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 […]

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 […]

“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: 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]