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 […]

Carolin Kautz, MA, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Ostasiatischem Seminar der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Mittwoch, 01. Februar 2017, 16:00 – 17:30, KWZ 0.701 Commentators: Dr. Armin Müller, Department of East Asian Studies Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz, Department of Political Science Erfahren Sie mehr

Xiaoqian Gao (高晓倩) von der Comparative Literature and World Literature, Fudan University The Autobiographies of Shanghai Jewish Refugees from Central Europe 31. Januar 2017, 16-18 Uhr KWZ.0.607, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Kurzbeschreibung: This report will do a job of mining the autobiographies for the details of Jewish experience in Shanghai. All the autobiographies constitute an […]

CeMEAS Lecture:  Maoliang Bu, PhD Associate Professor, School of Business, Nanjing University Kurzbeschreibung: 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. Erfahren Sie mehr

Dr. Katja Triplett CeMEAS, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Kurzbeschreibung: 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 Ottomans in […]

Elena C. Lichtenthaler Hungry China – How to explain China’s changing international food policy 6. Dezember 2016, 17-19 Uhr KWZ, Besprechungsraum 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Kurzbeschreibung: Ever tried to buy milk powder at a German drug store? There is a good possibility that you found empty shelves and signs with announcements like […]

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 […]

In 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. Erfahren Sie mehr  

The 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 […]

Yuen 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? !!! Please pay attention: […]

Prof. Viren Murthy Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison In den 1980er Jahren begann eine zentrale Auseinandersetzung zwischen Marxisten und postkolonialen Theoretikern. Letztere kritisierten den Marxismus als eurozentrisch. Ihrer Meinung nach sahen Marxisten die europäische Geschichte als universell gültig und nutzten daher das europäische Entwicklungsmodell um Asien zu erklären. So verwendeten die Marxisten Kategorien wie […]

Prof. Hsiung Ping-Chen The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Term “Humanities” is often used in reference to disciplinary academic humanities: a modern, institutional subject. That its development is usually a product (or byproduct) of cultural politics in nation-building can be taken for granted. In the case of China, however, the long and complicated civilization […]

Prof. Mu-Chou Poo Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong In this lecture Prof. Poo re-examines the theory of the Axial Age by first investigating the case of China, situating the findings in the context of the on-going scholarly discussions on the idea of the Axial Age as proposed by Jaspers and expounded […]

Dr. Chun-Yi Lee Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Nottingham The One Belt One Road (OBOR) project initiated by the President Xi Jing Ping, took shape in March 2015. It is envisaged to connect vibrant East Asia and developed Europe via Silk Road Economic Belt, linking China with European countries via the 21st Century […]

Prof. Jie-Hyun Lim Sogang University Prof. Jie-Hyun Lim Sogang University Asianization, Africanization or Latin Americanization of Marxism involves more than a mere transposition of Marxian ideas to non-European countries. When revolution came to East, events contradicted the ideology. The Bolshevik revolution seemed to deny Marx’s famous dictum of ‘the country that is more... Für weitere […]