Control The Past, Control The Future: The Struggles Behind The Chinese Communist Party’s Historiography of The Cultural Revolution
Location
Science Center, A154
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-27-2012 4:00 PM
End Date
4-27-2012 5:00 PM
Abstract
Modern Chinese historiography is a battlefield upon which factions of the Chinese Communist Party vie for power over the past in order to control the present—and the future. This study of the changing interpretations of the Cultural Revolution, and the historical debates that shaped them, illustrates the ongoing struggle to shape history and reveals emerging trends that shape Chinese historiography today.
Recommended Citation
Barrios, Ricardo, "Control The Past, Control The Future: The Struggles Behind The Chinese Communist Party’s Historiography of The Cultural Revolution" (04/27/12). Senior Symposium. 3.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2012/presentations/3
Major
East Asian Studies; Politics
Advisor(s)
Marc Blecher, East Asian Studies; Politics
Project Mentor(s)
Marc Blecher, East Asian Studies; Politics
April 2012
Control The Past, Control The Future: The Struggles Behind The Chinese Communist Party’s Historiography of The Cultural Revolution
Science Center, A154
Modern Chinese historiography is a battlefield upon which factions of the Chinese Communist Party vie for power over the past in order to control the present—and the future. This study of the changing interpretations of the Cultural Revolution, and the historical debates that shaped them, illustrates the ongoing struggle to shape history and reveals emerging trends that shape Chinese historiography today.
Notes
Session III, Panel 1: Decision/Indecision in East Asia: Studies of Historical Memory and Dialogue Without End
Moderator: Suzanne Gay, Professor of East Asian Studies and History