Lecture: The Spaces Between: Corporatizing Lineage Belonging and the Making of Fast Fashion in Southern China Thursday, July 2, 2015 6 pm, KWZ Room 0.609 Dr. Nellie Chu (University of Göttingen) My presentation introduces my research on the global commodity chains for fast fashion in Guangzhou, which I began during the period of 2010-2012. …
Lecture: Green Luck? Red Luck? Intercultural Differences in Language from the Lens of Colour Related Expressions 对外汉语教学之------中英色彩文化与语义对比 Tuesday, July 7, 2015 6 pm, KWZ Room 0.603 Patrick Lai 賴志成 (Hong Kong Institute of Education) A comparison between Chinese and English shows that differences in language usage can arise from cultural differences. The use of …
Lecture: The Bilateral Investment Treaty between China and Taiwan and Its Historical Background Wednesday, July 8, 2015 6 pm KWZ 0.602 Prof. Dr. Chi Chung (Academia Sinica) The bilateral investment treaty between China (People’s Republic of China; PRC) and Taiwan (Republic of China; ROC) took effect on January 31, 2013. Although it is the 104th …
Lecture: Die Rolle des Humanistischen Buddhismus in der Renaissance des Buddhismus in der Volksrepublik China 人間佛教於現代中國大陸佛教的復興 Thursday, July 9, 2015 2 pm, VG Room 2.101 Master Miaoyi (Fo-Guang-Shan Tempel Berlin) Master Miaoyi absolvierte ein Studium der Buddhologie an der Fo-Guang-Shan Universität in Taiwan. Zur Zeit ist sie Vorsteherin des Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempels in Berlin. Früher hat sie …
Lecture: Situating China within Global Intellectual History Thursday, July 16, 2015 6 pm, KWZ Room 0.609 Prof. Dr. Dominic Sachsenmaier (Jacobs University Bremen) Image: Colin Bewes, Antique Globe, https://flic.kr/p/c1xgMh, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0