Professor of the Humanities at the University of Hong Kong. He has published a dozen books that have changed the ways historians view modern China, from the classic The Discourse of Race in Modern China (1992) to China before Mao: The Age of Openness (2007). He is also the author of the acclaimed "People's Trilogy" on the history of China under Mao (1949-76).
In this talk, he discusses his recent book China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower, which has been called "myth-shattering," "magisterial," and "riveting."
The Webinar is co-sponsored by the Political Economy Project and the Dickey Center, and is free and open to the public.
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