Lecture Series Hermes und Buddha in Japan PD Dr. Dr. Franz Winter (Wien) Zeit/Ort: 3. Juli 2013, 18:30 Uhr, KWZ 0.603 "Hermes und Buddha in Japan. Ein Neuzugang auf dem religiösen Markt und seine Präsentationsstrategien" Die 1986 gegründete Religionsgemeinschaft Kôfuku no kagaku, die sich international als Happy Science präsentiert, zählt zu den jüngsten Entwicklungen auf …

Göttingen Lecture Series 2013/14: Understanding China's Global Impact This year's lecture series deals with China's rise and the consequences for the world as well as China's homeland affairs. Thursday, 6pm, KWZ, Room 603 (602, 607) CeMEAS invited a number of experts from all over the globe to talk about China's gobal impact: 31.10.13 Prof. Bart …

Lecture Series China goes global: Reflections on the Impact of a Rising Power Thursday, October 31, 2013,  6 pm, KWZ, Room 0.603 Prof. Bart Dessein Ghent University, Belgium   Economic growth  has increasingly interconnected China with world markets, and has given it an increasing clout in global politics and governance. This rise has, however, also …

LECTURE: The African Policies of EU and People‘s Republic of China Thursday, November 14, 2013 6 pm, KWZ, Room 0.603 Dr. Niall Duggan University of Göttingen Lecture Abstract: Both Europe and China have strong strategic interests in Africa. However, the actions of one of these two actors in Africa can often be counterproductive to the …

Lecture:Changing Cultures and Sociospatial Restructuring in Urban China: Shanghai Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester Thursday, December 5, 2013  6 pm KWZ, Room 0.602 The talk explores closely linked processes of urban restructuring in China – rural-to-urban migration, urban redevelopment (including demolition and resettlement) and the ‘worlding’ of cities – through the lens of sanitation infrastructure …

LECTURE: U.S. Pivoting to Asia: Is there a real change in the American Foreign Policy towards China and the Asia- Pacific? Marcin Grabowski, Jagiellonian University Thursday, December 12, 2013, 6 pm KWZ, Room 0.603 G.W. Bush’s policy towards Asia-Pacific region was often perceived and described as neglectful. Occupied with other regions, especially Iraq and Afghanistan, …

LECTURE The Social Basis of Taiwan’s Liberalizing Cross-Strait Policies, 2008-2012 Chih-Jou Jay Chen of the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica Time13.12., 12-14 Uhr Room: VG 2.101 http://www.ios.sinica.edu.tw/fellow/chihjoujaychen/

LECTURE: The Internationalization of China’s Uyghur Issues Julie Yu-wen Chen, University College Cork Tuesday,  December 17,  2013 · 6 pm, KWZ,  Room 0.607 This lecture explores the operation and coalition-building of Uyghur diasporic organizations in democratic countries. Since some Uyghur organizations have been lent notable legitimacy by liberal democracies and international governmental organizations, they can …

LECTURE: The PR China and the International Human Rights System Thursday, January 23, 2014 6 pm KWZ, Room 0.603 Peter-Tobias Stoll, Göttingen University One of the most controversial issues about the PR China concerns its commitment to respect, protect and fulfill human rights. After explaining the international human rights system, including standards, institutions and procedures …

LECTURE: Die chinesische Wahrnehmung Europas – Perzeptionen, Adaptionen und konzeptionelle Differenzen Wednesday, January 29, 2014 6pm, KWZ 1.731 May-Britt Stumbaum, Freie Univerität Berlin Picture: Jonsson, http://www.flickr.com/photos/karljonsson/ Lizenz: Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

CeMEAS Lecture Series on Modern China 2014 The central concern of this year’s lecture series is the reflection of China’s rise and its consequences for the world as well as China’s homeland affairs. Background is that despite the common notion of the Asian Century there are shortcomings in our understanding of the significance and character …