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The Harbin Jewish Community and the Regional Conflicts of Northeast China, 1903-1963

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The Harbin Jewish Community and the Regional Conflicts of Northeast China, 1903-1963

Pan, Ming Hui (2020) The Harbin Jewish Community and the Regional Conflicts of Northeast China, 1903-1963. PhD thesis, Concordia University.

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Abstract

This study examines the historical development of the Harbin Jewish community in Northeast China from its beginning in the early 1900s to its end in the 1960s. Scholars seldom pay enough attention to the Harbin Jewish community, the largest and most influential Jewish community in Asia. This study aims to fill this significant geopolitical gap of the history of Jews in the East.
I develop two major narrative strategies in locating the Harbin Jewish Community in its historical map: (1) chronologically intertwining the development of the Harbin Jewish community within the local history of Harbin, by examining the relations between the Harbin Jewish community and its changing governors, namely, the Russian, Chinese, and Japanese policies towards the Jews; (2) investigating in parallel the contacts between the Harbin Jewish community with its contemporary Jewish communities in Shanghai, Europe and the United States, especially during the globally influential World War I and World War II period.
This study challenges the argument that the Chinese and the Jews did not cross paths in these important historical events mentioned above. By tracing the history of the Harbin Jewish community, this study demonstrates that Jewish experience in China must be perceived as a whole and the survival of the Jewish refugees in Shanghai during the Holocaust in WWII should be put into its historical context rather than a single historical accident. The Harbin Jewish community thereby has an enduring legacy in the reconstruction of postmodern historiography and international relationships.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Arts and Science > Religions and Cultures
Item Type:Thesis (PhD)
Authors:Pan, Ming Hui
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:Ph. D.
Program:History and Philosophy of Religion
Date:March 2020
Thesis Supervisor(s):Robinson, Ira
ID Code:986718
Deposited By: MINGHUI PAN
Deposited On:25 Jun 2020 18:07
Last Modified:25 Jun 2020 18:07
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