Lecture
Vortrag: Dr. phil. Volker Klöpsch: „Jadeschleifer, Verseschmied: Das Handwerk der Dichtung im Lichte der chinesischen Literaturkritik“.
KWZ 0.602Dichtung ist ein universales Phänomen. Doch entsteht sie überall unter ähnlichen Voraussetzungen? Ein genauerer Blick zeigt, dass Dichten vielfach als ein gewöhnliches Handwerk verstanden wird. Darauf verweisen Begriffe wie Verseschmied oder Jadeschleifer, Vers oder Text. Der Vortrag untersucht an einer Reihe von Beispielen, wie im Alten China ein Gedicht entstand, welche Funktion sein Verfasser in …
Prof. Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici Univ. Istanbul): Legal Transformation, Contemporary Civilization, and Sovereignty: Global Perspectives on the Quest for Modernity in Japan, China, and Turkey
VG 0.1109. May (Tuesday), 16:15 – 17:45 VG 0.110 Abstract: The paper discusses some key experiences of Japan, Turkey, and China during the nineteenth century, but primarily focuses on a comparative discussion of Japan and Turkey for the twentieth century and possibly the early years of the new millennium. It will offer reflections particularly on the …
Dr. Hu Nan, Fudan University: Towards an Anticolonial Asian Cinema: the 1957 Asian Film Week and China’s Imagination of Asia
VG 2.10311. May, 18:15 – 19:45 VG 2.103 Abstract: This talk traces the forgotten history of the Asian Film Week held by and in China in 1957. It engages with two recent discussions of cultural politics in the Cold War era. First, there is a growing interest in Sino-Asian cultural relations in the 1950s and 1960s, …
Hybrid Maps: Reformatting the Chinese Imperial Realm According to 19th-Century Western Cartography
VG 2.1031. June, 18:15 - 19:45 VG 2.103 Abstract: The definition of "The Great Qing Everlasting Unified" was frequently used in titles of general maps of the imperial realm in the beginning of the 19th century. It formally distinguishes one of the most widely known and impressive group of Chinese maps, the so-called Blue Maps and their multi-coloured congeners. This series …
Changing Perceptions of World Order in Chinese Historiography: Three Phases of Development/C
VG 2.1038. June (Thursday), 18:15 - 19:45 VG 2.103 Abstract: "Changing Perceptions of World Order in Chinese Historiography: Three Phases of Development": This talk takes a longue-durée perspective to examine and analyze the modern Chinese conception of the world from the middle of the 19th century to the present. This perception has changed significantly over the course …
Vom Dichter zum Zeugen: Der Schriftsteller und Dissident Liao Yiwu
KWZ 0.60221. Juni 2023, 18 h c.t. KWZ 0.602 Der Nachwuchslyriker Liao Yiwu kam nach dem 4. Juni 1989 wegen zweier Gedichte für vier Jahre ins Gefängnis, wo er sich vom Dichter zum (Zeit) Zeugen wandelte. Danach beruflich in Schwierigkeiten, begann er, in hunderten von Interviews den Außenseitern der VR-chinesischen Gesellschaft, unter ihnen die vergessenen Opfer …
The Wandering Earth and China’s Construction of an Alternative Cosmopolitanism
VG 2.10329. June (Thursday), 18:15 - 19:45 VG 2.103 Abstract: As an epoch-making event in the history of the Chinese sci-fi film industry, The Wandering Earth boasts the extraordinary acting skills of cinema superstars and fabulous special effects. Instead of providing a description of the technical issues surrounding the film's production, this paper looks at the film as a …
Confucius as a Cosmopolitan: Thought and Practice
KWZ 0.60107. July, 14:00-16:00 KWZ 0.601 Abstract: Based on the Analects and other texts related to Confucius in classical period and taken "cosmopolitanism," a concept with long history in the Western tradition as a counterpart for comparison, this talk aims to probe the thought and practice of Confucius as a cosmopolitan and point out the feature and …
Hegelian Master Narratives and Periodizing Japanese and Chinese Modernity
OEC 0.16811. July, 16:00 - 18:00 OEC. 0.168 Abstract: Scholars of Asian studies have something of a love-hate relationship with Hegel; they love to cite him as the epitome of Eurocentrism, modernization theory and the legitimation of colonialism. Despite their prevalence, such criticisms overlook both the complexities of Hegel’s philosophy and the different ways in which …
Transnational Knowledge Transfers Between China, Europe, and the United States: Actors, Institutions, and Dynamics, 1924-1935
VG 2.10313. July (Thursday), 18:15 - 19:45 VG 2.103 Overview The two talks of this joint session interrogate processes of knowledge transfer between China, the United States, and Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. Focusing on two distinct organizations– the China Foundation (based in Shanghai and New York) and the League of Nations (based in …
Education and democracy in modern China
KWZ 0.602Abstract: Institutional change in education and the cultivation of a qualified citizenry were two sides of the same coin of developing democratic education in modern China. At stake is to understand how democratic education filled a critical role in bridging the gap between democratic ideals and political realities. This lecture will focus on teachings of …
Examples of research methods in the history of German Sinology / 德国汉学史研究方法举隅
KWZ 0.60817. 07, 16:00 - 18:00 KWZ 0.608 Abstract: 德国汉学从一开始就不局限于某一领域，今天对它的历史梳理，也必然是在历史学、语文学、人类学、自然科学等其他学科的理论和方法的参与下进行，这同时也体现了德国汉学史研究的活力和多样性。李雪涛教授以德国汉学史为例，指出近年来汉学史研究的范式，已经从之前的"内部论"（internalist）或"谱系式"（genealogical）的历史思考方式，转变为了将汉学研究的现象、事件与进程置于"全球脉络"中予以分析，从而形成了一种真正的跨文化全球史研究。 Speaker: Prof. Li is an expert among other topics on the history of Western China Studies and will address recent central questions of the development of China Studies in the West applying a global history perspective. The lecture will be held in Chinese.