主讲人：Professor Hans van de Ven (FBA), University of Cambridge

与谈人：王奇生 bat365在线登录网站历史学系教授、谢侃侃 bat365在线登录网站外国语学院助理教授

主持人：赫佳妮 bat365助理教授

讲座语言：中文

时间：2021年12月9日17:00-18:30

Zoom ID: 963 3732 1546      Passcode: 013686

提要：

In this talk Professor Hans van de Ven will examine common features of the wartime famines that caused terrible suffering in Henan, Java, and Bengal. One point that emerges from a comparison of all of them is that the scorched earth policies of retreating armies, including the British in Bengal, the Dutch in Java, and the Chinese Nationalists in Henan, were a significant contributing factor. Contrary to earlier research that suggested that overall food supplies were not in fact a factor, the talk will also suggest that current research has demonstrated convincingly that climatic shocks, especially droughts, also played a role, as did the demand for human and agricultural resources of ever expanding armies. A more general point that the talk hopes to suggest is that we must not forget that the Second World War took place in a still overwhelmingly rural world, not just in Asia but also Europe.

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Professor Hans van de Ven (FBA): Japan’s Surrender in August 1945 and the Remaking of East and Southeast Asia (November 25, 2021)

On 15 August 1945, Japanese emperor Hirohito spoke on the radio for the first time in his life to announce that Japan accepted the allied demand for unconditional surrender. This made the end of the Second World War very different than that of the first, which concluded with an armistice on the battlefields and complex negotiations in Paris. In this talk, Hans van de Ven examines the impact of Japan’s surrender on China, Indonesia, and India. He will suggest that, despite hopes to the contrary, Japan’s acceptance of the allied demand did not lead to the beginning of an era of peace, that in each case the Japanese role remained important, and that wartime militarizations helps explain post-war political developments.