Title: The Construction of National History in China’s History Textbooks in Modern time: Focusing on the Chinese Nation Theory
Lecturer: OH Byungsoo (Senior Researcher at Korea Northeast Asia History Foundation)
Chairperson: YANG Biao (Professor of History, East China Normal University)
Date: 10 am, June 12th, 2017 (Monday)
Venue: Room 5303, Building of School of Humanities, Minhang Campus, ECNU
Sponsor: Si-mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, ECNU
Abstract of the Lecture:
Where did the “Chinese nation” theory come from? How will there be any development? When we look back at the past, will suddenly find that today we are familiar with the name, once the ancestors as the fire as careful care. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the “Chinese nation” theory is constantly improving with the change of the times. The history of modern China is based on the background of national history and is based on modern academic methods and systems. In a series of historical publications, textbooks as the most common historical books, the implementation of the national ideology, is an important part of national education. At the same time, Japan has established a set of imperial history narrative. This narrative is distinct from the world history of European and American historians, with a distinct oriental color. China’s intellectuals have carried out the transformation of China, forming a different from the traditional Chinese historical narrative. And successfully became the historical narrative of the leading position in China since then, and has been carried out in textbooks.
Brief Introduction of the Lecturer:
Dr. OH Byungsoo, is a senior researcher at Korea Northeast Asia History Foundation, the director of modern history research office. He received a doctorate degree from the Department of History of Fudan University. He was a lecturer at the Department of History Education at Seoul National University and a research professor at the Institute of East Asian Studies at Sungkyunkwan University. He was also the Secretary-General of the Korea History Education Research Association and the Director member of the Korea Society of Chinese Modern and Contemporary History.