• Signs of the Times: Streetside Posters in Kunming, China, With John Israel

    Bullock Science Center at Agnes Scott College Teasley Lecture Hall | 298 E Dougherty St., Decatur, GA, United States

    John Israel, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia, received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1955) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard (1957, 1963).  His scholarly writing has focused upon students and higher education in 20th century China.  His magnum opus is Lianda: A Chinese University in War and Revolution […]

  • Mao Badges in the Billions: Uncommon Perspectives on the Early Chinese Cultural Revolution

    Bullock Science Center at Agnes Scott College Teasley Lecture Hall | 298 E Dougherty St., Decatur, GA, United States

    Professor Douglas Reynolds of Georgia State University's History Department will discuss his collection of some 20,000 Mao badges which he acquired in 1994-95 when he was in Beijing. After their ten-year residence in his basement, Professor Reynolds began to sort and organize his "hoard." His talk for the forum will tell the story of the […]