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> H-ASIA
> April 27, 2012
>
> ANN: Lecture: "A Dance with the Dragon" (May 3)
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> From: Alison Ohta ao@royalasiaticsociety.org
>
>
> The Society is very pleased to announce an extra lecture to our series for
> 2011-2012. On Thursday May 3rd we will welcome Julia Boyd to present the
> talk:
>
> A Dance with the Dragon: Peking's Foreign Community 1860-1949.
>
> The talk focuses on the tumultuous years between the Boxer uprising and
> the
> Communist victory. Drawing on a variety of unpublished sources, Julia Boyd
> tells the story of Peking's small band of foreigners, a community
> consisting of diplomats and dropouts, intellectuals, artists, merry
> widows,
> Russian Refugees, remittance men and the inevitable missionaries. She will
> reveal how the majority of Westerners lived in their own bubble largely
> ignoring the great events that were taking place around them - the
> revolution on 1911, the constant civil war between north and south,
> Japanese aggression, fighting warlords and the rise of Communism. The talk
> will explore life in the Foreign legation quarter, the diplomats'
> insularity and extraordinary social life - picnics, parties, polo and club
> gossip; the ambitious scientific expeditions of the period and the
> discovery of Peking Man. Julia will also cover the Russian communities -
> Red and White, the literati who flocked to Peking in the 1920s and 30s,
> the
> Japanese occupation, internment of Peking's foreigners in Weishien and the
> entry of the Communists to Peking in January 1949.
>
> Julia Boyd is the author of 'The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: the Life of
> the First Woman Physician' and her talk at the RAS draws from her most
> recent book 'A Dance with the Dragon: the Vanished World of Peking's
> foreign Colony' published by IB Tauris.
>
> The lecture will start at 6.30pm and will be followed by a drinks
> reception. It is free and all are welcome.
>
> For directions to the Society visit our website or
> for more information email info@royalasiaticsociety.org
>
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