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H-PRC CFP: "Bombard the Headquarters" - Symposium on the Chinese Cultural Revolution Discussion published by Shan Windscript on Friday, January 29, 2016 Bombard the Headquarters An Exhibition and Symposium to mark the 50th Anniversary of China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 4-6 August, 2016, University of Melbourne Keynote speakers: Professor Barbara Mittler (University of Heidelberg), Professor Li Baihao (Southeastern University, Nanjing) On 5 August 1966, nearly three months after the launch of the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong penned what he called his “big character poster”. Known by its key phrase, “bombard the headquarters”, the document was circulated at the Eleventh Plenum of the Eighth Central Committee on 7 August and then released to the country at large. Its distribution marked the beginning of a new and increasingly violent phase of mass activism in the so-called Revolution. “Bombard the Headquarters” was not actually a big-character poster, but a small-character comment, known to have been jotted down by Mao on an old copy of Beijing Daily. The focus of this symposium is on the comparably small, apparently ordinary activities of daily life that were affected by and gained new meanings in the politically charged environment of Mao’s last decade. Possible themes for papers include reading, writing, dressing, eating, living, work, cost of living, singing, modes of travel, places of abode, sex, medicine, commodities, and the built environment. The coordinating committee is currently considering avenues of publication for papers fitting the theme. The symposium will be held in conjunction with an exhibition of materials from the Baillieu Library, including its large collection of diaries from the Cultural Revolution period. Abstracts of papers should be sent to Shan Windscript [email protected]< > or Antonia Finnane <[email protected]> no later than 1 March, 2016. Responses will be provided on or before 15 March. NB: The committee is aware that due to a technical hitch, more than one earlier submission of an abstract was misdirected in the first instance. Intending participants might like to resend, using both the email addresses listed above. Citation: Shan Windscript. CFP: "Bombard the Headquarters" - Symposium on the Chinese Cultural Revolution . H-PRC. 01-29-2016. https://networks.h-net.org/node/3544/discussions/109773/cfp-bombard-headquarters-symposium-chinese-cultural-revolution Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-PRC Authorized by: Antonia Finnane (committee chair), School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne. Email: [email protected] Citation: Shan Windscript. CFP: "Bombard the Headquarters" - Symposium on the Chinese Cultural Revolution . H-PRC. 01-29-2016. https://networks.h-net.org/node/3544/discussions/109773/cfp-bombard-headquarters-symposium-chinese-cultural-revolution Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2.

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