Zombie Ming: The Zheng Regime on Taiwan, 1661-1683
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building, SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG
- Room
- R201
About this event
This is a public lecture about the Ming loyalists in Taiwan during the period of Manchu's conquest of China.
Author and TV presenter Jonathan Clements discusses the rise and fall of the so-called "Kingdom of Dongning", an enclave of Ming loyalists that held out on Taiwan for twenty years after the Manchu conquest of China. Torn between opposing ideologies of resistance and accommodation, Dongning clung to the memory of the Ming dynasty, even as its last pretenders died out and mainland support thinned and faded.
A mere footnote in most accounts of Asian history, it was nevertheless a pivotal influence on the history of Taiwan. Includes incest, strangling and sword-lions.
Meet the speaker
Jonathan Clements, author and TV presenter
Jonathan Clements is the author of many books on Asian history, including Rebel Island: The Incredible History of Taiwan and Pirate King: Coxinga and the Fall of the Ming Dynasty. He has presented three seasons of Route Awakening (National Geographic), an award-winning TV series about Chinese historical and cultural icons, and was formerly a Visiting Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
(Images via Jonathan Clements)
