Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Speaker: Dr. W.J. Tsai (Assistant Professor, Department of History, National Chung Cheng University)

Topic: Russian Hegemony with the Qing Empire in Kazakhstan (1750-1860)

Moderator: Dr. H.Y. Lan (Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, and Chief Coordinator of the World History Research Center)

Time: December 13, 2024 (Fri) 15:00 - 17:00

Venue: Room 703, 7/F, Research Building, Institute of Historical and Philology, Academia Sinica

Organizers: History Talent Cultivation Program of National Science and Technology Council, and World History Research Center, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.

Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1fOmyvU3zxx_b1L8Vsej6iHG8qSur8Aqs169zs27uQdvMgg/viewform

Introduction:

This lecture will focus on the hegemony between the Russian and Qing emperors in Kazakhstan from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries, and explore the differences in political ideologies between the two emperors' policies in Central Asia. The expansion of the two empires in Central Asia met in Turkestan. On the one hand, Tsarist Russia gained control of Western Turkestan by attracting the loyalty of local leaders, while on the other hand, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its rule in Eastern Turkestan through conquest. Originally there was the Junghar Empire as a buffer between the two empires, but after the collapse of the Junghar Empire in 1757, direct confrontation between the two powers in Turkestan became inevitable. As a result, the position of the Khasak Khanate became important. This lecture attempts to demonstrate the differences between the imperial and colonial traditions of the Russian Empire, heir to the Roman and Christian traditions, and the Qing Empire, heir to the Mongol tradition, as they confronted the Khasak Khanate.

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