April 1, 2025 Nationalism and Empire: Their Dynamics and Implications for The World and The Asia Pacific
THE CENTER FOR KOREAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI AT MĀNOA JOINTLY PRESENTS:
Nationalism and Empire: Their Dynamics and Implications for the World and the Asia Pacific
Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Venue: Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
Nationalism emerged as a significant ideological current in late 18th-century Europe. Over time, it gradually spread across Europe and the New World, eventually becoming a prevailing ideology after World War II. This talk explores the origins of nationalism, its global expansion, the nature of nationalist ideology, and the current trends of nationalist movements in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Unlike most theories of nationalism, I argue that nationalist movements are fundamentally products of early modern European politics, with the geopolitics of empires shaping each major transformation in the nature and trajectory of global nationalist movements.
Speaker:
Dingxin Zhao, Max Palevsky Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Chicago; Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Zhejiang University
The event is free and open to all. For more information, email socdept@hawaii.edu or call (808) 956-7693
The University of Hawai‘i is an equal opportunity institution.
