光焰無際的毛澤東思想照全世界
Date: Tuesday 16 August 2022
Time: 5:30 – 7.00pm AEST
Location: CIW Auditorium, Building 188, Fellows Lane, The Australian National University
About this event
The word “Maoism” is often a popular term that one uses to describe radicalism, iconoclasm, and even one’s blind obedience to a charismatic autocratic leader. Though nearly fifty years removed from Mao Zedong’s death, “Maoism” is still important today. It often re-emerges as a convenient label to describe Chinese politics, even under the current leadership of Xi Jinping. As the People’s Republic of China extends its transnational infrastructural development project, the Belt and Road Initiative, to the far reaches of the globe, it is worth revisiting how Beijing’s export of an alternative development system, although not new, has its roots in these initial efforts to sow the seeds of Maoism beyond its bounds. What is Maoism and how did it become such a global phenomenon? What form did Maoism take outside China?
Panel:
Matthew Galway
Lecturer of Chinese History, ANU School of Culture, History and Language
Ruth Barraclough
Senior Lecturer in Pacific and Asian History, ANU School of Culture, History and Language
Delia Lin
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne
Greg Raymond
Lecturer, ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
