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State and Society in the Contact Zone: Historical Anthropology and the New Qing History

Sun, June 26, 10:30am to 12:20pm, Shikokan (SK), Floor: 1F, 118

Session Submission Type: Organized Panel Proposal Application

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Over the past two decades, two approaches have drawn broad attention and significantly influenced the study of late imperial China: historical anthropology of China and the “New Qing History.” The historical anthropology of China has a long tradition of illuminating the relationships between religious practice, belief, and social structure on a more or less local level and exploring the relationship between societies and the state using materials collected through fieldwork. New Qing historians incorporate non-Chinese archival sources into studies on ethnic sovereignty and the Central Eurasian aspects of the Qing empire. Inspired by both approaches, this panel attempts to explore the interaction with non-Chinese populations and institutions in the formation of Han Chinese society on the edges of Qing ethnic and socio-cultural boundaries, drawing together central archives and local documents in Chinese and non-Chinese languages. Through examining cases in Zhili, Fujian, Mongolia, and Xinjiang, the panel illustrates the roles of Chinese dynamics and non-Han agencies in the formation of Qing borderland societies.

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