Building a New Chinese State from the Northwest: The Proposal of Liu Guangfen (1843-1903) Ong Chang Woei 王昌偉 (Professor of Chinese Studies), Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore June 3, 2022, 10:00 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna On Zoom: For registration, please use this zoom link. In the beginning of …
2022 Annual ConferenceGlobal Conflicts, Global Collaboration:China in a Changing World Order Public PanelsThis conference is organized by a Joint Center of Advanced Studies entitled "Worldmaking from Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China." Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since November 2020, the Joint Center is characterized by its highly integrated …
The Creativeness of Modern Chinese Conservative Thinkers 王汎森: 近代保守思想家的創造性 Wang Fan-sen 王汎森 (Academician, Distinguished Research Fellow), Institute for History and Philology, Academia Sinica June 10, 2022, 10:00 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna On Zoom: For registration, please use this zoom link. The lecture will be held in Chinese. 近代中國保守思想家中至少可以區分成兩類,第一類是本能地反對任何改變現狀的思想,第二類是回到一個重要的思想基盤(如宋明理學、大乘佛學)上戰鬥。在這次演講中,我想討論第二類思想家,以宋育仁(1859-1931)、熊十力(1885-1968)、唐文治(1865-1954)、劉咸炘(1896-1932)、錢穆(1895-1990)等人為例,討論一個思想史上的問題:當晚清以來的新派一直在變的時候,反對或批評他們的人,其實也一直在變換他們的言論,同時也變換他們對傳統的解釋,以便對應挑戰。 此外,我在比較仔細地審視他們的思路之後,認為他們不只是「回到本來」的樣子,而是有一個微妙的新創過程。譬如他們有時候會用「提高一格法」,把儒家思想,尤其是宋明理學,作一種新的調整、詮釋。借用卡夫卡的話:「當你凝視深淵時,深淵也在凝視你」。 This lecture …
Global China Conversations #11 Can China achieve its 2022 GDP growth target of 5.5%? June 16, 2022, 2pm - 3pm CEST Online via Zoom: Please register here. Speakers: Prof. Dr. Helge Berger, IMF Prof. Dr. Justin Yifu Lin, Peking University In early March, China announced its ambitious economic growth target of 5.5% for 2022. Over …
Chinese Intellectuals’ Rethinking of Science, Religion and Superstition in the 20th Century: From Yan Fu, Liang Qichao to New Confucians Huang Ko-wu 黃克武 (Academician, Distinguished Research Fellow) Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica June 17, 2022, 10:00 AM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna On Zoom: For registration, please use this zoom link. This lecture will …
What is to be Done? Literature and History in China's Revolutionary Twentieth-Century Rebecca Karl Professor of History, New York University June 24, 2022, 10:00 AM (GMT +2) in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna On Campus: KWZ 0.607 (University of Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen) On Zoom: For registration, please use this zoom link. …
你好,陌生人!Hello, Stranger! (Nihao, moshengren!) Ying Ming Theater group Dr. Yumin Ao Date: July 01-03, 2022 Venue: Haus Sindlingen, Sindlinger Bahnstraße 124, 65931 Frankfurt am Main The play Hello, Stranger! is produced by the Ying Ming theater group in Göttingen. The themes are cyberbullying, animal rights, freedom, betrayal, understanding, etc. Students are engaged in scripting, rehearsal, …
Modern Alienation and its Antidotes: Strategies from Early 20th Chinese Buddhist Intellectuals Eyal Aviv Assistant Professor of Religion, Department of Religion, George Washington University July 01, 2022, 10:00 AM (GMT +2) in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna On Campus: KWZ 2.739 (University of Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen) On Zoom: For registration, please use …