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SUMMARY:Different shades of yellow: Anti-Chinese sentiments in San Franci
 sco\, Singapore and Vladivostok - Soeren Urbansky\, Cambridge Mongolia &am
 p\; Inner Asia Studies Unit
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DTEND:20170124T140000Z
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CONTACT:Julius Weitzdörfer
DESCRIPTION:Previous scholarship on the “yellow peril” pays little att
 ention on the varying combinations of fear and prejudice that defined diff
 erent contexts in which it became manifest. Hitherto neglected dynamics be
 tween xenophobic discourses and actual dealings in the public sphere can b
 e explored best in a comparative analysis of cities with a high concentrat
 ion of Asian immigrants. Though the “yellow peril” was established as 
 a concept and a occidental fear that was not bound to urban ethnic ghettos
 \, Chinatowns soon were regarded as breeding places of swirling tales of o
 pium smoking\, gambling and interracial romance all of which had become sy
 nonymous with the presence of the Chinese and other Asian immigrants. By i
 nvestigating selected occurrences\, such as romantic love across the ethni
 c divide\, murder cases\, or the fear of economic domination\, my project 
 will\, firstly\, test the “yellow peril” phobia on the micro level\, i
 ts influence on discourses of fear\, and the impact of such discourses on 
 official policies and other dealings on the ground as well. A second objec
 tive of this study will be to analyze the regional variations and fluctuat
 ions of this concept. Thirdly\, it will seek to identify the points and tr
 ajectories of decline in the perception of Chinese as a “yellow peril.
 ” Fourthly\, it will explore how these narratives were received in the C
 hinese communities themselves. Fifthly and finally\, it will explore how p
 eople\, ideas\, laws and institutions moved within the wide universe of th
 e Chinese diaspora to create the “yellow peril” as a global historical
  phenomenon.\n\nSören Urbansky is DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow at the Univers
 ity of Cambridge’s Mongolia & Inner Asia Studies Unit\, Darwin College P
 ostdoctoral Research Affiliate and Assistant Professor of Russian and Asia
 n Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (Germany). His res
 earch interests lie in cultural and social history of modern Russia and th
 e Soviet Union\, with additional interest in modern and contemporary Chine
 se history\, the history of borders\, and the history of racism. Sören is
  currently completing a book manuscript titled “Beyond the Steppe Hill. 
 The Making of the Sino-Russian border” and embarking on a new project th
 at examines anti-Chinese sentiments in a global perspective.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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