PRC History Group

A network of scholars working on the history of the People’s Republic of China. We start conversations, publish new work, and host primary source archives.

[Adam Cathcart @adamcathcart]

"Flawed Reflections: Robert Loh, Mao Zedong, and the Socialist Transformation Campaign in Shanghai, 1955-1956" https://t.co/SQZVMbRzvX My new essay for @prchistory

[PRC History Group @prchistory]

Everyone at the PRC History Group will miss Xiaohong immensely, as our friend and as a leader in PRC studies

[Michigan Sociology @UMSociology]

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our esteemed faculty member Xiaohong Xu.

Xiaohong passed away on December 12 surrounded by family and friends. Our academic community mourns a great loss today. Read more about his lasting impact. https://t.co/ZyQs6kdJHV

[Jeremy Brown 周傑榮 @JeremyJierong]

Here's my review of the English translation of Wang Youqin's Victims of the Cultural Revolution, translated by Stacey Mosher, @prchistory https://t.co/0EnXjEZlzD

[Damian M @zhong_daming]

The new issue of RtR @prchistory features Liu Chang's and my translation of Liu Yajuan’s "The 'Zhang Shunyou Incident': A Typical Case for the 'Practice of Cultivating Models'." Read here for a fascinating study of how PRC propaganda models were (re-)made: https://t.co/BGlUhof2ng

[PRC History Group @prchistory]

The PRC History Review now includes a Research Note series! Check out the first one, Aminda Smith on the origins of the term “Maoism,” and submit your own!
https://t.co/qK3rbwGOq1

[g solis @gabantoniosolis]

A sort of late (in Taiwan at least) May Day post, but just wanted to share a bit of my research findings. Studying export processing on the US-MX border and in Taiwan, and the biggest difference has been related to housing for workers. Here is a 🧵

[Sarah Mellors Rodriguez 莫诗嫣 @sm_rodriguez1]

I'm thrilled to announce that my book, "Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021" has been published by @CambridgeUP!

[Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜 @DGTam86]

My first grad school seminar paper was about discourse about education in 1950s China; I remember coming across Education Bureau documents warning of "Western-inspired" rebels who act like Elvis and cut school. Fascinating to see a possible inspiration for the fear-mongering!

[Caitlin Barker @CaitlinBarker10]

Check out the first collaborative translations from this fabulous project that makes Chinese-language PRC history scholarship accessible in English! I've learned so much from my participation in the group, and look forward to diving back in again when my fieldwork is finished.

[Damian M @zhong_daming]

The inaugural issue of the cross-national translation project Revisiting the Revolution is finally out❗️Sharing important new scholarship with global readers, new translations will be posted regularly (once/twice per month). ✍️ I am humbled to be part of this great project 🙏

[PRC History Group @prchistory]

We are delighted to partner with Timothy Cheek's Revisiting the Revolution group to publish their collaborative translations, which make influential Chinese-language scholarship on PRC History accessible in English. https://t.co/nEYe0GwZjf

[PRC History Group @prchistory]

@gedawei Sorry. https://t.co/qK3rbwYphz

[PRC History Group @prchistory]

New PRC History Review roundtable on Joseph W. Esherick, Accidental Holy Land: The Communist Revolution in Northwest China (California, 2022). Six reviews from your favorite luminaries and with a response from the author. https://t.co/WX2prX3Nst

[PRC History Group @prchistory]

https://t.co/qK3rbwYphz