The CSUSB Modern China Lecture Series invites WAC Inland So Cal to participate in a fascinating talk at CSUSB, 5500 University Pkwy., San Bernardino
Asylums & the Insane in Early 20th Century China featuring Dr. Emily Baum Associate Professor of History, UC Irvine
Friday, March 1, 2019 12:00 - 2:00 pm Pfau Library - 4th fl., PL-4005 Free program - Parking is $6 (Pay at the campus entrance kiosk or machines in the parking lots.) https://www.csusb.edu/maps-directions
How was “madness” understood in early twentieth-century China? This talk will explore the shifting meanings associated with madness during the last decade of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and the first decade of the Chinese republic (1911-1949). During this time, the first public asylum and the first modern police force were both established in the Chinese capital of Beijing. In tandem with the advent of these new quasi-disciplinary, quasi-charitable institutions, understandings of who should be considered "insane" shifted dramatically. This talk will demonstrate the ways in which the concept of "madness" evolved over the course of the early twentieth century, and will argue that these changing understandings of insanity arose in part due to the emergence of new policing mechanisms in the capital city. See you on March 1st!
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