Events

The February 28th Incident: Imperial Legacies and War Aftermath in Taiwan, 1947

CGIS Knafel K262 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Victor Louzon, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University The February 28th Incident, as the 1947 Taiwanese rebellion against Guomindang rule and its bloody suppression are known, is perhaps the most notorious episode in modern Taiwanese history. This talk offers new insights on this event, exploring the dynamics of decolonization and demobilization […]