
June 2015
The 8th East Asia Research Salon
The 8th East Asia Research Salon Britta Büermann Seeing Tradition in Modernity: Yang Honglie's Historiography of China's Legal System June 22, 2015, 6pm KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: In the 1930s the eminent legal historian Yang Honglie 楊鴻烈(1903-1977) tried to balance modern Western and traditional Chinese concepts in order to establish a new Chinese legal system (法系 faxi). In the process of transferring Western legal concepts and embedding them in China’s history, Yang developed…
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The 9th East Asia Research Salon
The 9th East Asia Research Salon Peng Tsintsin Between Faith and Truth: The Historical Writing of Buddhism in Modern China March 7, 2016, 5 pm KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: The historical writing of Buddhism in modern China, as one part of the revival of Buddhism and reform of historiography, developed under the dual impact of Chinese scholarly traditions and Western intellectual trends. Most outstanding historians and Buddhist scholars such as Hu Shi, Chen Yinque, Tang Yongtong,…
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The 10th East Asia Research Salon
The 10th East Asia Research Salon Elena C. Lichtenthaler Hungry China - How to explain China's changing international food policy December 6th, 2016, 5 pm-7 pm KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: 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 “only three packets per person”. The reason for that is an increasing import trade between Chinese living…
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The 10th East Asia Research Salon Elena C. Lichtenthaler Hungry China - How to explain China's changing international food policy December 6th, 2016, 5 pm-7 pm KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: 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 “only three packets per person”. The reason for that is an increasing import trade between Chinese living…
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The 11th East Asia Research Salon
The 11th East Asia Research Salon Bullets coated with sugar: Anticorruption and moralising in the Chinese Communist Party Wednesday, February 1st, 16:00 - 17:30, KWZ 0.701 Carolin Kautz, MA, Assistant Professor Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen Commentators: Dr. Armin Müller, Department of East Asian Studies Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz, Department of Political Science Introduction: In late 2016 in the context of Xi Jinping’s anticorruption campaign, the CCTV published a TV series entitled “Always on the Road” (Yongyuan zai lushang永远在路上)…
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The 11th East Asia Research Salon Bullets coated with sugar: Anticorruption and moralising in the Chinese Communist Party Wednesday, February 1st, 16:00 - 17:30, KWZ 0.701 Carolin Kautz, MA, Assistant Professor Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen Commentators: Dr. Armin Müller, Department of East Asian Studies Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz, Department of Political Science Introduction: In late 2016 in the context of Xi Jinping’s anticorruption campaign, the CCTV published a TV series entitled “Always on the Road” (Yongyuan zai lushang永远在路上)…
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The 12th East Asia Research Salon
Theorizing the Current Global Order in the Era of Globalization, Regional Integration and the Resurgence of Nationalism:
Global China, Regional EU, and National US?
Xiao (Alvin) Yang, University of Kassel
Tuesday, 16.01.2018, 18:00 (c.t.) – 20:00
June 2019
The 13th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
Mixed Identities in Northeast Chinese Borderlands: Koreans in Liaodong in the 15th to 17th centuries
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Masato Hasegawa (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science)
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The 15th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
The 15th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon: Closer to the self while far from home: A longitudinal study about the experiences of students from People's Republic of China in Germany Please RSVP for the event via Ms Kara Blumenthal at assist@cemeas.uni-goettingen.de. Presenter: Lili Jiang (University of Göttingen, Department of East Asian Studies) Commentators: Dr. Jesús Pineda (Scientific coordinator and researcher, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Dr. Sascha Klotzbücher (Acting Chair, Society and Economy of China, University of Göttingen) Time:…
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The 16th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
The Shifting Relationship between Classics and History: Constructing Historical Continuity in Republican China Presenter: Felix Erdt (University of Göttingen, Department of East Asian Studies) Commentators: Prof. Viren Murthy (Associate Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Dr. Phil. Dr. rer. Med. Dominique Hertzer (Guest Researcher at the Centre for Modern East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen) Time: Wednesday, September 30, 4 pm - 5.30 pm Join us via Zoom, no prior registration required: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/94054360676?pwd=UzZZWWpCdlQ4a2RQd3JRWktUTXpaUT09 Convener & host: Katja Pessl…
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100 Years of CCP History-100 Jahre KPCh History in three keys: The Cultural Revolution as event, memory, and theory
100 Years of CCP History - 100 Jahre KPCh History in three keys: The Cultural Revolution as event, memory, and theory Research Salon & Discussion Time: June 22, 2021, 6-8 p.m. (CEST) Zoom link: https://s.gwdg.de/6OYGsF Looking at 100 years of CCP history, the Cultural Revolution emerges as a key event in post-49 history. The idea is that understanding the Cultural Revolution is crucial to understanding both the Maoist period and the post-Maoist period of CCP history. In no socialist…
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