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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/history-urban-rural-relations-
 20th-century-international-colloquium/
SUMMARY:The History of Urban-Rural Relations in the 20th Century: An intern
 ational colloquium
DESCRIPTION:\n	“二十世纪城乡关系史”国际学术讨论会\n\n	S
 ponsored by the Center for Research on Shanghai History\, East China Norma
 l University (华东师范大学上海史研究中心) and the Harvard-Yen
 ching Institute\n\n\n	In contemporary China\, government-promoted urbaniza
 tion has swept through the country\, with real estate development serving 
 as a constant engine of urban agglomeration. At the same time\, across the
  country centuries-old villages are being rapidly bulldozed\, with residen
 ts migrating from villages that have been inhabited for thousands of years
 . Urban and rural landscapes have clearly undergone enormous changes\, and
  the flow of inhabitants between urban and rural areas has reached a new h
 igh. Each year around the time of the Spring Festival\, one can witness Ch
 ina’s massive\, holiday travel-related migration. Over 3.7 billion passe
 nger trips were made during the most recent Spring Festival travel season\
 , including travel by hundreds of millions of migrant workers and tens of 
 millions of rural youth studying in cities\, as well as by other opportuni
 ty-seeking youth adrift in cities\, individuals seeking medical treatment\
 , scavengers\, etc. And among urbanites we can see a new appetite for a fo
 rm of rural tourism known as nongjiale农家乐\, with members of the urba
 n creative class and travelers keen on visiting or even settling down in t
 hese rural villages. Present day urban-rural relations in China are consta
 ntly being reshaped in unprecedented ways. These kinds of changes are not 
 necessarily unique to China and are also emerging in many other countries\
 , although the driving forces may differ.\n\n	Given the profound changes t
 o urban-rural relations in the twentieth century\, the Center for Research
  on Shanghai History at East China Normal University and the Harvard-Yench
 ing Institute will hold an international colloquium in June 2016 to engage
  in an in-depth discussion of the issues. Academic papers will be publicly
  solicited on topics including not only the history of changes in 20th C. 
 Chinese urban-rural relations\, but also empirical research on the histori
 cal experience of urban-rural relations in other countries\, as well as pa
 pers on theoretical analysis. Examining issues in China through a comparat
 ive perspective of global history is one of the main aims of the conferenc
 e.\n\n	From the early twentieth century\, when cities stood like isolated 
 islands dotting a sea of countryside\, to today’s rural villages surroun
 ded by tidal waves of urbanization\, urban and rural areas are seemingly i
 nextricably entwined. These topics are of great interest to scholars of so
 cial history\, demographic history\, environmental history\, political his
 tory\, economic history\, and cultural history\, and transcending urban-ru
 ral barriers will be helpful for reflecting on the issues.\n\n	Working lan
 guages: Chinese and English
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