Dr. Benjamin Creutzfeldt is a Lecturer at the Department of East Asian Studies. -He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and a Resident Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. He obtained his Ph.D. in Political Studies from Externado University in Colombia, and is also a historian of […]

Please register in advance: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtceqorT0tH9SiRAQ_2nag0kPuXKM57ZiC This paper discusses the role played by utopian “moves” that were made by political thinkers in the late Qing and Republican periods to build a new more or less democratic and socialist nation. An analysis of four case studies—Kang Youwei, Cai Yuanpei, Chen Duxiu, and Hu Shi—reveals distinct but overlapping […]

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 08:30-10:00 GMT: The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa: Problems and Opportunities Zoom Meeting: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/83875022790 Meeting ID: 838 7502 2790 Chair: Dr. Janice Jeong (Göttingen University, Germany) 1. Prof. Dr. Christoph Trebesch (Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, Germany) China’s Overseas Lending 2. Professor Liu Haifang (Peking University, China) One Belt One […]

Tuesday, December 14th, 2021 08:15-08:30 GMT: Welcome Dr. Mengshu Zhan (Göttingen University, Germany) Prof. Dr. Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen University, Germany) 08:30-10:00 GMT: Chinese and European Soft Power in Africa: Confrontational Pathways? Join Zoom Meeting: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/85234128312 Meeting ID: 852 3412 8312 Chair: Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen University, Germany) 1. Prof. David Mills (Oxford University), Dr Natasha […]

Abstract: The history of India-China connections has long been explored from elite perspectives (religious, intellectual, and political), while few have ever paid attention to how ordinary Indians and Chinese interacted and how their lives were connected. This talk will focus on cases in the first half of the twentieth century, including the experiences of Sikh […]

“Contemporary Theater Arts” Seminar Series No. 7 Illustrating the Stage of Hong Kong for Audiences of the Present and the Future - My Creative Journey as a Curator of the Exhibition "A Snap beyond Borders" Speaker: Chan Kwok Wai Bernice Language: English Zoom Meeting: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/96420658426?pwd=U0VyTHlHUWRISFMxRm1XLzZnQ250UT09 Meeting ID: 964 2065 8426 Passcode: 339948 Bio: Chan Kwok […]

ABSTRACT: Across the Chinese borderlands, investments in large-scale transnational infrastructure such as roads and special economic zones have increased exponentially over the past two decades. Based on long-term ethnographic research, Borderland Infrastructures addresses a major contradiction at the heart of this fast-paced development: small-scale traders have lost their historic strategic advantages under the growth of […]

Please register in advance: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqdeysqDMvE9zMw_ZJ55l2L9xVPUb67XwZ Abstract: The transition from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty was not experienced as a sharp break for those who lived through it, but it has come to stand in the minds of later Chinese literati as nothing less than an existential crisis for Chinese identity—both driving and driven […]

Bio: Mohammed Al-Sudairi is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences and is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Asian Studies Unit at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. He obtained his PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Hong Kong, his master's […]

Wednesday 27 October Liao Hsien-hao (National Taiwan University) “Taiwan at the crossroads: Between Central Kingdom and Seafaring Pirates” Wednesday 3 November Yeh Kuo-chün (National Taiwan University) “Did China’s soft power seduction lure Taiwan’s youth? Preliminary evidence for employment and entrepreneurship” Wednesday 10 November Lee Yu-Ting (National Taiwan University) “Problems of East Asian Historical Narrative: Compared […]

Abstract: The talk deals with the effects of World War Two on East Asia and Korea, and in this context it deals with issues like the re-construction of Western modernism and the inauguration of the nation-states system in the region. The talk also discusses the amorphousness of post-colonial South Korea where, in many respects, modern […]

Please register in advance: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYlcOirrTwvHd2Cw9yScwFKBSvj9vemw7sK Abstract: The so-called “sanjiao 三教 tradition (three teachings/religions)” that includes Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism has conventionally been considered as the “Chinese religion” in Chinese history. In addition to the “sanjiao,” however, Christianity and Islam were introduced to China pretty early and also became integral parts of the Chinese religious tradition. […]

Abstract: One aspect that strikes observers of nineteenth-century China is the apparent lack of panic in the face of foreign aggression among Qing officials. Max Weber, an avid reader of Peking Gazette translations and the English-language press of coastal China, identified the precarity of status and income—rather than Confucian conservatism—as the main impediment to reform. […]

Abstract: Both oceanic history and plant history are recent developments in historiography. This talk will discuss how the two schools enhance the study of global history and reshape our views about the making of the modern world. As a continual effort to critique the nation-state focus in 19th century historiography, which began with the French […]

Abstract: Im Jahr 1943 fanden zwei Konferenzen statt, die über die Nachkriegssituation von Taiwan und Österreich entscheiden sollten: Vom 19. Oktober bis 1. November 1943 fand die Konferenz von Moskau statt, auf der durch die Außenminister der USA, der SU und Großbritanniens die Wiederherstellung des Staates Österreich beschlossen wurde. Es wurde festgestellt, dass Österreich „das […]

Since the turn of the millennium, China has provided record amounts of development aid and other types of development finance to countries around the globe. However, its grant-giving and lending activities remain intransparent. This is not least due to the institutional complexity of China’s system of foreign aid and the absence of comprehensive reporting systems […]

The talks by Dr. Mohammed Al-Sudairi and Dr. Janice Hyeju Jeong will discuss sojourners who traversed between China and the Arab world at pivotal moments in the twentieth century, who interpreted the destinations of their travels as the center of their spiritual or revolutionary worlds. They will each position Maoist China and Mecca under pre-1970s […]

Dr. Sarah Kirchberger Leiterin der Abteilung Strategische Entwicklung in Asien-Pazifik am Institut für Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Kiel Zoom-Link: https://s.gwdg.de/JFiAoJ

This lecture is presented within the framework of the Joint Center for Advanced Studies project "Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China" as part of the project “Conceptions of World Order and Their Social Carrier Groups”. Abstract: Whereas a few decades ago, the pre-twentieth century "Chinese World Order" was typically treated as unchanging […]

汉语作为外语 阅读技能的培养 — 从汉语综合课阅读教学入手 Erwerb der Lesekompetenz für Chinesisch als Fremdsprache — Einführung in die Vermittlung der Lesekompetenz im Allgemeinen Chinesischunterricht 讲座要点 Informationen: 讲座内容: 剖析汉语语言特点，帮助学习者提升汉语阅读理解能力； 分析汉语书面语特点，结合教学法进行阅读课教学设计； 以初级、准中级水平阅读教材为案例，互动交流、准备教案。 讲座形式：两次课程，教师讲解、互动讨论、微格教学。 讲座特色：从教学案例入手，互动交流讨论； 微课教学，模拟授课； 听众互评，教师点评。 Inhalt: • Verbesserung des Leseverständnisses von Chinesischlernenden durch die Untersuchung sprachlicher Besonderheiten; • Planung von Unterricht zum Leseverständnis mittels Analysen schriftsprachlicher Merkmale und didaktischen […]

Vortrag: Jonny Erling (Frankurt am Main) Moderator: Sascha Klotzbücher (Universität Göttingen) Diskutant*innen: Felix Wemheuer (Universität Köln) & Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Universität Wien) Zoom-Link: https://s.gwdg.de/Bxi2rO 100 Jahre Geschichte der KPCh, das ist ein Anlaß, um die Geschichte der KPCh neu zu überdenken und millionenfach in der VR China als Buch zu vertreiben. Xi Jinping hat die offizielle […]

汉语作为外语 阅读技能的培养 — 从汉语综合课阅读教学入手 Erwerb der Lesekompetenz für Chinesisch als Fremdsprache — Einführung in die Vermittlung der Lesekompetenz im Allgemeinen Chinesischunterricht 讲座要点 Informationen 讲座内容: 剖析汉语语言特点，帮助学习者提升汉语阅读理解能力； 分析汉语书面语特点，结合教学法进行阅读课教学设计； 以初级、准中级水平阅读教材为案例，互动交流、准备教案。 讲座形式：两次课程，教师讲解、互动讨论、微格教学。 讲座特色：从教学案例入手，互动交流讨论； 微课教学，模拟授课； 听众互评，教师点评。 Inhalt: • Verbesserung des Leseverständnisses von Chinesischlernenden durch die Untersuchung sprachlicher Besonderheiten; • Planung von Unterricht zum Leseverständnis mittels Analysen schriftsprachlicher Merkmale und didaktischen […]

Looking at 100 years of CCP history, the Cultural Revolution emerges as a key event in post-49 history. The idea is that understanding the Cultural Revolution is crucial to understanding both the Maoist period and the post-Maoist period of CCP history. In no socialist country has the leader of the Communist Party dared to mobilize […]

Helena Legarda Senior analyst, Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, Berlin Zoom-Link: https://s.gwdg.de/MQZZWW

Erlebnisbericht von Helmut Opletal Zoom-Link: https://s.gwdg.de/5tnkdO Anfang Mai 1989 fuhr Helmut Opletal im Auftrag des ORF nach Peking, um über den historischen China-Besuch des sowjetischen Staats- und Parteichefs Michail Gorbatschow zu berichten. Schließlich verbrachte er vier Wochen in China, und nicht Gorbatschow, sondern die Studentenproteste wurden zum Schwerpunkt seiner Berichterstattung. In dieser Zeit (2.-31. Mai […]

Join Zoom Meeting: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/97494889145?pwd=SlN6bGhJWUF4dUVObUJFaW4vM282QT09 Meeting ID: 974 9488 9145 Passcode: 269109 This lecture is presented within the framework of the Joint Center for Advanced Studies project "Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China" as part of the project “Conceptions of World Order and Their Social Carrier Groups”. Abstract: "Whether or not there is […]