Yehji Jeong

Yehji Jeong

First Name: 
Yehji
Last Name: 
Jeong
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PhD Program (She/Her)

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Empires, Colonialisms, East Asia, Manchuria, Mobility, Racial Politics and Politics of Representation, Migration

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Dissertation Title: 
The Land of Bandits: Outlaws, Mobility, and Racial Politics in Manchuria, 1904-1945
Dissertation Supervisors: 
Takashi Fujitani
Tong Lam
Andre Schmid
Dissertation Description: 

My dissertation aims to reinterpret the layered history of modernity and imperialism in Manchuria in the early twentieth century through the lens of bandits. Western observers interested in China and Manchuria recognized that banditry was widespread in China and tried to explain why this was the case in China. Like the image of the Orient was for Europeans, this image of Chinese bandits reflected imperialist ideas and desires. Why did banditry matter to the imperialist powers in Manchuria? How was the imperialist desire for Manchuria structured? How did banditry as an imperialist concern form the basis of racial politics in Manchuria? My dissertation aims to answer these questions.

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<p>Learn more about Yehji Jeong, a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of Toronto (U of T).</p>