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UID:pretalx-wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026-38FH39@pretalx.com
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DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong\, since the first Opium War (1839-42)\, as the East-W
 est center\, has been well-known across the world\, while much fewer peopl
 e have realized that Macao had been the first European base in East Asia f
 rom the mid-16th century to the 1840s and onward. This panel thus aims to 
 bring attention to Macao by examining its rich and diverse history through
  a few case studies. The first paper focuses on the rich and diverse sourc
 es concerning Macao created by various agents\, including the Portuguese E
 mpire\, the Roman Catholic mission in Asia\, and Chinese authorities\, and
  raises the question of whether these sources present different narratives
  of Macao’s past or contribute to a cohesive understanding of its histor
 y. The second paper turns to both Chinese and Portuguese texts to examine 
 the 1749 homicide of two Chinese men by Portuguese soldiers at Macao and i
 llustrates that Macao was a vital nexus connecting local\, regional\, and 
 global processes in the early modern world. The third paper pays attention
  to the “oriental” paintings of Macao created by European artists\, an
 d discusses how pictorial Macao played a significant role in creating\, ci
 rculating\, and reproducing “Chinese knowledge” in the West. The last 
 paper in the panel\, based on solid archives and oral history\, examines t
 he return of Burmese Chinese to Portuguese-administered Macau from the 195
 0s to the 1980s\, thus shedding some new light on the dynamic role of Maca
 o in the Cold War politics.
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LOCATION:Room 106 (Seats 105)
SUMMARY:Macao in World History - Bin Yang\, Jacqueline Jingzhen Xie\, Chunh
 ui Lu\, Ka Nok Lo\, Fang Xiang
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/38FH39/
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UID:pretalx-wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026-YVRPGB@pretalx.com
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DESCRIPTION:How did mobile workers shape the modern world order? This plena
 ry asks historians to explain the intertwined histories of labor migration
  and diaspora across Asia\, Europe\, Latin America\, the Indian Ocean\, an
 d the Caribbean\, highlighting how workers moved through imperial systems\
 , commercial circuits\, and diasporic communities and how labor migration 
 stimulated new social formations\, political movements\, and transregional
  connections that reshaped the modern world.
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LOCATION:Room 106 (Seats 105)
SUMMARY:Plenary: Moving Labor\, Making Worlds: Migration\, Empire\, and Dia
 spora - Bin Yang
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/YVRPGB/
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