Jewish Refugees in Shanghai

This lecture will cover the legacy of the history of Jewish refugees in Shanghai, the social interactions between Jewish refugees and local Chinese people, perspectives of contemporary Chinese scholars on this history, and the current situation of the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum.

This event is part of Many Promised Lands, LBI's 2026 lecture series covering migration of German-Jewish refugees after 1946.

This programming is made possible through the generous support of the Levi-Thalheimer Fund for Research and Public History.

Dr. YANG Meng is an Assistant Professor at Peking University, where she founded China’s most influential course on Jewish civilization and created the country’s first university-level Yiddish course. She is also a Fellow of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism. Her research focuses on global antisemitism, Holocaust studies, the history of Jewish exile in Shanghai, and Sino–Israeli innovation cooperation etc. Please feel free to be in touch: allshallpass@gmail.com