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Haven Hall - 1521D (Eisenberg Conference Room / 1521 Haven Hall)
Yanshuo Zhang, Zhaina Meirkhan

February 16 | Book Discussion

Eisenberg Conference Room (1521 Haven) | 4.30 – 5.30 pm

Speaker: Yanshuo Zhang (Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures, Pomona College)

Moderator: Zhaina Meirkhan (History PhD candidate)

Book Title: Zhang, Yanshuo. Creative Belonging: The Qiang and Multiethnic Imagination in Modern China. University of Michigan Press, 2026.

Format: In-person


For our discussion, please read the following chapters:

  • Introduction: Conceptualizing "Creative Belonging;"
  • Chapter 1, "From 'Barbarians' to 'Brothers'."
  • Chapter 4, "The Run-away Minority Bride;"
  • Chapter 5, "Between the Languishing Ethnic Mother"

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