Dr. Kiras Perincek (Bogacizi University, Istanbul): From China to Europe: the Travel of 14th/15th Century Paintings

Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, Raum ZHG 1.141 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen

Abstract: The so-called Mehmet Siyah Kalem paintings, were produced on paper with brush and ink in a Chinese hinterland near Central Asia, during the 14th and 15th centuries. These paintings depicted scenes from folk stories, and they were cut and pasted into two albums in the Aqqoyunlu palace in Tabriz. They are brought by the […]

Prof. Dr. Bart Dessein (Ghent University, Belgium): Historical Narrative, Remembrance, and the Ordering of the World: A Historical Approach of China’s Contemporary Presence in Central Asia

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.607 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Deutschland

Abstract: China’s imperial history is characterized by the expansion and reduction of zones of Chinese cultural influence. This cultural influence also applies to Central Asia, which was part of China’s zone of cultural influence during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). The literature portrays the Tang Emperor as the “Khan” of these regions. The territorial expansion of […]

Hans-Günther Herrmann: “Die nationale und internationale Rechtslage Hongkongs vor dem Hintergrund aktueller Entwicklungen.”

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.701 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Deutschland

Abstract: Hongkong genießt dem Basic Law zufolge einen „hohen Grad der Autonomie“. Dieses Selbstverwaltungsrecht ist aber vom Gesetz nicht abschließend definiert, sondern wird durch die Rechtsprechung der Hongkonger Gerichte einerseits und Maßnahmen der chinesischen Zentralregierung andererseits schrittweise ausgestaltet. Diese Dynamik, in der beide Seiten agieren und reagieren und sich selbst Beschränkungen auflegen, setzt sich bis […]

Prof. Shigeru Akita (Professor of Global History, Osaka University): British Economic Interests and the International Order of Asia in the 1930s

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.701 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Deutschland

Abstract: The purpose of this talk is to reconsider the nature and formation of the ‘International Order of Asia’ in the 1930s in the light of new historiographical developments and to present a framework for the reconsideration of the ‘International Order of East Asia’ in the 1950s from the perspective of the continuities from previous […]

Yi-hsun Huang & Hsin-yi Lin: “Chan Studies based on the Rare Material Collection at Fo Guang University”

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 4.105 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Yi-hsun Huang: “Chan Master Hanyue’s Concept of Chan and Teachings” Abstract: This talk introduces Chan Master Hanyue’s 漢月 (1573–1635) attitude toward sūtra teachings in the late Ming by using a rare book, Hanyue’s Guiding Words on the Zhizheng zhuan. Hanyue represents a mature and confident attitude towards sūtra teachings on the part of a Chan […]

Prof. Dr. Tze-ki Hon (City University of Hong Kong): The Yijing and the Yijing Commentarial Traditions

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.603 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Abstract: Originally a divination manual, the Yijing 易經 (Book of Changes) is a composite text consisting of three distinct layers. Its first layer is comprised by the 8 trigrams and 64 hexagrams allegedly created by the mythical figure, Fu Xi. Its second layer are the hexagram statements and line statements allegedly written by King Wen […]

Information meeting for our new master students in Modern Sinology

Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 007 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, Deutschland

All new students in the master program Modern Sinology are cordially invited to join the information meeting on October 18, 2019, at 1pm in room 007 of the ZHG (Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude).

Prof. HUANG Li 黄立 (Peking University): 构式语法视野下的语法习得研究 (Construction Grammar and the Study of Second Language Acquisition of Chinese Grammar)

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.106 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

摘要: 汉语作为第二语言(外语)的语法习得研究近二三十年来取得不少的研究成果,这一方面表现在研究的问题不断深入具体,另一方面也表现在语法习得研究的理论视野在不断拓宽。近年来,随着构式语法、语言类型学等相关理论和方法的发展,汉语语法习得的研究正在走上一个新的台阶。过去的中介语偏误分析、习得顺序和习得步骤的描写与解释可以结合构式语法的相关理论和汉语构式研究的有关成果,通过对中介语语法项目中形式与意义的配对分析,更好地发现、描写和解释汉语语法的习得规律和进程,并将其运用到汉语第二语言教学中,从而提高教学效率。 Abstract: The study of grammar acquisition of Chinese as a second /foreign language has achieved a lot of research results in the past decades, which is not only reflected by the further progression of research, but also by the constant expanding of research on theoretical perspectives of grammar acquisition. In recent years, the […]

Prof. Shaoxin DONG (Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China): „The Introduction of the Term „ASIA“ into China and Chinese responses“

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 1.108 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Abstract: The three-continent system, including Europe, Asia and Africa, was invented by the ancient Greeks. In the Middle Ages, this system was explained in the Catholic theological context, which puts Jerusalem at the centre of T and O world map, and shows the continents as domains of the sons of Noah: Sem, Iafeth and Cham. […]

Prof. Olivier Remaud (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France) and Prof. Chunjie Zhang (University of California, Davis, USA): „Normative and Reflexive Ethics: Perspectives from China and the West, 1900-1950“

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.102 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Abstract: In this joint event, Olivier Remaud and Chunjie Zhang will explore the possibility of using normativity and reflexivity as ethics in relation to environmental and cultural cosmopolitanisms in the first half of the twentieth century. Remaud will first lecture on “The World as Earth. Environmental Reflexivity and the Philological Mind.” From oceans filled with […]

Sonderführung durch den Forstbotanischen Garten der Universität Göttingen: China – Gehölze aus dem Reich der Mitte

Arboretum China, Bushaltestelle Tammanstraße am Nordcampus Tammanstraße, Göttingen

Die Führung wird von Dipl.-Ing. Volker Meng im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe China’s Green Transformation im Sommersemester 2019 angeboten. Die Führungen sind kostenfrei und eine Anmeldung ist nicht nötig. Anfahrt und Treffpunkt: Arboretum China Bushaltestelle Tammanstraße am Nordcampus Route 1: Haltestelle Göttingen Campus (Linie 41) bis Goldschmidtstraße, dann zu Fuß 2 Minuten bis Haltestelle Tammanstraße Route […]

Prof. Selçuk Esenbel (Department of History, Boğaziçi University Istanbul): „Japan and China on the Silk Road: A Global History of Politics and Culture in Eurasia“

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

Abstract: Japan on the Silk Road is a global history of politics and culture from the late 19th century until the end of the second world war connected to the Great Game between competing empires of Russia, Britain, and China in the vast area of Eurasia across the Middle East and Central Asia. Between 1868-1945 […]

Prof. Dr. Martin Welp (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development): “Greening for urban wellbeing: A Sustainability Assessment of the Kökyar Protection Forest in NW China”

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 4.103 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Abstract: China has made remarkable achievements in increasing forest and vegetation cover in large parts of the country. The Three-North Shelter Forest Program (also known as the great green wall) is one the famous national initiatives to hold back desertification. On the local level, the city of Aksu, located at the fringe of the Taklimakan […]

Prof. Sheldon Garon (Department of History, Princeton University): „On the Transnational Destruction of Cities: What Japan and the U.S. learned from the Bombing of Britain, Germany, and China“

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.607

Abtract: How did it become “normal” to bomb cities and civilians? Focusing on the aerial bombardment of China, Britain, Germany, and Japan in 1937-45, Garon spotlights the role of transnational learning in the construction of the “home front” among all the belligerents. World War II was a global experience, yet histories of the home front […]

The 14th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon: Measuring Reliability in the Wartime Transport of Provisions: The Case of Mao Yuanyi (1594-1641)

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 2.101 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Presenter: Masato Hasegawa (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science) Commentators: Dr. Charlotte Backerra, Dr. Julia Schneider For an essay draft please contact us (assist@cemeas.uni-goettingen.de). Short Bio: Masato Hasegawa received his PhD in History from Yale University in 2013 and previously taught Chinese, Korean, and East Asian history at the University of Oregon, Columbia […]

FiReF-FIRSt International Conference: “The Global Dimensions of Religious Othering”

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

The topic of ‘religious othering’—stereotyping people of other faiths in a prejudicial way—has become an aspect of nationalist politics and social conflict throughout the world, including Europe and the United States. The conference will explore the various ways in which religious phenomena are related to the process of othering—identifying and maintaining group boundaries between those […]

The 13th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon: Mixed Identities in Northeast Chinese Borderlands: Koreans in Liaodong in the 15th to 17th centuries

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

Presenter: Hanning PIAO (Fudan University, Shanghai) Commentators: Yan JIN (Department of East Asian Studies, Göttingen) & Dr. Julia C. SCHNEIDER (Department of East Asian Studies, Göttingen) Abstract: Migration has existed throughout the history of human beings, affecting the identities of migrating peoples and the societies they migrate into. Before the world has been overwhelmed by […]

Guest Lectures on Chinese as a Foreign Language 汉语作为外语讲座

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 4.104 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Prof. LI Xiaoqi 李晓琪 (Peking University北京大学): 汉语虚词教学与研究 (Teaching and Research of Chinese Function Words) 摘要: 虚词是汉语语法的重要特点,是外国学生学习汉语的难点,外国学生在虚词学习方面存在着严重的“化石化”现象。如何把汉语虚词教学与研究有机地结合起来,摸索出科学有效的虚词教学方法和虚词研究模式,是每一位汉语教师及研究者需要面对的课题。本讲座与大家分享一路走来的虚词教学与研究心得。包括:虚词教学的原则(分清理论语法与教学语法);虚词教学的方法(讲授与参与;练习与互动;表格与重现)和虚词教学案例分析。 Abstract: Chinese function words (虚词xuci ) are an important feature of Chinese grammar, and they stand for a point of difficulty for foreign students learning the Chinese language. In the study of function words, foreign students maintain a serious […]

Recurring

China – Pflanzen aus dem Reich der Mitte Sonderführungen durch den Alten Botanischen Garten der Universität Göttingen

Alter Botanischer Garten Untere Karspüle 2, Göttingen

Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe China’s Green Transformation werden im Sommersemester 2019 Führungen zur Flora Chinas im Alten Botanischen Garten angeboten. Veranstalter der Vortragsreihe sind das Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) und das Akademische Konfuzius Institut (AKI) an der Universität Göttingen. Das detaillierte Programm der Vortragsreihe finden Sie auf unserer Webpage: www.cemeas.de. Termine für […]

Prof. Dr. Lena Hennigsen (Freiburg University): „Reading as creative and social practice: Unofficial popular entertainment literature during the Cultural Revolution“

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.731 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Abstract: Most literary histories of Twentieth Century China describe the output of the Cultural Revolution (CR) in a few sentences or paragraphs. Legal and officially endorsed literary texts of the decade seem flat, dull and boring to today’s readers. The CR thus appears as a period of literary shortage that would be ended with post-CR […]

Li Hongtao 李红涛 (Zhegjiang University): “Defining a Green APP: Civic Tech, Digital Activism and Visions of Public Participation”

Verfügungsgebäude. VG 3.104 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Abstract: With smog now constituting part of the daily health threats for Chinese people, many pollution tracking APPs have come into the market to meet the demand for smog related information. Taking one particular APP- “BlueSky Map”, which is originally known as Pollution Map, as the focal case, this talk will explore how grassroots activists […]

Prof. Dr. JIA Fang (Beijing Normal University): “Chinese Oral Expression Training in Overseas Language Environment”

Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.106 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen

Abstract: 摘要:在第二语言技能教学中,口头表达训练是学习者最需要教师帮助的项目之一,也是最能检验教师教学能力的科目,有很大的研究空间。本讲座的内容分为两个部分:第一部分:“汉语口头表达训练的基本问题与教学策略”,简要论述口语课的定位及教学目标,着重梳理教学中存在的实际问题和对应的教学策略。第二部分:“海外环境下的汉语口头表达训练”,分析海外环境下汉语口头表达训练的特点以及如何从教师、教材、教学方法等方面进行环境补偿。 In second language teaching, the training of oral competence is one of the most important skills for students that requires their teacher’s support. That is why it is as well one of the most representative subjects to proof the teacher’s teaching skills. Lots of research space remains within this topic. The lecture will […]

Eva Sternfeld (Sino-German Agricultural Centre): “Transforming China’s Agriculture and Food Sector – On path to sustainability?”

Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.603 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

Abstract: China needs to feed about one fifth of the world population but has only 7 percent of world’s arable land. Ensuring food security has been always a challenge and agricultural intensification has been the program for decades. Since the 1970s technological developments such as mechanization, biotechnology and agrochemicals helped to achieve enormous increases in […]