"Binding Maritime China" BU-NEU-Brandeis Conference

The History Department is co-sponsoring an upcoming international conference on the history of maritime China (16th - 20th century), co-organized by Professor Eugenio Menegon (History & Boston University Center for the Study of Asia), and Professors Philip Thai (History, Northeastern University) and Xing Hang (History, Brandeis University), with support from several units at each university. Entitled "Binding Maritime China: Control, Evasion, and Interloping” this gathering of major senior scholars as discussants, and 15 innovative scholars as presenters, will offer a deep historical perspective on the formation of maritime East and Southeast Asia, still a crucible of conflict and cooperation today. Please visit the website of the conference for detailed information, program, and abstracts. The conference is free and open to the public.