Lecture: Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut Göttingen presents: Confucian Role Ethics: A Challenge to the Ideology of Individualism
Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 001 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, GöttingenIn the introduction of Chinese philosophy and culture into the Western academy, we have tended to theorize and conceptualize this antique tradition by appeal to familiar categories. Confucian role ethics is an attempt to articulate a sui generis moral philosophy that allows this tradition to have its own voice. Continue reading
CeMEAS Film Series: Food is People’s Heaven 民以食为天
Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, GöttingenThe Film Series at the Department of East Asian Studies provides an engaging and flexible study experience, intended to introduce students to a wide scope of East Asian films. Each semester features a specific topic with 6-7 screenings and provides ample opportunity for participants to discover, analyze and argue about film. Our screenings are followed […]
CeMEAS Lecture Series: How China Escaped the Poverty Trap !!! Cancelled !!!
Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.101 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen, DeutschlandYuen Yuen Ang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Before markets opened in 1978, China was an impoverished planned economy governed by a Maoist bureaucracy. In just three decades it evolved into the world’s second-largest economy and is today guided by highly entrepreneurial bureaucrats. What explains this amazing metamorphosis? Continue reading
The Rule of Law in the People’s Republic of China: Statements, Realities and Insights
Library of the Institute of International and European Law Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 GöttingenMuch has been said and written about the rule of law in the People’s Republic of China. As the issue has recently been put on the reformist agenda again, a review is warranted, including a reality check. Also, there is a need to explore, whether new analytical approaches may offer a better understanding about these […]
Summer School Göttingen Spirit 2016: Beyond the City Limits: Rethinking New Religiosities in Asia
Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, DeutschlandGöttingen Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology (GISCA), Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) & Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) Theme With the rapid urbanization across Asia, with new cityscapes, glittering skyscrapers, shopping malls, globalized forms of consumption it is easy to assume that cities are the primary sites for the production of […]