Histories of Migration in China and the Pacific Connecting Currents: Histories of Migration in China and the Pacific
| Dates: | 9 July 2013 |
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| Times: | 14:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Workshop |
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| Organiser: | School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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| How much: | 0 |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public, Post 16, Secondary schools, University staff |
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| Speaker: | Pierre Fuller, Barry Higman, Laurence Brown |
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This workshop explores the impact of trade, empire and environmental crisis on the mobilities of refugees, domestic servants and labour migrants from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
Dr Pierre Fuller (University of Manchester), “The Push Factor: Sketching the Refugee Dynamic in Modern China”
Professor Barry Higman (Australian National University), “Colonial Continuities in the Global Geography of Domestic Service”
Dr Laurence Brown (University of Manchester), “Commodity Chains and Global Networks in the Making of Chinese Labour Migration, 1840-1882”
Speakers
Pierre Fuller
Role: speaker
Barry Higman
Role: speaker
Laurence Brown
Role: speaker
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A4
Samuel Alexander Building
Manchester
