國際智庫中心博享沙龍系列

Global Think Tank Center Academic Activities

復(fù)旦發(fā)展研究院海外訪問學(xué)者講座系列101期

FDDI Overseas Visiting Scholar Seminar (101)

From Oblivion to Commemoration:

The Global Rediscovery of the Chinese Workers’ Contribution in the First World War

從被遺忘到被紀(jì)念：

一戰(zhàn)華工貢獻(xiàn)的全球再發(fā)現(xiàn)

演講人

Speaker

Dr. Kevin Bockholt

埃爾朗根-紐倫堡大學(xué)(FAU)漢學(xué)系研究員

復(fù)旦發(fā)展研究院訪問學(xué)者

Researcher, Sinology Department, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit?t Erlangen-Nürnberg

Visiting Scholar, Fudan Development Institute

主持人

Chair

章可

復(fù)旦大學(xué)歷史系副教授

Dr. ZhangKe

Associate Professor at Fudan University History Department

主 辦

Host

復(fù)旦發(fā)展研究院

Fudan Development Institute

時 間

Time

2025.12.04 09:30-11:00

09:30-11:00 am, December 4, 2025

地 點

Venue

復(fù)旦大學(xué)智庫樓203室

Room 203, Think Tank Building，

Fudan University

摘要

Abstract

In recent years, the experiences of Chinese workers who traveled to Europe during the First World War to support the Allied powers have received increasing scholarly attention. This growing interest has produced substantial research and numerous international conferences. Yet one important dimension remains underexplored: the contemporary commemoration of these workers, particularly within China and the international contexts in which these commemorations have emerged and now interact. This paper addresses this gap by examining how remembrance of Chinese workers has evolved since the 2000s. It begins by analyzing changing discourses of commemoration in both Europe and China, with special attention to processes of public rediscovery and historical reassessment. It then turns to recent initiatives within China—including exhibitions, memorial sites, and museums—dedicated to these workers. This section draws on a recent field trip to Weihai, Weifang, and Qingdao, where the most comprehensive and representative examples of these efforts are located. The paper thus offers an analysis of both discursive and material forms of remembrance, emphasizing the transnational and interactive nature of contemporary commemoration as an ongoing dialogue between China and Europe.