The Fall of Hong Kong with Jeffrey Wasserstrom

This talk will focus on patterns of protest and the tightening of political controls in Hong Kong, focusing especially on 2014’s Umbrella Movement and the dramatic events of 2019. The speaker will introduce ideas he explores in Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink, while also placing disturbing developments that have taken place since that short book's February publication into perspective. Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Professor of History at UC Irvine, where he also holds courtesy appointments in Law and Literary Journalism and has spoken at leading cultural and academic institutions, including the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and the Chicago Public Library.

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