About this Event
Amidst the sweeping social transformations, a nostalgia market has emerged in contemporary China, evoking a yearning for the past, particularly the Mao era. Why does this nostalgiaemerge? What does it mean to people of different generations? How does consumption contribute to the remembering and forgetting of the past? Based on interviews and participant observation, this research explores the relationship between consumption, nostalgia, and amnesia in the context of reform-era China.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr Licheng Qian is an Assistant Lecturer in Sociology at Birmingham City University (BCU). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 2017. Prior to joining BCU in 2023, he worked as a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of Macau and Zhejiang University. His research interests include cultural sociology, political/historical sociology, and particularly social memory studies. His articles have appeared in both social science and China studies journals such as the Journal of Contemporary China, Nations and Nationalism, Cultural Sociology, and Memory Studies.
ABOUT THE ORGANISERS
promotes multidisciplinary research, teaching and programming with impact beyond academia, seeking to remedy class, racial, gender, and other inequalities, and to improve mutual understanding in UK-China relations. The MCI is based at the University of Manchester.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Oddfellows Hall (Boardroom), Grosvenor Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
