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How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma
| Title of the event | How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma |
| Organizer | Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen |
| Speaker | Dr. Ning Zhang |
| Speaker institution | University of Oxford, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies |
| Type of event | Vortrag |
| Category | Campus Leben |
| Registration required | Nein |
| Details | Dr. Ning Zhang’s lecture presents her ongoing book project, a pioneering exploration of the experiences of Chinese volunteers who joined the Burmese Communist Party’s insurgency between 1968 and 1989. Most of these volunteers were former sent-down youths who, after China’s withdrawal in 1973, returned home to a society largely unaware of their sacrifices. Although China’s involvement in the Burmese Civil War has long been an open secret, it remains officially unacknowledged. Drawing on sixty in-depth interviews and a rich archive of personal documents, Dr. Zhang’s research illuminates the human dimensions of “international communism” and its moral and emotional resonances. |
| Date | Start: 12.11.2025, 18:15 Uhr Ende: 12.11.2025 , 19:45 Uhr |
| Location |
Verfügungsgebäude (Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7) VG 1.102 |
| Contact |
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) cemeas@uni-goettingen.de |
| External link | https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-how-to-tell... |
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