Apr 26th, 2016 - YANG Daqing, “A Comparison of European and East Asian Common History Textbooks” (Si-mian Lectures on Humanities No. 291)

Title: A Comparison of European and East Asian Common History Textbooks

Lecturer: YANG Daqing (Associate Professor, George Washington University)

Chairperson: YANG Biao (Professor of History, East China Normal University)

Date: 10 am, April 26th, 2016 (Tuesday)

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:

By instilling national consciousness, history textbooks have been an integral part of making the modern nation-state. However, since the First World War, such national emphasis has come under questions. As globalization accelerates, the last decade or so have seen many projects for joint history textbooks in Europe and East Asia. The presentation examines the background, process, content, and impact of these trans-national history textbooks. The ultimate question is the role of history education in the 21st century.

Brief Introduction of the Lecturer:

Yang Daqing, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1996;

Associate Professor (2002- present), George Washington University;

Visiting Professorship at Harvard, Tokyo, Waseda Universities;

Historian, US National Archives Interagency Working Group on Nazi German and Imperial Japanese Documents, 2004-07;