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SUMMARY:‘Non-People’ in the People’s Republic: Class Enemies in Maoi
 st China - Dr Mark Czellér (University of London)
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DESCRIPTION:Mao Zedong famously defined the distinction between friends an
 d enemies as the primary question of the revolution\, and this divide rema
 ined one of the basic parameters of political and social life in China for
  three decades after the establishment of the PRC\, with a minority of the
  Chinese population being formally designated as enemies and excluded from
  the community of the ‘People.’ Dr Czellér’s forthcoming monograph\
 , Non-People in the People’s Republic\, focuses on the two labels\, ‘l
 andlord地主’ and ‘rich peasant富农’\, that were responsible for 
 rendering the largest number of Chinese citizens ‘non-People’ during t
 he Mao era.  \n\nWhy did these labels\, which were supposed to be temporar
 y and were assigned right as their material referents (i.e. renting out la
 nd and hiring labour) were being eliminated through land reform and collec
 tivization\, continue to form the basis for such exclusion until the late 
 1970s? To what extent did political exclusion produce social stigma within
  communities and across generations? And were there any channels through w
 hich those labelled class enemies could nevertheless preserve some of thei
 r pre-revolutionary advantages and pass them on to their descendants? Dr C
 zellér’s talk will address these questions\, and consider how this case
  compares to other instances of enemy-making by modern states.\n\nDr Mark 
 Czellér is an IHR Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research\, Univer
 sity of London\, where he was Past and Present Fellow (2022-2024) followin
 g the completion of his doctorate at the University of Oxford. His researc
 h interests are in the political and social history of Maoist China\, with
  a particular focus on ideas\, practices\, and experiences of policing and
  repression.\n\n\nSpeakers:\nDr Mark Czellér (University of London)
LOCATION:Dickson Poon Building (Kin-ku Cheng Lecture Theatre (lower ground
  floor))\, Canterbury Road OX2 6LU
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