Challenges and Responses: Social Change in China’s Muslim-Majority Dongxiang Villages in Gansu Province (Apr. 11, 2019)
The Boston University Center for the Study of Asia and the
CAS Department of Anthropology are pleased to present
Prof. WU Mu 武 沐
Northwest China Ethnic Minorities Research Center,
Lanzhou University 兰州大学西北少数民族研究中心
Challenges and Responses: Social Change in China’s Muslim-Majority Dongxiang Villages in Gansu Province
三种权力结构下的中国东乡族乡村社会
Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 3-5 pm
in the Eilts Seminar Room (2nd Floor), 154 Bay State Road, Boston University
(Note that this lecture will be presented in Chinese)
Summary:
In rural China, with the rapid social changes of China’s economic development, some villages have collapsed; others tenaciously preserve their traditional lifestyle; and still others have industrialized by establishing primary processing industries. A significant number of villages are now marginalized both socially and geographically. Almost all of China’s Dongxiang villages in Gansu Province should be classified into this category. Recently, however, these villages have been rebuilding in several ways, which this paper will examine from different aspects.
About the Speaker:
Prof. WU Mu teaches and conducts research at Northwest China Ethnic Minorities Research Center at Lanzhou University. Founded in 1909, Lanzhou University is recognized for its research excellence, academic program quality, graduate career success, and economic impact within the western region of China and other Chinese territories.
A respected academic, Prof. Wu’s research interests focus on the areas of politics, military, economics, and culture of the ethnic minorities in northwest China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. He also regularly provides strategic advice to governments and organizations on these topics. His research has appeared in more than forty publications including Research on Xiongnu History (匈奴史研究), China: Comprehensive History of He and Huang Ethnic Minorities from 13th to 19th century (13-19 世纪河湟多民族走廊历史文化研究, Chinese Social Science Press), China: Comprehensive History of China’s Northwest Ethnic Minorities, Qin and Western Han Volume (中国西北少数民族通史•秦西汉卷, Nationalities Press) and A Comprehensive History of Gansu: Ming and Qing volume (甘肃通史:明清卷, People’s Press of Gansu). Currently, Prof. Wu is leading a national project of detailed historical research about all aspects of governance, military history, economy, culture, ethnicity, religion and customs of the people of the He Huang Min Tao region (the traditional name of the early Gansu and Qinghai area) during the Ming-Qing period (明清河湟岷洮地区少数民族之中华民族认同研究), which is funded directly by China’s Ministry of Education.
