Researching Central European diasporas in Republican China (1912-1949)
It is hard to overstate how liberating it felt when after limited success in Nanjing and a total refusal in Changchun I could finally work with the materials I wanted to see. Similarly to Shanghai, I had a really fruitful research-experience at … [Continue reading] about Researching in the Tianjin Municipal Archives. A Guide based on some positive experiences
Pharmacy in 1920's Harbin (dbs.bh.org.il) Being a stateless person sucks. If you don’t believe me, ask the U.N.H.C.R., the United Nation’s Refugee Agency. In the East Asian context during the first half of the 20th century they were the … [Continue reading] about When being an ex-POW is worse than being a stateless Russian. The case of a Yugoslavian pharmacist in Shanghai’s French Concession
This post is one of those entries that aren’t about skillful victories and encouraging successes, but of lost sieges and disappointing failures. When formulating the scope and planning the content of this blog, I decided that I will include the … [Continue reading] about My attempt to get into the Jilin Provincial Archives. A failure and some possible alternatives
I wrote stay calm, but have no intention to paraphrase the infamous meme based on a British World War Two poster. Rather, I want to call your attention to some of the aspects and minor (?) inconveniences you could face when setting out to a research … [Continue reading] about How to stay calm in the Second Historical Archives? A guide based on my days spent in Nanjing
I have this list with names of Hungarian nationals and their Shanghai addresses from 1940. "Avenues", "Rues", "Lanes", "Routes", "Apartments" and "Terraces", that wouldn't show up in a Google Map-search, let alone in its Chinese counterpart Baidu Map … [Continue reading] about Retracing the Homes of Central Europeans in Shanghai. The 1940 list of Hungarians.