Grains of Conflict
Book Talk on Wartime China with Jennifer Yip
Event Details
Date
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time
12:45 p.m.
Location
Description
Historian Jennifer Yip (葉郁琳）of the National University of Singapore will offer a talk on her latest book, just published by Cambridge University Press: Grains of Conflict: The Struggle for Food in China’s Total War, 1937–1945.
She will speak at the newest building on campus, Levy Hall, located at 930 West Johnson, which is the new home of the Department of History.
Professor Yip is a historian of war, strategy, and the socio-economic effects of war mobilization, with a focus on Republican China.
She will speak at the newest building on campus, Levy Hall, located at 930 West Johnson, which is the new home of the Department of History.
Professor Yip is a historian of war, strategy, and the socio-economic effects of war mobilization, with a focus on Republican China.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email ldennis@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, September 10, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.