Book Club: June 1, 2026, 2-4pm, – Fellows and External Fellows – Zoom only event
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June 1 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
June 1, 2026, 2-4 pm – Fellows and External Fellows
Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and the Battle for the Future by Ian Johnson (2023)
Discussion Leader: Peter Alberti
Discussion Leader: Sara Shettleworth
This book tells the story of the great tragedies of recent Chinese History from the personal perspective of its victims. It is an unabashedly “underground” history which stubbornly resists the attempts of the Chinese Communist party to stamp and control the “official” history of the modern nation. As the subtitle suggests, this battle over history is a power struggle central to who shall prevail in the future. Such a struggle, of course, is not unique to China. It raises fundamental questions: What is history? Who are its claimants? What qualities mark works of history from other literature or indeed from state propaganda? (Available in all formats; 319 pages)
The link to register is https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/3R2KKt4vAD
The deadline to register is the Monday morning the day of the event at 8 am. The Zoom link will be sent to registrants only.
If you have any questions, please contact the organizer, Mary Jane Ashley at maryjane.ashley@utoronto.ca.
