Virtual Lecture: Wayne Soon, 'Global Medicine in Chinese East Asia, 1937–1970'

When: November 08, 2021 6:00pm to 7:30pm

The Department of East Asian Studies is pleased to announce its upcoming colloquium lecture by Dr. Wayne Soon (Vassar College), which will take place over Zoom.

"Global Medicine in Chinese East Asia, 1937–1970"

Speaker: Dr. Wayne Soon

Through a critical examination of how the Chinese diaspora came to shape biomedicine in China and Taiwan from 1937 to 1970, my talk makes the case for a new concept of "global medicine" in understanding the multivalent flows of medical practices and ideas circulating the world that shaped Chinese East Asia in the 20th century.

Biography

Wayne Soon is an assistant professor of history at Vassar College. His book, "Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History," tells the global medical histories of China and Taiwan through the lens of diasporic Chinese medical personnel, who were central in introducing new practices of military medicine, blood banking, mobile medicine and mass medical training to China and Taiwan. Universal care, practical medical education, and mobile medicine are all lasting legacies of this effort on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.


Audience: All

Where

Campus: Virtual

Address

United States
US

Contact info & links

Contacts

Heng Du East Asian Studies

Requests for disability-related accommodations should be directed to the event's primary contact: Heng Du