Viren Murthy teaches transnational Asian History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and researches Chinese, Japanese and Indian intellectual history. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Zhang Taiyan: The Resistance of Consciousness (Brill, 2011), The Politics of Time in China and Japan, Routledge, 2022, paperback 2024) and Pan-Asianism and the Legacy of the…
Month: June 2025
New Publication by Prof. Xiaohua Yu: Crisis, Reform, and Collapse: The Financial Logic in 700 Years of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty

New Publication by Prof. Xiaohua Yu Crisis, Reform, and Collapse: The Financial Logic in 700 Years of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty We are pleased to share the publication of a new book by Prof. Xiaohua Yu (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen): 危机,改革与崩溃——元明清七百年的金融秩序 (Crisis, Reform, and Collapse:…
Lecture: Contesting the Liberal Script? The AIIB and World Bank in Development Finance.
Lecture: Contesting the Liberal Script? The AIIB and World Bank in Development Finance. Date: 11.06.2025 Time: 13:00 – 14:00 Place: Raum 1.110 THEO Soo Yeon Kim Associate Professor, Pacific Affairs School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia Soo Yeon Kim Abstract: Does the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), formed through China’s initiative,…
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen 2025 – Erste Filmvorführung: Meine Kindheit im alten Peking (城南舊事)

Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen 2025 – Erste Filmvorführung: Meine Kindheit im alten Peking (城南舊事) Meine Kindheit im alten Peking (城南舊事) Datum: Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2025 Zeit: 18:00 Uhr Ort: ZHG 005, Universität Göttingen Einführung: Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) Sprache: Mandarin mit englischen Untertiteln Eintritt: frei, ohne Anmeldung Der Auftakt unserer chinesischsprachigen Filmwochen 2025 beginnt mit…