The long history of the relationship between Russia and China has been in the news a lot lately, but contemporary concerns often obscure its true nature. Spies and Scholars looks at Russian espionage in eighteenth-century China, its history, methods, and what it was supposed to accomplish. It also examines how Russo-Chinese relations fit into a broader global context, especially Russia’s long imperial rivalry with Great Britain. As we’ll see, to understand Russia’s aspirations to world power, it’s essential to understand how it produced and consumed different kinds of knowledge.

Speaker
Prof. Gregory AFINOGENOV
Department of History, Georgetown University

ZOOM Meeting ID: 990 8868 4183;
Meeting link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/99088684183