Manchu in Global History: A Research Language for Qing Historians
International Symposium: Manchu in Global History: A Research Language for Qing Historians Keynote Lecture: Manchu Sources and the Problem of Translation Manchu in Global History: A Research Language for Qing Historians Time: September 19-22, 2017 Place: KWZ 1.601, University of Göttingen Organisers: Julia C. Schneider (Department for East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen) Katja Pessl …
Conceptions of the World in 20th-Century Chinese Historiography
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyConceptions of the World in 20th-Century Chinese Historiography Time: 26-27 October 2017 Place: Göttingen, Germany Organizer: Dr. Xin Fan, State University of New York at Fredonia Over the course of the twentieth century, the constant writing and rewriting of history reflect aspects of the changing conceptions of the “world” in China. Through various lenses – …
Lecture: Global Elements in Traditional Chinese Historiography
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyLecture: Global Elements in Traditional Chinese Historiography Prof. Ge Zhaoguang (Fudan University) Thursday, October 26, 6pm- 8pm, KWZ 0.603
Lecture Series: Social Policy in China: Retrospect and Prospect
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanySocial Policy in China: Retrospect and Prospect Dr. Armin Müller (University of Göttingen) Wednesday, 01.11.2017, 18:00-19:30, KWZ 0.609 Abstract Since 1979, social protection in China has undergone fundamental institutional transformations. This presentation provides an overview of the state of the literature on social policy in the PRC, the institutional change which has characterized social protection …
Lecture Series: Is Policy Innovation possible under the Xi Jinping Regime?
Theologicum Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyIs Policy Innovation possible under the Xi Jinping Regime? Prof. Reza Hasmath (University of Alberta) Tuesday, 07.11.2017, 18:00-19:30, T0.136 Abstract: Despite playing a key contributory role in China’s recent economic reforms and the Party’s regime durability, there has been a noted reduction in central-level policy experimentation under Xi Jinping’s administration. Recent studies have further noted …
Lecture: Gendered Religiosity: Patriarchal Structures and Women’s Agency in China
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyThis lecture will examine how social structures of power, such as patriarchal power, depend on the vicissitudes of human agency to implement their principles, opening them up to subtle shifts and reconfigurations in social practice (Anthony Giddens, Pierre Bourdieu).
Lecture: Discovering Childhood and Paediatrics in Chinese History: Further Considerations
Theologicum Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyProf. Hsiung Ping-chen (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Lecture Series: Urbanization and Social Policy: Prospects for Social Citizenship in China
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyProf. Mark Frazier (India-China Institute, The New School)
Sustainable International Agricultural Development
Alten Mensa Wilhelmsplatz 3, Gӧttingen, Germany2017 University of Göttingen-Kyoto University Workshop on "Sustainable International Agricultural Development" Dec. 07-09, 2017, Göttingen Venue: Alten Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen Lists of Presenters Kyoto University Prof. Motoki Akitsu (Rural Sociology) Prof. Chieko Umetsu (Environmental Economics and Development Economics) Ms. Erina SETO-SUH Ms. Lin-Jung CHIU Mr. Masao FUKUTOMI Mr. Makoto Kuroda University of …
Lecture Series: Poverty Alleviation as an Instrument of Technical Governance in Rural China
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyProf. Xiong Yuegen (Peking University)
Cancelled: Who cares about inequality in China? Public attitudes toward inequalities in access to health care
Theologicum Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyPlease notice that the lecture is cancelled!
Lecture: China and the World in 1900: Stories of the Boxers and the First Global War
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyProf. Jeffrey Wasserstrom (UC Irvine)