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Chinese Business History Webinar
Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China
Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang
(Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington)
Date/Time: November 6, 9:00 – 10:30 am (HK time)
Venue: Conducted via Zoom
Enquiry: (852) 3917-5007, ihss@hku.hk
Chinese Business History Webinar
Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China
Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang
(Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington)
Date/Time: November 6, 9:00 – 10:30 am (HK time)
Venue: Conducted via Zoom
Enquiry: (852) 3917-5007, ihss@hku.hk
Title:
Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China
Speaker:
Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang (Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington)
Date:
November 6, 2020, 9:00 – 10:30 am (HK time)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
(Tel) (852) 3917-5007
(Email) ihss@hku.hk
Title:
Pirates and Publishers: A Social History of Copyright in Modern China
Speaker:
Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang (Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington)
Date:
November 6, 2020, 9:00 – 10:30 am (HK time)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
(Tel) (852) 3917-5007
(Email) ihss@hku.hk
In Pirates and Publishers (Princeton University Press, 2019), Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. Wang draws on a vast range of previously underutilized archival sources to show how copyright was received, appropriated, and practiced in China, within and beyond the legal institutions of the state. Contrary to common belief, copyright was not a problematic doctrine simply imposed on China by foreign powers with little regard for Chinese cultural and social traditions. Shifting the focus from the state legislation of copyright to the daily, on-the-ground negotiations among Chinese authors, publishers, and state agents, Wang presents a more dynamic, nuanced picture of the encounter between Chinese and foreign ideas and customs.
Dr. Fei-Hsien Wang is Associate Professor at the Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and previously was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge. She is the Associate Editor of the American Historical Review.
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