CFP: Manchu in Global History: A Research Language for Qing Historians

Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Organisers: Julia C. Schneider (Department for East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen) Katja Pessl (Centre for Modern East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen) The deadline for submissions is April 4, 2017, full papers need to be provided by August 18, 2017. To submit an abstract, please email the organising committee at: cemeas@cemeas.uni-goettingen.de. Continue reading

CeMEAS Podium: What is the Future of Made in China? Opportunities and Challenges for Europe

Emmy-Noether-Saal Tagungs- und Veranstaltungshaus Alte Mensa Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen

Introduction: This half-day event will explore these issues in discussion with leading international scholars and government experts. A first roundtable will analyze the economic challenges and policy aims behind “Made in China 2025” and evaluate the prospects of this state-led approach to industrial upgrading. A second roundtable will focus on the opportunities and challenges for […]

Prof. WANG Hui (Tsinghua University): The Beginning of the Century: A Reconsideration on the 20th Century in Chinese/Global History

Adam-von-Trott-Saal, Alte Mensa am Wilhelmsplatz Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen

Abstract: At the beginning of the 20th century, the alien idea of century began to replace other traditional concepts of chronology in China and reshaped Chinese idea of time. Following the application of 20th century in Chinese context, other related concepts such as 19th century, 18th century and their sequence emerged as derivatives of 20th […]

CeMEAS Lecture: Liberating the “oppressed nations”: Chinese communist networks and the Comintern in Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe, c. 1920s-1930s

Verfügungsgebäude VG 1.105 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Anna Belogurova, CeMIS, Universität Göttingen Abstract: In the context of unprecedented circulation of people and ideas in the interwar global moment, Chinese communists built their overseas networks in the old empires and invented new nations. As they were making revolution both in and outside China, they aspired to liberate the world from imperialism and to […]

Vortrag Prof. Kerry Brown (King’s College, London): „The Powers of Xi Jinping“

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.606 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Abstract: This year will see the 19th Party Congress. marking a moment of re-evaluation for the Communist Party policy and elite leadership. Under Xi since 2012 there has been what is claimed to have been a concentration of power within his hands. But how can we best understand this power, and what sense does it […]

Pun Ngai (University of Hongkong): Working in China

SOFI Göttingen Friedländer Weg 31, Göttingen

If you are interested in it and want to participate, please contact Villarama, Jennifer per email (jennifer.villarama@sofi.uni-goettingen.de).

“Bhiksunī Chao-Hwei’s Buddhist Social Activism: From Solidarity with the Disadvantaged to Marriage Equality”

Verfügungsgebäude VG 1.104 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Hsiao-Lan Hu, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies University of Detroit Mercy) Abstract: On 24 May 2017, the Supreme Court in Taiwan ruled in favor of marriage equality, nearly five years after the much celebrated first Buddhist lesbian wedding officiated by Bhiksunī Chao-Hwei. She has officiated a few other same-sex […]

Vortrag Prof. Michael Schoenhals (Lund Univ., Sweden): „Are they reading our mail? – Postüberwachung in the early People’s Republic of China“

Verfügungsgebäude VG 2.101 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

On the basis of Chinese archival records, this presentation describes and critically assesses – including from a global, comparative perspective – covert postal inspection as conducted by state security organs in Mao Zedong’s China (1949–1976). According to an early classified directive, postal inspection and monitoring was to “pay attention to the imperialist countries as well […]

CeMEAS Lecture: The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party

Verfügungsgebäude VG 2.104 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: a Quantitative Assessment Victor Shih, University of California San Diego Abstract: Two important questions that can be asked about the 19th Party Congress, scheduled to take place in the fall of 2017, include who will take over key positions at the top of the party hierarchy and […]

International Conference: “Teaching and Assessing Chinese in Europe: Proficiency Expectations and Assessment Instruments”

Organizer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Guder, Department of East Asian Studies, Göttingen und German Director of the Academic Confucius Institute at the Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen Prof. Dr. Erwin Tschirner, Institute for Test Research and Test Development, Leipzig Priv.-Doz. Dr. Olaf Bärenfänger, Institute for Test Research and Test Development, Leipzig If you have any questions please contact Prof. […]

Prof. XIAO Huafeng: “Cultural Imperialism and Americanization in China”

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 1.102 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Along with the practice of the Reform and Open Policy in China in the 1980s, more and more Chinese have been much influenced by American way of life. Undeniably, as Michel Gueldry writes, China has imported capitalism but not democracy(2009). But I think that for the ordinary Chinese people to live an American way of […]

Prof. Dr. Jinhua Chen: Market and Merit: Reconsidering the Monastic Financial and Banking system under the Rule of Emperor Liang Wudi (r. 502-549)

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.609 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Scholars have made great strides to study the important role that Buddhism played in promoting economic, financial, and commercial activities in medieval China. There is, however, one limitation is in need of addressing: almost singular focus on the economic activities carried out within or in connection with the saṃgha, with little attention to the economic […]

2. Workshop „Fachdidaktik Chinesisch“: „Grundlagen und Didaktik der chinesischen Schrift “ 汉字基础及汉字教学, Dr. Haiying Zhang (张海英) Beijing Foreign Studies University / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 北京外国语大学 / 哥廷根大学

Tagungszentrum an der Sternwarte Geismar Landstraße 11, Göttingen

Das Akademische Konfuzius-Institut Göttingen lädt am 13. Mai 2017 zu seinem 2. Workshop „Fachdidaktik Chinesisch“ ein: 哥廷根大学学术孔子学院诚挚邀请您参加 本年度第二次“汉语作为外语”专题工作坊 Dr. Haiying Zhang (张海英) Beijing Foreign Studies University / Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 北京外国语大学 / 哥廷根大学 „Grundlagen und Didaktik der chinesischen Schrift “ 汉字基础及汉字教学 Continue reading

Thomas H.C. Lee (Prof. emeritus, National Tsing-hua University, Taiwan): Archery Ranges in the Educational Tradition of Confucian Academies in China

Verfügungungsgebäude, VG 4.104 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

It is almost impossible to imagine that archery range was an integral part of Chinese academy compound, and supposedly a part of its Confucian education. It is true that in Confucius’ classical teaching, archery was a part of the so-called “six arts” that constituted the education of a gentleman, but that its becoming a part […]

Book Launch Dr. Julia C. Schneider (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen): Nation and Ethnicity: Chinese Discourses on History, Historiography, and Nationalism (1900s-1920s)

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.103 Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.103, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

In Nation and Ethnicity: Chinese Discourses on History, Historiography, and Nationalism (1900s-1920s) Julia C. Schneider gives an analysis of nationalist and historiographical discourses among late imperial and early republican Chinese thinkers. In particular, she researches their approaches towards non-Chinese people within the Qing Empire and the question on how to integrate them into a Chinese […]

Lecture Prof. Liang Yong (Universität Trier): „Sinologische Aspekte einer interkulturellen Linguistik“

Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 001 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen

Zum Vortrag: Chinesisch gehört seit den 1990er Jahren zu den wenigen Sprachen, die als Fremdsprachen ständig an Bedeutung gewonnen haben. Dem wachsenden Bedarf an linguistisch fundierten Konzeptionen für den modernen Chinesischunterricht steht allerdings eine Sinologie gegenüber, die der sprachwissenschaftlichen Forschung bisher nur eine marginale Bedeutung einräumt. Continue reading

Lecture Prof. Martin Powers (Univ. of Michigan): „The Shared Struggle for Freer Speech in Early Modern China and England“

Verfügungsgebäude VG 1.104 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

In Song times Chinese scholars began collecting exemplary writings on social and political policy as study aids for examination candidates. These compilations included edicts on contrarian political speech by Emperor Han Wendi, and policy documents on equality by statesmen such as Jia Yi, Ouyang Xiu, and Su Shi. Emperor Kangxi had these collections compiled together […]

The 11th East Asia Research Salon: Bullets coated with sugar: Anticorruption and moralising in the Chinese Communist Party

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.701 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Carolin Kautz, MA, Assistant Professor Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen Wednesday, February 1st, 16:00 – 17:30, KWZ 0.701 Commentators: Dr. Armin Müller, Department of East Asian Studies Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz, Department of Political Science Continue reading

Lecture: The Autobiographies of Shanghai Jewish Refugees from Central Europe

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.607

Xiaoqian Gao (高晓倩),Comparative Literature and World Literature, Fudan University The Autobiographies of Shanghai Jewish Refugees from Central Europe Tuesday, Jan.31, 16(c.t.)-18, KWZ.0.607, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: This report will do a job of mining the autobiographies for the details of Jewish experience in Shanghai. All the autobiographies constitute an inner space of collective memory. […]

Globalization and Environmental Sustainability in China

Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

CeMEAS Lecture:  Maoliang Bu, PhD Associate Professor, School of Business, Nanjing University Abstract: Globalization can be bad or good for the environment of China. On one side, China may suffer from international pollution transfer. While on the other side, globalization may make China better access advanced environmental technology and management. Continue reading

CeMEAS Lecture: Was Buddha a Muslim? Ottoman Turkish Reflexions on Japan

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 2.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Dr. Katja Triplett CeMEAS, University of Göttingen   Abstract: In studies on relations between Japan and Turkey, the topic of ‘religion’ has been mainly addressed in light of Islamic missionary activities and the role of Ottoman Turkish proselytizers in Japan. Recent studies have also highlighted the ways in which Japan served as a model for […]

Lecture: “Ritual and Conversion in the Early Modern World: A case Study of Mary, Mazu, and Mariners”

Kulturwissenschaftsliches Zentrum, Raum 0.602 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Deutschland

Prof. Ronnie Hsia from the Pennsylvania State University Ritual and Conversion in the Early Modern World: A case Study of Mary, Mazu, and Mariners December 12th, 2016, 6 pm-8 pm KWZ 0.602, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: Mazu and the Virgin Mary were respectively protectors for Chinese and Portuguese seamen in the early modern world. This lecture […]

CeMEAS: The 10th East Asia Research Salon

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Besprechunsgraum KWZ 0.701 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Elena C. Lichtenthaler Hungry China – How to explain China’s changing international food policy December 6th, 2016, 5 pm-7 pm KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: Ever tried to buy milk powder at a German drug store? There is a good possibility that you found empty shelves and signs with […]

CeMEAS Lecture: Religion in Modern China

Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Professor Li Tiangang 李天纲 Department of Religious Studies, Fudan University Does China have its own religion? Is Confucianism a religion? How is the religious situation in contemporary China? These questions should be answered not only through the discussions within China studies, but also from the perspective of religious studies. Prof. Li Tiangang is going to […]