“The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History”

Professor Frank Dikötter 冯客教授

Date:           22nd November 2016 (Tuesday)

Time:          12:00 to 13:30 pm

Venue:         Lecture Theatre 2 (KT182), THEi Building (Kowloon Tong Campus)

Address:     30 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Language:   English 

Abstract

This year, marks the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China. For 10 stormy years from 1966, the country underwent massive sociopolitical upheaval that saw many intellectuals and common people driven to suffering and even death, as well as cultural relics and artefacts being destroyed. In this talk, Prof Dikötter will talk about the birth of the Cultural Revolution, and how this political campaign shook the nation as well as how its effect rippled across the globe.

2016年是中国文化大革命爆发的第五十个年头。1966年以降，中国在十年里经历了大规模的社会政治动荡，不少知识分子与平民受到迫害甚至死亡，文化遗迹与文物亦遭摧毁。在本次讲座中，冯客教授将向我们讲述文化大革命爆发的原因，以及这场政治运动如何震动了整个中国，并波及到全世界。

Biography

Frank Dikötter was author of The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962-1976. Born in the Netherlands in 1961, he was educated in Switzerland and graduated from the University of Geneva. After two years in the China, he moved to London where he obtained his PhD in History from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1990. He has been the Chair Professor of Humanities at the University of Hong Kong since 2006.

冯客教授是《文化大革命：人民的历史 1962-1976》一书的作者。他1961年出生於荷兰，在瑞士日内瓦大学毕业。在中国旅居两年后，他於1990年在英国伦敦大学亚非学院取得历史学博士学位。自2006年至今，冯客教授出任香港大学人文学院讲座教授。

All are welcome

For enquiries, please contact Ms Janice LEUNG at janicel@vtc.edu.hk.