Launch & Exhibition, Friday Dec 06, 2013 CETREN: The Politics of Secularism & The Emergence of New Religiosities With a photo exhibion on Secular Modernities and Uighur Muslims in Western China. Photographers: Ma Kang and Ablet Semet. Special guest talks by: John Bowen, Washington University, St. Louis. William Gould, University of Leeds. Peter Van der Veer, Max…
Month: November 2013
Questioning Modernity Conference
Göttingen 2013, Nov 22 – 24 Questioning Modernity: Critical Engagement with Western Knowledge in Late Imperial and Republican China 晚期中華帝國與民國時期針對西學的批判性交涉: 質問現代性 For three days from November 22 – 24 at the University of Göttingen scholars in the field of Chinese Studies debated ideas and exchanged experiences concerning the challenges and opportunities of researching questions related to the…
Questioning Modernity
Questioning Modernity 質問現代性 Critical Engagement with Western Knowledge in Late Imperial and Republican China 晚期中華帝國與民國時期針對西學的批判性交涉 Centre for Modern East Asian Studies/Göttingen, Institute of Modern History/Academia Sinica Nov. 22 to 24. 2013 Conference Theme Over the past 20 years, the development of modern knowledge in China has been a focus of much research. Core topics of debate…
Göttingen Lecture Series on Modern East Asia
LECTURE: The African Policies of EU and People‘s Republic of China Thursday, November 14, 2013 6 pm, KWZ, Room 0.603 Dr. Niall Duggan University of Göttingen Lecture Abstract: Both Europe and China have strong strategic interests in Africa. However, the actions of one of these two actors in Africa can often be counterproductive to the…