Robin Radin University of Chicago (BA’63) UC- Berkeley History (Ph.D.abd’69) Harvard Law School (JD’79)  is a distinguished scholar of modern Chinese history, with deep expertise in China's social transformation. He was a Visiting Foreign Scholar at Kyoto University from 1969 to 1971 under both Fulbright and Ford Foreign Area Fellowships, and has devoted decades to researching China and East Asia. His academic career included directing the Japanese Studies Program at the University of Miami, followed by extensive professional experience in Asia-Pacific as Head of Legal Affairs with Morgan Stanley and CSFB. As a Director of Harvard Law School's Program on International Financial Systems, he co-founded its Japan-U.S. Financial Symposium, the premier annual bilateral forum since 1998. He has also practiced law in New York City, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and has been an entrepreneur in biotech, mobile apps, minerals, and other sectors. Robin continues to maintain engagement with East Asian affairs through various business ventures.

 

About the Talk

Robin Radin will present his groundbreaking work: Mao's Hijacked Generation, examining one of Mao Zedong's most far-reaching social campaigns. Based on his collaboration with a leading Chinese scholar, this compelling book reveals how the forced relocation of eighteen million urban youth to remote rural and border regions of China for "rustication" or peasant work instead of continuing formal education transformed a generation and continues to influence Chinese society today.

 

The Zhiqing Movement or the Sent-Down Youth / Zhiqing movement (“上山下乡 / 知青")is one of history's largest yet least-known forced migrations (1962-1979) of almost eighteen million urban teenagers. This significant educational disruption of a generation "deeply affected the way Chinese people think and behave today" according to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.  

 

Cost: Free

Book: Robin Radin - Mao's Hijacked Generation

Location: JF Books  1509 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20036  (202) 670-4060  https://www.jfbooks.org

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