No.111 Seminar ： Chinese Muslims and Islamic Reformism during the Modern Period
- Tatsuya Nakanishi (Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, 3rd batch of the Hakubi researcher)
- 2016/04/05 4:30pm
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research (Research Administration Building 1F)
- English(This seminar is open for students and researchers at Kyoto Univ.)
Summary
In the modern era, the Muslim Hui (Chinese-speaking Muslims) faced two big changes. The first was that the Hui were required to make more earnest efforts to be reconciled or even friendly with the Han Chinese. That situation was primarily caused by the Muslim rebellions during the second half of the 19th century. The rebellions intensified mutual antagonism between the Hui and the Han which endangered the survival of the Hui who were a small minority and hence powerless in direct conflict with the Han, the overwhelming majority in China. Then, the upsurge of Chinese nationalism in the 20th century urged the Hui to participate in the Chinese nation and unite with the Han. The second change the Hui faced in the modern era was that newer thoughts and more books about Islam were imported to China from Middle East and South Asia along with the development of transportation facilities and printing technology. My presentation will focus on how Hui intellectuals coped with these two changes.