Pint of Science Festival 2025: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs
2025-05-19
Pint of Science Festival 2025: Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs (Universität Göttingen, CeMEAS)
Datum: 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Montag, 19. Mai 2025
Ort: Duke Pub, Mühlenstraße 4, 37073, Göttingen
Link: https://pintofscience.com/
Title: Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte im Globalen Süden: Was sind die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Folgen?
Abstract: Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte in aller Welt gewinnen rasant an Bedeutung. Viele Beobachter sehen in dieser Entwicklung eine Bedrohung für die bisher von den USA, Europa und Japan dominierte internationale Entwicklungsfinanzierung. Andere loben Peking für die großen Entwicklungschancen, die sich ergeben haben. Dieser Vortrag gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse zu den internationalen Entwicklungsprojekten Chinas und geht folgenden Fragen nach: Was bestimmt den Umfang der chinesischen Entwicklungshilfe und anderer staatlicher Infrastrukturprojekte? In welchen Ländern, Provinzen und Sektoren ist China besonders aktiv und warum? Welche Auswirkungen haben die Entwicklungsaktivitäten Pekings auf Wachstum, gute Regierungsführung, Konflikte und andere Entwicklungsindikatoren in den Empfängerländern? Welchen geopolitischen Herausforderungen entstehen für Europa hier in den gegenwärtigen “Zeitenwendezeiten”?
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs ist Professor für Entwicklungsökonomik und Direktor des Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS). Er ist außerdem Forscher am Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft und leitet dort die Kiel Institute China Initiative. Seine Forschung untersucht Handels-, Investitions- und Entwicklungspolitik mit quantitativen Methoden und einen besonderen Fokus auf China und andere aufstrebende Schwellenländer. Er ist einer der Autoren des Buchs “Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Program”, das Chinas Entwicklungsprojekte in alller Welt umfassend analysiert. Seit Januar 2025 leitet er das Forschungsvorhaben “Tapping Innovative Data Sources to Analyze the Impact of Authoritarian States on Global Development”, das von der VolkswagenStiftung gefördert wird.

Der Vortrag findet in deutscher Sprache statt und richtet sich an ein breites, auch nicht-akademisches Publikum.
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Lecture: The Great Transformation of International Order and the Future of Chinese Economy
2025-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/Berlin) | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
The Great Transformation of International Order and the Future of Chinese Economy

Prof. Gao Bai (Duke University)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
27. May (Tuesday), 18:15-19:45

Abstract:
The international order established after World War II is currently experiencing a profound transformation. Many Chinese use 百年未有之大变局 （major changes unseen in a century）to describe the current situation.
What are the driving forces behind this great transformation?
In his newly published book titled 《把脉：全球巨变与中国经济》（Taking A Pulse：Global Transformation and the Chinese economy）, Bai Gao uses three long cycles of history, which include the pendulum movement of globalization, the cycle of hegemonic expansions, and technological revolution, to explain the drastic changes occurring in the international economic order and their profound impacts on the Chinese economy.
Bai Gao demonstrates that since China’s reform and opening up, the dynamics of development of the Chinese economy have changed twice, first to the world factory model focusing on external circulation by promoting export, and then shifted to a supply-side demand model emphasizing internal circulation sustained by government spending in infrastructure construction and private investment in real estate. With low birth rate and ageing population and mounting debts of local governments, these old strategies can no longer sustain economic growth. Bai Gao predicts a new model for the Chinese economy in the 21st century: 休养生息（rest and recuperate）by developing strong social protection programs, and 强筋壮骨 （strengthen muscles and bones）by upgrading industries and developing international competitiveness.
Speaker:
Gao Bai is a lifelong professor of sociology at Duke University. Professor Gao Bai graduated from Peking University in the 1980s and received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. In 1994, he graduated from the Department of Sociology of Princeton University and received a doctorate in sociology.
Professor Gao Bai’s main research fields include economics and society, comparative history sociology, organizational theory, comparative political economy, international political economy and globalization.
Professor Gao Bai has been teaching at Duke University since graduation; has been a visiting scholar at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Tokyo, the Department of Economics of the University of One Bridge, the School of International Business and Law of Yokohama National University, the Tokyo University of Economics and the Max Planck Institute of Social Studies in Cologne, Germany; has been a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Meiji University and Jacob University in Bremen, Germany, as a self-strengthening professor at the University of Shanghai and a lecture professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; and has been the director and chief expert of the China High Speed Railway Development Strategy Research Center at Southwest Jiaotong University since June 2014.
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Gab es außereuropäische Kolonialreiche? Theoretisch-konzeptuelle Überlegungen am Beispiel des Qingreichs (1636-1912)
2025-06-02 16:00 - 17:30 | KWZ 0.607
Gab es außereuropäische Kolonialreiche? Theoretisch-konzeptuelle Überlegungen am Beispiel des Qingreichs (1636-1912)

Zeit: 16.00-17:30, 2. Juni 2025
Ort: KWZ 0.607, Göttingen
Vortrag: Julia C. Schneider

Abstract
Seit etwas mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten findet man in der historischen Forschung vermehrt die Konzeptualisierung des Qingreichs und anderer außereuropäischer Reiche wie des osmanischen und des russischen Reichs als Kolonialreiche. Parallel zu den europäischen imperialistischen Kolonialreichen und -staaten der frühen Neuzeit, so die These, hätten sie in eroberten Gebieten koloniale Projekte durchgeführt und Siedlungskolonialismus unterstützt.
In meinem Vortrag stelle ich diese These auf den Prüfstand, indem ich am Fall der manjurischen Qingdynastie zeige, warum der Begriff Kolonialreich und verwandte Begriffe in den Empire studies verwendet werden, was ihre Verwendung mit Postkolonialismus zu tun hat und warum sie aus meiner Sicht letztlich unzutreffend sind.

CV: Julia C. Schneider ist Professorin für Sinologie an der Universität Hamburg. Von 2019 bis 2024 war sie Lecturer bzw. Senior Lecturer für chinesische Geschichte am University College Cork (Irland). Nach einem Magister in klassischer Sinologie (Heidelberg) hat sie an den Universitäten Gent und Göttingen in Sinologie promoviert (Cotutelle).
Julia C. Schneider befasst sich vor allem mit Ideengeschichte. Ihr inhaltlicher Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf chinesischen Diskurses zu nicht-chinesischen Gesellschaften bezüglich Nationalismus, Historiographie und Zensur, ihr zeitlicher Fokus auf der späten Kaiser- und Republikzeit sowie den Ming- und Qingdynastien. Darüberhinaus hat sie ein Interesse für die Manjuristik.

Lecture: Guerrilla Practice and the Cultural Conjury of Cooperation in Wartime China, 1937-1945
2025-06-03 18:00 - 19:30 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
Guerrilla Practice and the Cultural Conjury of Cooperation in Wartime China, 1937-1945

Dr. Harlan Chambers (University of Göttingen)
PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
3. June (Tuesday), 18:15-19:45

Abstract:
Within the long, global history of modern guerrilla warfare and related practices of “small wars,” revolutionaries and scholars alike have regarded Mao Zedong’s texts on guerrilla war as formative to post WWII liberation struggles. In this talk, I will argue that beyond Mao’s famous texts on military strategy, the “guerrilla” as it was developed in China’s War to Resist Japan articulated a cultural and philosophical project to forge a new logic of political-economic development. Progressive thinkers and creative writers working amongst guerrilla zones narrated “guerrilla practices” as those of cooperative construction, a non-exploitive form of economic organization that rejected the extractive economics of fascism that were engendered by Japanese invasion and Nationalist hegemony.
First, I will examine how Chinese thinkers staged and debated the guerrilla in 1930s China, particularly in light of Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). By analyzing international developments, progressive thinkers not only formulated the guerrilla as a project of social reconstruction but interrogated it as a philosophical problem for thinking world history. The second part builds upon these formulations of the guerrilla to understand the particular “guerrilla practices” of the late 1930s, which extend beyond Mao’s famous military tactics to encompass forms of cooperative economic construction in the base areas of northern China. I show that, by the early 1940s, guerrilla zones’ economic practices also integrated culture workers as essential for developing their particular forms of cooperative labor. Considering several cultural creations from these guerrilla zones, particularly around the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, I will argue that cultural works conjured a new logic of cooperatively organized economic production, formative to the guerrilla project.
Speaker:
Harlan Chambers completed his Ph.D. in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at Columbia University in 2022 and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University before joining the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Göttingen in 2024. As an interdisciplinary scholar of Chinese culture and history, as well as feminist and critical theory, his research interrogates the role of cultural practices in processes of social transformation, integrating archival research with analyses of cultural texts. Harlan is part of a research team exploring the history of conceptions of world order at the University of Göttingen.
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

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Lecture: ‘Contesting the Liberal Script? The AIIB and World Bank in Development Finance.’
2025-06-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Raum 1.110 THEO
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, contest the liberal script on development finance led by existing international financial institutions? This paper engages the important debate on the shape and trajectory of the liberal international order where China is increasingly playing a prominent role. The research problem focuses on how the AIIB conducts development finance and to whether they are aligned with the US-led World Bank. The analysis utilizes quantitative text analysis to examine project documents from the AIIB and World Bank, leveraging the rich textual dimension of their funding activities. The paper advances the argument that the AIIB’s funding priorities align with those of the World Bank, due to overlapping mandates, many co-financed projects, and China’s motivation for leading the formation of the AIIB. The analysis finds that the AIIB does not contest and is largely aligned with the liberal script of development finance in its funded projects. Project documents indicate overlap in how the AIIB and World Bank conduct lending and prioritize development objectives, including the application of equivalent environmental and social frameworks. The findings also indicate an emerging of a division of labor between the AIIB and World Bank. AIIB funding favors infrastructure projects that enhance connectivity in the transport and energy sectors, while World Bank funding emphasizes education, social policy, and other areas related to human development. The AIIB may well be expanding the “liberal script” of development finance, one that is tailored to the infrastructural needs of the Asian region.

Organizers:
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, http://www.cemeas.de
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Chair of International Relations, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, Prof. Anja Jetschke https://lehrstuhlib.uni-goettingen.de
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Chair of Development Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, Prof. Andreas Fuchs https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/614556.h

Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen 2025: Schüler:innen-Vorführung: White Snake
2025-06-20 13:30 - 16:00 | Kino Lumière, Göttingen
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen 2025

Schüler:innen-Vorführung im Kino Lumière – White Snake《白蛇：缘起》
Freitag, 20. Juni 2025
Beginn: 13:30 Uhr
Kino Lumière, Göttingen
Eintritt frei – Anmeldung bis zum 18.06.2025 an: goechaf@uni-goettingen.de
Film in deutscher Synchronisation | FSK ab 12 Jahren
Im Rahmen der diesjährigen Filmreihe „Von Wurzeln und Flügeln: Sprachen und Kulturen auf dem Weg zum Erwachsenwerden“ laden wir herzlich zur Sondervorstellung des chinesischen Animationsfilms White Snake – Die Legende der weißen Schlange (《白蛇：缘起》) ein.
Dieser visuell beeindruckende Film erzählt eine zeitlose Geschichte über erste Liebe, Mut und das Anderssein – ein cineastisches Erlebnis für junge Menschen und alle Interessierten!

Im Anschluss: Filmgespräch mit Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang
Themen: Othering | Zugehörigkeit | Antidiskriminierung
(Professur Fachdidaktik Chinesisch als Fremdsprache, Universität Göttingen)
Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Teilnahme und einen inspirierenden Austausch im Kino! Bitte gerne an interessierte Kolleg:innen und Schüler:innen weiterleiten.

Lecture: From Theory to Practice: Enhancing Inclusive L2 Chinese Language Teaching at U.S. Universities through Multimedia Pedagogy
2025-06-25 16:00 - 17:30 | KWZ 3.601
From Theory to Practice: Enhancing Inclusive L2 Chinese Language Teaching at U.S. Universities through Multimedia Pedagogy

Time: 16:00-17:30, 25.06.2025
Place: KWZ 3.601
Language:

Talk: Chinese
Handout: English & Chinese
Q&A: Bilingual (English / Chinese)

Speaker:
Dr. Yongli Li
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf / College of the Holy Cross (USA)

Over the past two decades, shifting geopolitics, rapid technological advancements, and growing scholarship on decolonialization in applied linguistics have challenged conventional language teaching pedagogies within higher education. Transforming an inclusive, culturally sustaining, and long-term motivating pedagogy has become the center of recent scholarship. Inclusiveness in L2 language classrooms in higher education means respecting linguistically and culturally diverse students, and creating curricula and pedagogies that promote equity and raise awareness of social justice in classroom. What are the multifaceted dimensions of inclusiveness in Chinese language teaching in higher education? How can we enhance inclusive excellence when teaching diverse learners through task-based language learning and the strategic use of multimedia? In this talk, I will discuss recent English-language scholarship on inclusiveness in language teaching and reflect on my experiences teaching Chinese at the university level in the U.S. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session featuring discussions on classroom task design and sharing of teaching experiences in Europe and the U.S.

讲座题目:美国大学中文二语课堂中的包容性教学与多媒体应用
过去二十年中，全球地缘政治的变化、数字媒体和人工智能技术的日新月异，以及应用语言学领域中去殖民化研究的不断深入，都对高等教育中传统的语言教学法提出了挑战。如何对现有的二语教学法进行革新，使其成为更具有包容性、文化持续性和长期激励性的教学法已成为近年来学术研究的重点之一。高等教育二语教学课堂的包容性教学，不仅意味着尊重语言及文化背景多元化的学生，创建具有平等性的课堂，更意指在教学大纲和课堂活动设计中激发批判性多元文化主义的思考及提高学生社会正义意识的实践。此次讲座中，将首先讨论近期英文文献中关于中文二语教学包容性的学术研究成果，并以美国大学中文二语教学课堂实践为例，探讨教学中的包容性概念，并着重分享多媒体在二语教学中的应用及其对促进包容性教学的作用。

Short bio Yongli Li is Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at College of the Holy Cross in the U.S. She specializes in Chinese film history, urban cinema and media industry. She has published in academic journals, including Transnational Screens, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images, Chinese Literature Today. In addition to her reseaerch on Chinese media, she has taught Chinese language courses at universities in California, New York and Massachusetts. During the 2024-2025 academic year, she also holds a visiting assistant professor position at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.

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️ This lecture is part of the Chinese-Language Film Weeks 2025. For the full program and more information, please visit the overview page.

Lecture: History on Sale: Unofficial Archive Markets in Contemporary China
2025-07-01 18:00 - 19:30 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
History on Sale: Unofficial Archive Markets in Contemporary China

Dr. Yi Lu (Assistant Professor of History, Dartmouth College)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21

1. July (Tuesday), 18:15–19:45

Abstract:

For the past four decades, the study of contemporary China has been significantly shaped by an informal market in de-accessioned government archives. My research examines how state records have been transformed into both street commodities and scholarly resources, proposing a theory of knowledge recycling through a material economy lens. In this presentation, I explore how individuals on the margins of Chinese society, including waste recyclers, have repurposed discarded paper ephemera to create a counter-archive of knowledge. From Beijing’s Panjiayuan flea market to online platforms like Kongfuzi.com, and through various forms of indigenous classification and private museums, their cultural entrepreneurship has forged connections between a global network of scholars and collectors. This phenomenon has not only reshaped the field of contemporary Chinese history but also raised some unsettling questions about the practice and ethics of knowledge production: Who is a historian? What constitutes an archive? And what happens to history as a field when historians write with what they can buy?

Speaker:

Dr. Yi Lu is a historian of modern China, with particular interests in the history of information, material culture, and digital humanities. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth College and working on his first book project, The Dustbin of History: Making History in Modern China.

Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Lecture: Semi-Governmentalism: The Guild Socialists’ Reform Proposals in the Socialist Debates
2025-07-08 16:00 - 18:00 | VG 2.105
Semi-Governmentalism: The Guild Socialists’ Reform Proposals in the Socialist Debates

Zhou Yuefeng (Sichuan University)
Time: 08 July 2025 (Tuesday), 16:00–18:00
Room: VG 2.105
Language: Chinese
Abstract:
Originating in Britain, Guild Socialism was one strand of socialist thought that gained popularity in China during the May Fourth period and served as an important intellectual resource for addressing the political situation of the time. Those influenced by it actively participated in the debates on socialism. However, existing research has largely portrayed them as opponents of Marxism, emphasizing their non-communist stance while overlooking their broader vision for societal reform. In response to the emerging discourse surrounding the ideas of a “strong government” and a “good government” in the public sphere during the socialist debates, figures influenced by Guild Socialism—such as Zhang Dongsun, Lan Gongwu, Xu Liuji, and Guo Mengliang—voiced sustained opposition. They not only rejected early communists’ proposals to achieve socialism through a strong state, but also remained wary of idealized conceptions of an “omnipotent” or “benevolent” government. Instead, they advocated for a gradual strengthening of social forces and the balance of state power through a combination of occupational and regional self-governance. Their ultimate goal was a “semi-government” or a “dual-government” model—an ideal of minimal government. Yet, within an era that favored immediate action, this gradualist, society-oriented socialism was often dismissed as non-socialist or even anti-socialist. Ironically, it was the socialism advocating for a strong state that became recognized as the “orthodox” form of socialism.
Bio: Prof. Dr. Zhou Yuefeng holds a Professorship in Chinese History at Sichuan University. He is the author of Alternative New Culture Movement: The Cultural Activities of Liang Qichao’s Circle and the Intellectuals around the May Fourth Movement (Peking University Press, 2023). He has published articles on Modern Chinese intellectual history in peer-reviewed journals, including Historical Research, Modern Chinese History Studies, Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History Academia Sinica, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), etc. He serves as the vice president of Sun Yat-Sen Research Association and the vice chief director of “Data Platform of Chinese Modern history”. He is also an elected member of the “Centre for the Study of Modern Chinese Thought” at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

半政府主义：社会主义论战中基尔特主义者的改造构想
周月峰（四川大学历史文化学院）
时间：2025年7月8日（星期二），16:00–18:00
地点：VG 2.105
语言：中文
摘要：起源于英国的基尔特社会主义是社会主义流派之一，曾在五四时期流行于中国，成为时人应对时局的重要思想资源。受其影响者曾深度参与社会主义论战，然而既有研究多将其视为马克思主义的对立者，看到的多是其非共产主义的面相，而忽视他们应对时局的整体构想。面对社会主义论战前后舆论界新兴的“强政府”与“好政府”思潮，当时受基尔特社会主义影响的张东荪、蓝公武、徐六几、郭梦良等人曾有持续反对。他们不仅反对早期共产主义者以“强政府”为手段实现社会主义的主张，在理想国家形态上也警惕“万能政府”、“好政府”的设想，而是希望通过逐渐发展社会力量，以职业自治与区域自治相结合的方式制衡政府，最终实现“半政府”、“两个政府”的小政府理想。然而，在当时倾向立刻行动的时代思潮中，这一倾向“社会”的渐进式社会主义，被视为了非社会主义或反社会主义，反而是主张“强政府”的社会主义，成了社会主义的“正统”。
简介：周月峰教授现任四川大学中国历史教授，著有《另一场新文化运动：五四前后“梁启超系”再造新文明的努力》（北京大学出版社，2023）。他在《历史研究》、《近代史研究》、《中央研究院近代史研究所集刊》、《清华大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》等同行评审期刊发表多篇关于中国近代思想史的学术论文。现任孙中山研究会副会长、“中国近代史数据平台”副主任，同时也是中国社会科学院“近代中国思想研究中心”特邀研究员。

Lecture: A Multispecies Conquest of Zomia: The British Raj, the Elephant Paths, and the Panthay Mule Caravans in the Chin-Lushai Hills
2025-07-08 18:00 - 19:30 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
A Multispecies Conquest of Zomia: The British Raj, the Elephant Paths, and the Panthay Mule Caravans in the Chin-Lushai Hills

Prof. Cao Yin (Peking University)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21

8. July (Tuesday), 18:15–19:45

Abstract:

Since the 1850s, the British Raj sought to control the Chin-Lushai Hills, which lie between India and Burma. However, the region’s harsh terrain and climate rendered British occupation nearly impossible. The encounter between the colonial authorities, wild elephants, and the Panthay mule caravans marked a turning point. By following wild elephant migratory corridors and relying on the infrastructures of the Panthay mule caravans, the Raj overcame the logistical challenges that had previously hindered its efforts. This study argues that the non-Western knowledge upon which the British relied for their conquest of the hills in northeastern India and northern Burma was not purely locally rooted or indigenous. Rather, it had been shaped through the mobilities of migratory elephants and itinerant Panthay traders, who developed their understandings of the region through movement and translocal engagements. The British annexation of the Chin-Lushai Hills thus represents only one chapter in a longer, multispecies history of conquest and entanglement in this frontier zone.

Speaker:

Cao Yin is an associate professor in the department of history at Peking University. He is a scholar of modern South Asian history, global history, and India-China relations. He is the author of Chinese Sojourners in Wartime Raj, 1942-45 (Oxford University Press, 2022) and From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945 (Brill, 2017). He is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers affiliated with the University of Göttingen. While in Göttingen, he is developing a book manuscript that explores the more-than-human dimensions of colonial expansion across the India-Burma-China borderlands in the 19th century.

Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Abend der Filmsongs – Gesang & Gespräch
2025-07-19 18:00 - 21:00 | KWZ 0.608
Abend der Filmsongs – Gesang & Gespräch
Ein besonderes Highlight der chinesischsprachigen Filmwoche 2025
Datum: Samstag, 19. Juli 2025
Uhrzeit: 18:00–ca. 21:00 Uhr
Ort: KWZ 0.608, Universität Göttingen
Sprachen: Deutsch & Chinesisch
Eintritt frei | Keine Anmeldung erforderlich
Im Rahmen der chinesischsprachigen Filmwoche 2025 laden wir herzlich zu einem besonderen Abend ein, der Film und Musik auf kreative Weise miteinander verbindet: dem „Abend der Filmsongs“.
Nach der gemeinsamen Filmsichtung von Xiao Wu (1997, Regie: Jia Zhangke) möchten wir mit allen Interessierten in die musikalische Welt chinesischer Filme eintauchen. Zahlreiche chinesische Filme nutzen Musik als zentrales Ausdrucksmittel für Emotionen, gesellschaftliche Veränderungen und persönliche Geschichten. Der Abend bietet die Gelegenheit, diese Lieder gemeinsam zu hören, zu übersetzen, zu reflektieren – und natürlich mitzusingen!
Was Sie erwartet:

Eine kurze Einführung zu ausgewählten Liedern aus chinesischen Filmklassikern
Vergleich verschiedener Versionen (Original, Cover, Karaoke)
Gemeinsames Übersetzen und Diskutieren prägnanter Textstellen
Offene KTV-Runde: Singen ausdrücklich erwünscht, aber ohne Druck!

Bringen Sie gerne auch eigene Lieblingslieder aus chinesischen Filmen mit.
Für Snacks und Getränke ist gesorgt – zusätzliche Mitbringsel willkommen!
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle – mit oder ohne Chinesischkenntnisse, mit oder ohne musikalische Erfahrung. Im Mittelpunkt steht das gemeinsame Erleben von Musik als kultureller Brücke.
Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang (Ostasiatisches Seminar)
Katja Pessl (CeMEAS)

Guest Lecture: Strategic Teaching of Movies as Self-Study Materials for Listening Comprehension
2025-07-21 16:00 - 17:30 | KWZ 0.601
Guest Lecture: Strategic Teaching of Movies as Self-Study Materials for Listening Comprehension
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng (National Taiwan Normal University)
Date & Time:
21 July 2025, 16:00–17:30
Location:
KWZ 0.601
Language:
Presentation: Chinese
Slides: Chinese & English
Q&A: Bilingual (Chinese / English)
Abstract:
This lecture aims to explore how movies can be effectively integrated into Mandarin learners’ self-study of listening comprehension, with a focus on practical, strategy-based teaching methods. Through guidance on film selection, key scene analysis, and the design of self-study worksheets, participants will learn how to support learners in conducting targeted listening practice. The lecture will also present real-world teaching cases to demonstrate how language input and cultural context can be combined to enhance learners’ motivation and language proficiency. It is suitable for language instructors, teaching material developers, and learners interested in strengthening their self-study strategies .

Speaker’s Bio:

Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng is a full professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She is currently serving as the Taiwan Chair and visiting researcher at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Dr. Tseng earned her B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University in 1988, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
A linguist, phonetician, and teacher educator, her early research focused on phonetics, interlanguage, and second language acquisition. More recently, her work has expanded to include Chinese dialect teacher education, AI-assisted teaching strategies, and the development of an interlanguage prosodic database for Chinese language research in Europe.
Recent publication:
Zhang, F., & Tseng, C.-C. (2025). Inclusive teaching strategies and proprioceptive learning methods for migrants in acquiring basic Chinese. In Y. Liang & Z. Li (Eds.), Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (pp. 145–174). Routledge.
Ongoing project:
International Integrated Collaboration Project for the University Alliance in the Czech Republic (ICU) and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT), under the national-level initiative for international collaboration in key academic fields (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences).
Project Title: The Dynamics of East-West Civilizational Interactions: Conflict or Fusion?
Sub-project: A Study on Interpersonal Communication between Czechs and Taiwanese in the Context of Second Language Teaching

️ This lecture is part of the Chinese-Language Film Weeks 2025. For the full program and more information, please visit the overview page.

Guest Lecture: The Application of Animated Films in Mythology Teaching
2025-07-22 14:00 - 15:30 | KWZ 0.601
Guest Lecture: The Application of Animated Films in Mythology Teaching
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng (National Taiwan Normal University)
Date & Time:
22 July 2025, 14:00–15:30
Location:
KWZ 0.601
Format:
Hybrid
Online Registration:
Please register via email: goechaf@uni-goettingen.de
Language:
Presentation: Chinese
Slides: Chinese & English
Q&A: Bilingual (Chinese / English)
Abstract:
This lecture explores the use of animated films as engaging and effective tools in mythology instruction, helping to spark interest and deepen cultural understanding. Participants will learn how to guide students in identifying mythological themes, archetypal characters, and symbolic meanings through film selection, narrative analysis, and visual storytelling. The lecture will also discuss how to combine animated films with reading, discussion and creative activities to enhance students’ cross-cultural understanding and the ability to distinguish between classical Chinese, vernacular Chinese and dialects. This lecture is ideal for language teachers, humanities educators, and anyone interested in incorporating mythology into teaching practice .

Speaker’s Bio:

Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng is a full professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She is currently serving as the Taiwan Chair and visiting researcher at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Dr. Tseng earned her B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University in 1988, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
A linguist, phonetician, and teacher educator, her early research focused on phonetics, interlanguage, and second language acquisition. More recently, her work has expanded to include Chinese dialect teacher education, AI-assisted teaching strategies, and the development of an interlanguage prosodic database for Chinese language research in Europe.
Recent publication:
Zhang, F., & Tseng, C.-C. (2025). Inclusive teaching strategies and proprioceptive learning methods for migrants in acquiring basic Chinese. In Y. Liang & Z. Li (Eds.), Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (pp. 145–174). Routledge.
Ongoing project:
International Integrated Collaboration Project for the University Alliance in the Czech Republic (ICU) and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT), under the national-level initiative for international collaboration in key academic fields (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences).
Project Title: The Dynamics of East-West Civilizational Interactions: Conflict or Fusion?
Sub-project: A Study on Interpersonal Communication between Czechs and Taiwanese in the Context of Second Language Teaching

️ This lecture is part of the Chinese-Language Film Weeks 2025. For the full program and more information, please visit the overview page.

Lecture: How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma
2025-11-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Room VG 1.102
How to Tell a Sensitive History:
Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma

12 November 2025 (Wednesday), 18:15–19:45
Room VG 1.102

Speaker:
Dr. Ning Zhang (University of Oxford)
Research Associate, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Abstract:
Dr. Zhang is working on a book project that offers a pioneering exploration of the experiences of Chinese volunteers in Burma between 1968 and 1989. These volunteers were primarily former sent-down youths who supported the Burmese Communist Party’s insurgency against the Burmese government. After China withdrew its official military presence in 1973, many volunteers returned home and faced the difficult process of reintegrating into a society largely unaware of their contributions and sacrifices. Although Chinese involvement in the Burmese Civil War has long been an open secret, it remains officially unacknowledged by the Chinese government. The volunteers’ hopes of being recognised as soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army were met with silence, while their experiences of political repression under the BCP continue to be a sensitive and contested subject in contemporary China.
Drawing on sixty in-depth interviews and a substantial collection of personal archives, Dr. Zhang’s project sheds light on the human dimensions of “international communism” and its reverberations in Southeast Asia. This lecture explores not only how these historical actors remember and recount their contentious pasts, but also the ethical and methodological challenges of researching and narrating politically sensitive histories in China. It highlights how the act of telling these stories—by both the witnesses and the historian—reveals the emotional, political, and moral limits of historical inquiry under conditions of state silence and collective forgetting.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Ning Zhang received her PhD from Fudan University in China and is currently a Research Associate at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Her research examines the social and political history of modern China, with a particular focus on the Sent-Down Youth Movement and Maoism in Southeast Asia. From 2022 to 2024, she held a Newton International Fellowship at the University of Oxford, funded by the British Academy, for her project entitled “Chinese Sent-Down Youth and the Communist Movement in Burma (1968–1989).” During this fellowship, she conducted extensive fieldwork and oral history interviews. The findings from this research form the basis of her current book project and this lecture.
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

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Lehrkräftefortbildung: Filme im ChaF-Unterricht – Didaktische Impulse und Praxisideen
2025-11-22 10:00 - 17:30 | LulZ-Raum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Waldweg 26, Göttingen
Im Rahmen der Chinesischsprachigen Filmwochen Göttingen 2025 möchten wir herzlich zur folgenden Lehrkräftefortbildung einladen:
Lehrkräftefortbildung 教师培训:
„Filme im ChaF-Unterricht – Didaktische Impulse und Praxisideen“

电影在中文作为外语课堂中的运用——教学启示与实践探索

Präsenzveranstaltung: 22. November 2025, 10:00–17:30 Uhr
Ort: LulZ-Raum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Waldweg 26, Göttingen
Online-Nachbereitung: 11. Dezember 2025, 18:30–20:00 Uhr (Zoom)
Referentinnen: Anne Sass & Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang
Gemeinsam erkunden wir den Einsatz chinesischsprachiger Filme im Unterricht und diskutieren praxisnahe Ansätze für den Chinesischunterricht im deutschsprachigen Raum.
Die Fortbildung richtet sich an Lehrkräfte und Lehramtsstudierende im Bereich Chinesisch als Fremdsprache und ist kostenfrei.
Anmeldung bis zum 02. 11. 2025 unter:
https://survey.academiccloud.de/f/996135?lang=de
Alle Details finden sich im angehängten Infoblatt und Plakat.

Lecture: Prof. Eric Vanden Bussche (Tokyo University): The Global 19th Century: Networks of Knowledge, Migration, and Empire
2025-11-26 16:00 - 18:00
Lecture: Prof. Eric Vanden Bussche (Tokyo University): The Global 19th Century: Networks of Knowledge, Migration, and Empire

26. November 2025, 16:15 – 17:45

Abstract:
This lecture investigates how transnational scientific and geographical exchanges between China, Brazil, and British Burma contributed to the dual processes of nation-building and empire-building in the nineteenth century. Drawing on archival sources from China, Brazil, Myanmar, and Great Britain, it centers on two interconnected case studies: Fu Yunlong’s intelligence-gathering mission to South America and the cartographic expeditions along the Sino-Burmese borderlands. By foregrounding the agency of both state and non-state actors, it demonstrates how intelligence-gathering missions, border negotiations, and the establishment of Qing legations in Europe catalyzed the production, transfer, and negotiation of knowledge systems. These undertakings simultaneously advanced broader political, territorial, and settler-colonial objectives. Moving beyond nation-centered narratives, the lecture broadens the analytical lens on the global circulation of scientific and geographical knowledge. It further contributes to ongoing theoretical and methodological debates on settler colonialism, a concept typically grounded in Euro-American experiences. In doing so, it highlights the dynamic roles that Asian and South American actors played in shaping the expanding global networks of expertise, diplomacy, and migration.
Speaker:
Eric Vanden Bussche is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research and teaching examine the historical and contemporary dimensions of border disputes in East and Southeast Asia, as well as the transnational processes shaping Chinese immigration to Brazil. He is co-editor of Critical Han Studies: The History, Representation, and Identity of China’s Majority (University of California Press, 2012) and co-author of 《巴西与中国：世界秩序变动中的双方关系》 (世界知识出版社, 2001). He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an M.A. from Beijing University. He is currently working on a project titled “The Making of a ‘New China’ in the Tropics: Geographical Knowledge and Chinese Migration to Brazil, 1870s-1900s.”
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Historical Korean Martial Arts: Theory and Practice
2025-12-03 08:00 - 17:00 | Georg-August-University Göttingen Sports-Campus
Historical Korean Martial Arts: Theory and Practice

December 3, 2025, Georg-August-University Göttingen Sports-Campus

Presentation – “Bows and Blades: A Brief History of Korean Martial Arts”
15:00-16:30, Hörsaal des Instituts für Sportwissenschaften

This lecture traces the evolution of Korean martial arts from ancient to modern times, highlighting how bows and swords shaped the nation’s strategic, cultural, and philosophical identity. Dr. Bok Kyu (Beau) Choi explores key moments of transformation — from battlefield traditions to modern interpretations — revealing the enduring spirit of Korea’s martial heritage.

Practical Session — “Double Swords: Ssanggeom”
17:00-18:00, Kampfsporthalle, Hochschulsport
The Ssanggeom (double swords) workshop introduces techniques from the Muye dobo tongji, focusing on balance, coordination, and tactical awareness. Beyond physical training, Ssanggeom effectively engages both hemispheres of the brain, promoting mental clarity and relaxation through the rhythmic synchronization of left and right movements.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own two wooden swords. A limited number of double sticks will be available as substitutes — early registration is recommended.

Dr. Bok Kyu Choi is a martial arts historian and practitioner specializing in the reconstruction and interpretation of traditional Korean martial systems. After studying physics at Sogang University, he earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in sport science from Seoul National University. Deeply inspired by the Muye dobo tongji, his work explores the technical, philosophical, and humanistic dimensions of martial arts.
Currently based in the Netherlands, Dr. Choi chairs the Korean Institute for Martial Arts (KIMA) and the Dutch Sibpalki Association. His publications include A Brief History of Korean Martial Arts and volumes of the Muye dobo tongji Series, such as Ssangsudo: Two-handed Saber and Commander’s Sword: Jedokgeom. Recognized by the National Academy of Sciences of Korea in 2019, he continues to bridge tradition and modernity through his research, teaching, and international lectures.
Organizer & Contact
Dr. Martin Minarik
Institut für Sportwissenschaften
Arbeitsbereich Sport- & Gesundheitssoziologie
Sprangerweg 2
37075 Göttingen
Raum: 4.111
Tel. +49 (0)551 39 25699
E-Mail: martin.minarik(at)uni-goettingen.de

Farewell My Concubine 《霸王别姬》 03. 12. 2025, 18:00–21:45, ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen Mand. m. engl. UT, 171 Minuten, Referent: Martin Gieselmann (Universität Heidelberg)
2025-12-03 18:00 - 21:30 | ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen Herbst/Winter 2025
哥廷根中文电影季 2025-秋冬
Dialoge zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft
EINTRITT FREI!

03. 12. 2025 (Mi), 18:00 – 21:45 Uhr – ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen
Farewell My Concubine 《霸王别姬》 (China/Hongkong, 1993, 171 Min)
Sprache: Chinesisch mit englischen Untertiteln
Referent: Martin Gieselmann (Universität Heidelberg)
Achtung: Laufzeit ca. 171 Minuten (≈ 2 h 51 min) – bitte ausreichend Zeit einplanen.

Filmbeschreibung:
Dieses 1993 entstandene bildgewaltige Epos der chinesischen Geschichte im 20. Jahrhundert ist heute ein Klassiker der Filmgeschichte. Es spannt einen Bogen von der späten Republikzeit über den Sino-Japanischen Krieg, die Gründung der Volksrepublik China bis hin zum Ende der Kulturrevolution. Protagonisten sind die beiden Peking-Opern Stars Duan Xiaolou und Cheng Dieyi sowie die Ehefrau von Duan namens Juxian. Leben und Rollen auf der Bühne vermischen sich, und die komplexen Freundschafts- und Liebesbeziehungen der drei Akteure wandeln sich unter den Herausforderungen von sich fundamental verändernden historischen Umstände.
Der chinesische Originaltitel geht auf ein berühmtes Stück der Peking-Oper zurück und nimmt – im Unterschied zu den in westlichen Sprachen verbreiteten Filmtiteln die nur auf die Konkubine fokussieren – auch die zweite Hauptfigur, den dominanten König – in den Blick. Die Dramatik des Stücks legt die Grundlage für die Melodramatik des Kinofilms, für den der Regisseur Chen Kaige, als erster Regisseur der VRCh, 1993 die goldenen Palme bei den Filmfestspielen in Cannes erhielt.
Der Film eröffnet vielfältige Möglichkeiten der Reflexion über menschliche Werte, Freundschaft und Liebe, (Geschlechter)Identitäten, und die Frage was historische Veränderungen mit dem Einzelnen machen.
Referent:

Dr. Martin Gieselmann (Heidelberg) hat klassische und moderne Sinologie und Theaterwissenschaft in München, Taipei und Heidelberg studiert, die Promotion zum chinesischen Kino erfolgte 2004 an der Universität Wien. 2000-2009 Lehraufträge an den Universitäten Heidelberg und Wien zu Literatur, Theater und Kino des zeitgenössischen China. Seit 2009 Geschäftsführer des Südasien-Instituts (SAI) und seit 2019 auch Co-Geschäftsführer des Centrums für Asienwissenschaften und Transkulturelle Studien (CATS) der Universität Heidelberg.

Lecture: From 'Green Revolution' to 'Economic Liberalization' in 1970s-80s' India: Impacts of Oil Crises in a Global Perspective
2025-12-09 18:00 - 20:00 | KWZ 1.701
From ‘Green Revolution’ to ‘Economic Liberalization’ in 1970s-80s’ India: Impacts of Oil Crises in a Global Perspective

Prof. Shigeru Akita (Osaka University)

Room: KWZ 1.701

9. December (Tuesday), 18:15-19:45

Abstract:
This talk reconsiders the progress of India’s ‘Green Revolution’, specifically agricultural development in the 1970s, within the context of the two oil crises. How did India achieve a ‘Green Revolution’, and what factors contributed to India’s agricultural development in the 1970s? How did India manage to recover from this second economic turmoil in the early 1980s? As this presentation will show, the oil crises of the 1970s and its aftermath in the 1980s and the early 1990s laid the groundwork for the restructuring of the international economic order and the so-called economic miracle in Asia.

Speaker:
Shigeru AKITA is Professor of Global History, Osaka University, Japan. He is doing ‘Creating Global History from Asian perspective’ through global economic history. His major publications include, (ed.) Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Transformation of International Order: Economy, Development and Aid in Asia and Africa (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).

Organizers:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen
Prof. Ravi Ahuja (Göttingen)

Lecture Series: Buddhism in Modern China 2025/2026: Reflections on Writing Knowledge History of Buddhism in Modern China: A Perspective from Buddhist Philology and Historiography
2025-12-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Online via VooV Meeting
Lecture Series: Buddhism in Modern China 2025/2026 —
Reflections on Writing Knowledge History of Buddhism in Modern China: A Perspective from Buddhist Philology and Historiography
近現代中國佛教知識史書寫的反思：從經史學的視域看

Prof. Dr. 龔雋 GONG Jun (Sun Yat-sen University)
Time: December 12, 2025, 10:00–12:00 CET
Venue: Online via VooV Meeting/ 騰訊會議 (Link: https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/pWP6lzBG7jvQ)
Language: Chinese/ 中文

提要
本演讲以近代以来中国佛教史研究为案例，主要探究宗教史研究中如何处理文本与经验的复杂关系，这对于宗教思想史研究来讲具有重要的方法论意义。主体内容共分三部分，第一部分在现代中国学术史研究从80年代“思想史”到90年代“学术史”的转型脉络中，来说明中国佛教史研究的嬗变与得失。第二部分阐明近代中国佛学研究的方法论经验，特别从近代中国学术思想史研究中的经史学关系来加以分析，论述了哲学、新史学及经学等不同类型佛学研究的方式及其特点，并指出欧阳竟无为代表的内学研究对现代中国佛学研究所具有的启发意义。最后，指出近代以来中国佛学史研究受到域外研究的深刻影响，并从中深刻地反思与阐释如何恰当地处理中国佛教思想史研究中的在地经验与域外传统的关系。

Taking modern Chinese Buddhist historiography as a case study, this lecture examines how to approach the complex relationship between textual analysis and lived experience in the study of religious history—an issue of considerable methodological importance for the intellectual history of religion. The lecture consists of three main parts.
The first part situates the transformations, achievements, and limitations of Chinese Buddhist historiography within the broader intellectual shift in modern Chinese scholarship from the “history of thought” in the 1980s to the “history of scholarship” in the 1990s.
The second part elucidates the methodological insights of modern Chinese Buddhist studies, with particular attention to the relationship between canonical studies and historical scholarship as articulated in modern Chinese intellectual history. It analyzes the distinct approaches and characteristics of various modes of Buddhist scholarship, including philosophical studies, the New Historiography, and classical philology, and highlights the methodological significance of “inner learning” (neixue 內學) scholarship, represented by Ouyang Jingwu, for modern Buddhist studies.
Finally, the lecture discusses the profound influence of foreign scholarship on modern Chinese Buddhist historiography and offers reflections on how to appropriately navigate the relationship between local intellectual experience and external scholarly traditions in the study of Chinese Buddhist intellectual history.

简历
龚隽，中山大学哲学系教授、中山大学比较宗教研究所教授，副所长、博士研究生导师；中山大学哲学系佛学研究中心主任，2024年起任中山大学哲学系（珠海）、中山大学哲学系双聘教授。学术兼职有:中华外国哲学史学会东方哲学专业委员会副主任，中国社科院评价研究院宗教专业委员会委员，《新史学》（中华书局）学术编委，《汉语佛学评论》（上海古籍出版社）主编，《人文宗教研究》（北京大学宗教文化研究院主办）编委等。主要从事中国佛教思想史及中国哲学史的教学与研究。主要研究作品有1、《作为“知识”的近代佛学史论——在东亚视域内的知识史论述》，商务印书馆，2019年版，（与陈继东教授合著）。2、《中国禅学研究入门》，（与陈继东教授合著），复旦大学出版社，2009年版。3、《禅史钩沉：以问题为中心的思想史论述》，北京三联书店，2006年版。4、《修剪菩提树――“批判佛教”的风暴》（译著），上海古籍出版社2004年版。在《哲学研究》、《世界宗教研究》、《中国哲学史》、《台湾大学佛学研究中心学报》、《国际禅研究》（日本东洋大学主办）等海内外学术刊物发表论文40余篇。

Gong Jun is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University and Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of Comparative Religion. He also serves as Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies. Since 2024, he has held a dual appointment at both the Guangzhou and Zhuhai Philosophy Departments of Sun Yat-sen University.
His professional roles include Vice Chair of the Committee on Eastern Philosophy of the Chinese Association for the History of Foreign Philosophy, member of the Religion Committee of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Institute, editorial board member of New Historiography 新史学, Editor-in-Chief of Review of Chinese Buddhist Studies 汉语佛学评论, and editorial board member of Journal of Humanistic and Religious Studies 人文宗教研究.
His research focuses on the intellectual history of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese philosophy. Major publications include:《作为“知识”的近代佛学史论》 (Modern Buddhist Studies as “Knowledge”, 2019, with Chen Jidong); 《中国禅学研究入门》 (An Introduction to Chinese Chan Studies, 2009, with Chen Jidong);《禅史钩沉》 (Excavating the History of Chan, 2006); 《修剪菩提树——“批判佛教”的风暴》 (Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm of “Critical Buddhism”, 2004, translation)
He has published more than forty articles in leading journals in China and abroad.

讲座 Lecture: The Plurality of Global Chinese and a Multi-Standard Perspective in Chinese Language Teaching (16. December 2025 16:15-18:45)
2025-12-16 | KZW, Room 0.701, Universität, Göttingen
The Plurality of Global Chinese and a Multi-Standard Perspective in Chinese Language Teaching
全球华语的多元性与华语教学的多元标准观

Prof. Dr. Kim Sok-yong (⾦锡永) (Korea National University of Education)
Time: 16. December 2025 16:15-18:45
Venue: KZW, Room 0.701, Universität, Göttingen
Language: Chinese

Guest lecture within the course “Schriftsprache II,” Department of East Asian Studies, Professorship for Chinese as a Foreign Language The lecture series are co-organized by The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (DARE), and Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS), University of Göttingen . The lecture series are co-organized by The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (DARE), and Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS), University of Göttingen .
本次演讲将从全球华语的分布格局出发，说明华语教学为什么需要采取“多元标准观”。 报告将介绍全球华语的双层同心圈分布，指出华语教学应从学习者角度出发，将不同地区华语的差异反映到教学内容上。本报告建议，在语言技能方面，采取语料多样化策略；在语言要素方面，语音、词汇、语法各采取“向心策略”、“离心策略”和“灵活策略”，以便更有效地满足华语学习者的需求。
讲者介绍：
金锡永
国立韩国教员大学汉语教育系教授
韩国教员大学人文社会科学教育研究所所长
韩国中国人文学会会长
[前]韩国中国语教育学会会长
[前]首尔大学语言教育院语言能力测试中心高级研究员
复旦大学中文系博士（语言学及应用语言学）
首尔大学硕士（汉语语言学）
全南大学学士（中国语言文学）
金锡永教授一直从事社会语言学、词汇学及L2汉语教学等领域的研究，目前正在撰写《世界华人社会与全球华语》（韩国教育部、韩国研究财团学术著作资助项目，2020-2023）一书，并率研究所专家组致力于韩汉日越四语古今词和方言词等57种历时和共时变体在内的“东亚汉字词广域多维信息库”建设（韩国教育部、韩国研究财团人文社会研究所资助项目，2021-2027）。他曾任首尔大学语言教育院语言能力测试中心高级研究员，进行过与汉语测试有关的几个研究项目；到韩国教员大学任教后致力于韩国第一个汉语教育系的院系建设和研究生院的课程建设工作；金锡永教授还曾担任过教育部教育课程审议委员。主要研究成果有《汉语解密》（2012）、《幼儿汉语教师指南：理论与实践》（2018）、《语言接触与现代汉语借词》（2020）等著作，以及<国家中学教育课程汉语基础词汇表的适当性考察>（2014）、<全球华语同心圈分布及其词汇共享状况>（2018）、<对东亚汉字词同形关系的商榷>（2023）等论文40余篇。此外，他还编写了几本适用于普通中学、外语高中以及海外韩国学校的汉语教科书。金锡永教授在汉字美术方面也有所研究，已在刊物上连载多篇与书象美术和汉字学有关的科普文章。

主要研究成果：
学术论文（选录）
仿译与意译之间——汉语借词范围界定之标准与方法，中国语文学志（第38期），2012.
国家中学教育课程汉语基础词汇表的适当性考察，中国语文学志（第49期），2014.
汉语测试题的命题方法研究——以对HSK、SNULT、FLEX选择题的批评性分析为主，中国语文学论集（第90期），2015.
全球华语同心圈分布及其词汇共享状况，中国语文学志（第63期），2018.
对海外韩国学校小学生汉语学习策略使用情况的调查研究，中国言语研究（第89期），2020.
全球华语社区对陆、台词汇变体的语言态度调查研究，中国文学（第108期），2021.
高中汉语教科书与高考试题之间的语言教学观（approach）差异分析——以韩美日三国比较为主，中国学报（第100期），2022.
对东亚汉字词同形关系的商榷，东洋学（第91期），2023.
汉语的汉字词与非汉字词——从字母词出现看汉语词汇范畴之错综关系，中国人文科学（第83期），2023.
从华人离散(diaspora)看汉语方言与华语共同语之全球分布格局变迁， 中国语文学志（第90期），2025.
学术著作（选录）
《汉语解密》（合著）（首尔：穷理出版社，2012）（文化体育观光部优秀学术图书）
《从韩汉日语看三国的社会与文化》（合著）（首尔：韩国文化社，2018）
《幼儿汉语教师指南：理论与实践》（合著）（首尔：时事中国语社，2018）
《行为表现评估的应用方向探索》（合著）（首尔：韩国文化社，2019）
《语言接触与现代汉语借词》（首尔：亦乐出版社，2020）（韩国学术院、教育部优秀学术图书）
书籍章节
全球华语视域下的华语教学多元标准观及其教学策略，陈丽宇、孟柱亿（主编），《韩国华语研究的多元视角》，台北：丽文文化，125–144.
从TBCL（2020）与CPGS（2021）的对比看华语教学词汇大纲编制的若干问题——以两岸差异词、成语及短语之处理为中心，曾金金（主编），《新时代两岸华语教学国际学术研讨会论文集》，台北：新学林出版股份有限公司，77–95.

The Wandering Earth II 《流浪地球 II》 17. 12. 2025, 18:00–21:45, ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen Mand. m. dt. UT, 173 Minuten, Einführung: Marc Hermann (Universität Bonn)
2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:30 | ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen Herbst/Winter 2025
哥廷根中文电影季 2025 – 秋冬
Dialoge zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft
EINTRITT FREI!

17. 12. 2025 (Mi), 18:00 – 21:45 Uhr – ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen
The Wandering Earth II 《流浪地球 II》 (China, 2023, 173 Min)
Sprache: Chinesisch mit deutschen Untertiteln
Referent: Marc Hermann (Universität Bonn)
Achtung: Laufzeit ca. 173 Minuten (≈ 2 h 53 min) – bitte ausreichend Zeit einplanen.

Filmbeschreibung:
Liu Cixin (in Deutschland bekannt als „Cixin Liu“) gilt als Galionsfigur der chinesischen Science-Fiction; seine Werke, allen voran die Trisolaris-Trilogie, sind Weltbestseller geworden. Was zeichnet seine Werke aus, was macht sie – auch innerhalb der chinesischen Science-Fiction – so besonders? Wie „chinesisch“ ist seine Science-Fiction? Und wie ist es, sie zu übersetzen? Diesen Fragen geht Dr. Hermann in seiner Einführung nach.

Referent:

Dr. Marc Hermann ist Sinologe und Dozent an der Abteilung für Sinologie der Universität Bonn. Er hat Germanistik, Philosophie und Sinologie in Kiel, Shanghai und Bonn studiert und 2011 an der Universität Bonn mit einer Dissertation über Eileen Chang promoviert. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in der modernen chinesischen Literatur und der literarischen Übersetzung. Er gehört zu den aktivsten Übersetzern zeitgenössischer chinesischer Literatur ins Deutsche. Einen Schwerpunkt seiner Arbeit bildet die Science-Fiction, darunter Werke von Liu Cixin und Chen Qiufan.

Lecture Series: Buddhism in Modern China 2025/2026: Dragon Dwelling in a Buddhist Land: The Religious Journey of a Centenarian Monk
2025-12-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Private: Online Speech via Zoom
龙居佛地：一位百岁僧人的宗教历程/ Dragon Dwelling in a Buddhist Land: The Religious Journey of a Centenarian Monk

Time：18. December 2025 CET 10:00 am–12:00 pm Online Speech via Zoom

Register in advance for this meeting:
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Lecture Speaker：Ji Zhe 汲喆 (INALCO
Profile：(Chinese Version) 汲喆，法国国立东方语言文明学院（Inalco）社会学教授、东语-圣严近现代汉传佛教讲席教授、法国多学科佛教研究中心（CEIB）主任。他的主要研究领域包括近佛教现代性、宗教全球化、宗教社会学理论与法国汉学史。著作包括《宗教、现代性与时间性：当代禅宗的社会学》 (Religion, modernité et temporalité: une sociologie du bouddhisme chan contemporain, CNRS Editions, 2016)，主编有《二十世纪中国佛教的两次复兴》（与Daniela Campo、王启元合编，复旦大学出版社，2016）、《得道与成圣——现代中国宗教权威的建构》(Making Saints in Modern China , co-edited with David Ownby and Vincent Goossaert, Oxford University Press, 2017)、《改革开放时代的中国佛教》(Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions, co-edited with Gareth Fisher and André Laliberté, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019)、《现代世界的思想者——齐美尔研究辑选》（与任强合编，商务印书馆，2021）、《新时代中国的佛教嬗变——国家、文化与宗教之间》（Metamorphosis of Buddhism in China’s New Era: Between State, Culture, and Religion, co-edited with David L.Wank and Ashiwa Yoshiko, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025）等。

(English Version) Ji Zhe is a Professor of Sociology and the holder of the Inalco-Sheng Yen Chair for the Studies of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Buddhism at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco), as well as the Director of the Centre d’Études Interdisciplinaires sur le Bouddhisme (CEIB). His primary research areas include Buddhist modernity, the globalization of religion, sociological theories of religion, and the history of French sinology. His publications include Religion, modernité et temporalité: une sociologie du bouddhisme chan contemporain (CNRS Editions, 2016); and he has served as editor or co-editor of 二十世纪中国佛教的两次复兴 (co-edited with Daniela Campo and Wang Qiyuan, Fudan University Press, 2016); Making Saints in Modern China (co-edited with David Ownby and Vincent Goossaert, Oxford University Press, 2017); Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions (co-edited with Gareth Fisher and André Laliberté, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019); 现代世界的思想者——齐美尔研究辑选 (co-edited with Ren Qiang, The Commercial Press, 2021); and Metamorphosis of Buddhism in China’s New Era: Between State, Culture, and Religion (co-edited with David L. Wank and Ashiwa Yoshiko, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025), among others.

Abstract：(Chinese Version) 本研究依据文献与访谈，记述了江苏大林禅寺静海老和尚（1919-2019）一生的宗教经验。出身极贫、早入小庙为僧的静海，后因进入佛学院受教育而得以成为僧团精英的一员。1950年后他被迫还俗，1982年复出，并于1989年离开天宁寺，投身重建武进大林寺。在大林寺，他不仅重建了寺庙，聚集了信众，而且勉力创办了武进佛学院，使大林寺逐步成为当地的一个佛教中心。静海的历程折射了一百多年来中国政治与宗教的宏观变迁，同时也在展现了近代汉传佛教变革与重建的一些重要机制。一方面，二十世纪上半叶出现的佛学院，对于僧团内部的社会流动性产生了重大影响。正是得益于这一新制度，静海本人才摆脱了小庙应付僧的命运，经过“学僧”这一过渡性身份，最终转变为大丛林的法师。另一方面，静海所主持的大林寺重建过程反映了佛教传统对原有地方传统的吸收和运用的高超能力。例如，当地的道教遗产“白龙”和“龙母”崇拜，不仅得到了重新肯定，而且被转化为佛教功德和成就的证明。总地来看，静海老和尚的佛教生涯可以分为两个部分。他的前半生都是在不同佛教制度框架内寻找自己的位置；他的后半生——以他在1989年主动离开著名的天宁寺为转折点——则将自己前半生的经验融入到重建大林寺的策略之中。在这个意义上 ，静海个人的小故事与1980年代之后中国大陆佛教复兴的大故事分享了相同的母题，即对二十世纪上半叶的某种再现或折返。

Abstract: (English Version) Based on textual sources and interviews, this study recounts the religious experiences of Master Jinghai (1919–2019) of Dalin Chan Temple in Jiangsu. Born into extreme poverty and ordained at a small rural temple at an early age, Jinghai later entered a Buddhist academy, which enabled him to rise into the ranks of the monastic elite. After 1950, he was compelled to return to lay life; he reentered the sangha in 1982 and, in 1989, left Tianning Temple to devote himself to the reconstruction of Dalin Temple in Wujin. At Dalin Temple, he not only rebuilt the monastery and gathered a community of devotees, but also worked to establish the Wujin Buddhist Academy, gradually transforming Dalin into a local center of Buddhist activity.

Jinghai’s life journey mirrors the broader political and religious transformations that unfolded across China over the past century, while also revealing several key mechanisms behind the reform and reconstruction of modern Chinese Buddhism. On the one hand, the emergence of Buddhist academies in the first half of the twentieth century profoundly reshaped social mobility within the sangha. It was precisely through this new institutional pathway that Jinghai escaped the fate of remaining an obscure monk in a small rural temple and, through the transitional status of a “student-monk,” ultimately became a Dharma teacher in major monastic centers. On the other hand, the process of reconstruction that Jinghai oversaw at Dalin Temple illustrates the remarkable capacity of Buddhist tradition to absorb and repurpose local traditions. For instance, local Daoist heritages such as the cults of the “White Dragon” and “Dragon Mother” were not only reaffirmed but were transformed into proofs of Buddhist merit and accomplishment.

Overall, Master Jinghai’s Buddhist career may be divided into two phases. His early life was marked by efforts to find his place within various institutional frameworks of modern Buddhism; his later life—beginning with his voluntary departure from the renowned Tianning Temple in 1989—integrated his earlier experiences into a strategic blueprint for rebuilding Dalin Temple. In this sense, Jinghai’s personal narrative shares the same underlying motif as the revival of Buddhism in mainland China after the 1980s: a return to, or rearticulation of, certain institutional models and aspirations originating in the first half of the twentieth century.

Guest Lecture / 讲座: East Asian Hanzi Art: Between Calligraphy and Abstraction 东亚汉字艺术：介于文笔（书写）与抽象之间
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00 | KWZ 0.603, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen
Guest Lecture / 讲座
East Asian Hanzi Art: Between Calligraphy and Abstraction
东亚汉字艺术：介于文笔（书写）与抽象之间

Speaker / 主讲人：
Prof. Kim Sok-yong（金锡永）
Department of Chinese Language Education, Korea National University of Education
韩国教员大学汉语教育系教授
Date / 时间：
Thursday, 18.12.2025, 18:00–20:00
2025年12月18日，周四晚18:00–20:00
Venue / 地点：
KWZ 0.603, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen
Language / 语言： 中文（Chinese）
Film Week Event / 本讲座系电影周系列活动之一

Abstract / 摘要
[English]
This lecture explores the multiple dimensions of Hanzi within modern artistic creation by examining the intersection between artistic expression and written characters. Due to their two-dimensional features and layered structures, Hanzi have long nurtured the tradition of calligraphy. Originating from practical writing, calligraphy gradually developed abstract artistic elements over time—reflecting both the tension and unity between writing and abstraction. Through works by artists such as Inoue Yuichi, Wu Guanzhong, Xu Bing, and Gu Wenda, Hanzi emerge as both symbols of cultural tradition and media of innovation and subversion. This talk invites the audience into the diverse aesthetic world embodied by Hanzi.
[中文]
本次演讲将从艺术与文字书写的交汇角度，探讨汉字在现代艺术中的多重面貌。方块汉字因其二维特征与多层结构，自古以来便孕育了书法艺术。本来来源于实用书写的书法，随着艺术表现的演进，具备了抽象艺术的特征；可谓书写与抽象的矛盾与统一。从井上有一、吴冠中到徐冰、谷文达等艺术家的作品中，汉字既是传统文化的象征，也是创新与颠覆的媒介。演讲将带领听众进入汉字所蕴含的多元美学世界。

Bio of Speaker / 讲者介绍
金锡永
国立韩国教员大学汉语教育系教授
韩国教员大学人文社会科学教育研究所所长
韩国中国人文学会会长
[前]韩国中国语教育学会会长
[前]首尔大学语言教育院语言能力测试中心高级研究员
复旦大学中文系博士（语言学及应用语言学）
首尔大学硕士（汉语语言学）
全南大学学士（中国语言文学）

金锡永教授一直从事社会语言学、词汇学及L2汉语教学等领域的研究，目前正在撰写《世界华人社会与全球华语》（韩国教育部、韩国研究财团学术著作资助项目，2020-2023）一书，并率研究所专家组致力于韩汉日越四语古今词和方言词等57种历时和共时变体在内的“东亚汉字词广域多维信息库”建设（韩国教育部、韩国研究财团人文社会研究所资助项目，2021-2027）。他曾任首尔大学语言教育院语言能力测试中心高级研究员，进行过与汉语测试有关的几个研究项目；到韩国教员大学任教后致力于韩国第一个汉语教育系的院系建设和研究生院的课程建设工作；金锡永教授还曾担任过教育部教育课程审议委员。主要研究成果有《汉语解密》（2012）、《幼儿汉语教师指南：理论与实践》（2018）、《语言接触与现代汉语借词》（2020）等著作，以及<国家中学教育课程汉语基础词汇表的适当性考察>（2014）、<全球华语同心圈分布及其词汇共享状况>（2018）、<对东亚汉字词同形关系的商榷>（2023）等论文40余篇。此外，他还编写了几本适用于普通中学、外语高中以及海外韩国学校的汉语教科书。金锡永教授在汉字美术方面也有所研究，已在刊物上连载多篇与书象美术和汉字学有关的科普文章。

主要研究成果：
学术论文（选录）
仿译与意译之间——汉语借词范围界定之标准与方法，中国语文学志（第38期），2012.
国家中学教育课程汉语基础词汇表的适当性考察，中国语文学志（第49期），2014.
汉语测试题的命题方法研究——以对HSK、SNULT、FLEX选择题的批评性分析为主，中国语文学论集（第90期），2015.
全球华语同心圈分布及其词汇共享状况，中国语文学志（第63期），2018.
对海外韩国学校小学生汉语学习策略使用情况的调查研究，中国言语研究（第89期），2020.
全球华语社区对陆、台词汇变体的语言态度调查研究，中国文学（第108期），2021.
高中汉语教科书与高考试题之间的语言教学观（approach）差异分析——以韩美日三国比较为主，中国学报（第100期），2022.
对东亚汉字词同形关系的商榷，东洋学（第91期），2023.
汉语的汉字词与非汉字词——从字母词出现看汉语词汇范畴之错综关系，中国人文科学（第83期），2023.
从华人离散(diaspora)看汉语方言与华语共同语之全球分布格局变迁， 中国语文学志（第90期），2025.
学术著作（选录）
《汉语解密》（合著）（首尔：穷理出版社，2012）（文化体育观光部优秀学术图书）
《从韩汉日语看三国的社会与文化》（合著）（首尔：韩国文化社，2018）
《幼儿汉语教师指南：理论与实践》（合著）（首尔：时事中国语社，2018）
《行为表现评估的应用方向探索》（合著）（首尔：韩国文化社，2019）
《语言接触与现代汉语借词》（首尔：亦乐出版社，2020）（韩国学术院、教育部优秀学术图书）
书籍章节
全球华语视域下的华语教学多元标准观及其教学策略，陈丽宇、孟柱亿（主编），《韩国华语研究的多元视角》，台北：丽文文化，125–144.
从TBCL（2020）与CPGS（2021）的对比看华语教学词汇大纲编制的若干问题——以两岸差异词、成语及短语之处理为中心，曾金金（主编），《新时代两岸华语教学国际学术研讨会论文集》，台北：新学林出版股份有限公司，77–95.

Lecture: Revisiting the Understanding of “the Other” through Thermae Romae II: Implications for Chinese Language Teaching
2026-01-16 14:30 - 16:00 | KWZ
從《羅馬浴場 II》回看我們如何理解「他者」文化—— 對華語教學的啟示
Revisiting the Understanding of “the Other” through Thermae Romae II:
Implications for Chinese Language Teaching
2026年1月16日（週五）14:30–16:00
KWZ 1.701， 哥廷根大學
報告人：曾金金 教授， 國立台灣師範大學
主持人：張陶 教授， 哥廷根大學
摘要
本報告以日本影視作品《羅馬浴場 II》為例，討論流行影視文本中「他者」文化的呈現方式，以及其中所體現的跨文化想像。作品透過幽默與錯位的敘事手法，將不同文化與時空並置，呈現文化差異被感知、想像與再詮釋的過程。報告嘗試從跨文化與語言學習的相關視角出發，思考此類影視作品在華語教學語境中可能引發的更廣泛反思，並為文化理解與比較提供一個開放的觀察方向。
Abstract
Taking the Japanese audiovisual work Thermae Romae II as an example, this talk examines how “the Other” is represented in popular screen media and how cross-cultural imagination is articulated through audiovisual narratives. By juxtaposing different cultures and temporalities through humor and narrative displacement, the film foregrounds processes through which cultural differences are perceived, imagined, and reinterpreted. Drawing on perspectives from intercultural communication and language learning, the talk further considers how such works can stimulate broader discussions of cultural understanding and comparison within the context of Chinese language teaching.
時間與地點
時間：2026年1月16日（週五）14:30–16:00
地點： KWZ 1.701， 哥廷根大學
Speaker’s Bio:

Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng is a full professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She is currently serving as the Taiwan Chair and visiting researcher at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Dr. Tseng earned her B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University in 1988, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
A linguist, phonetician, and teacher educator, her early research focused on phonetics, interlanguage, and second language acquisition. More recently, her work has expanded to include Chinese dialect teacher education, AI-assisted teaching strategies, and the development of an interlanguage prosodic database for Chinese language research in Europe.
Recent publication:
Zhang, F., & Tseng, C.-C. (2025). Inclusive teaching strategies and proprioceptive learning methods for migrants in acquiring basic Chinese. In Y. Liang & Z. Li (Eds.), Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (pp. 145–174). Routledge.
Ongoing project:
International Integrated Collaboration Project for the University Alliance in the Czech Republic (ICU) and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT), under the national-level initiative for international collaboration in key academic fields (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences).
Project Title: The Dynamics of East-West Civilizational Interactions: Conflict or Fusion?
Sub-project: A Study on Interpersonal Communication between Czechs and Taiwanese in the Context of Second Language Teaching

Realizing Buddhahood in the Human Realm: The Theory and Practice of Humanistic Buddhism
2026-02-04 14:00 - 16:00
Realizing Buddhahood in the Human Realm:
The Theory and Practice of Humanistic Buddhism

Lecture Series: Buddhism in Modern China 2025/2026
Prof. Dr. 宣方 Xuan Fang (Renmin University of China)
Time: February 4, 2026, 14:00 PM – 16:00 PM CET
Venue: Raum 4.105, Waldweg
Language: Chinese/ 中文

Abstract
即人成佛：人间佛教的理论与实践
摘要
人生佛教作为汉传佛教回应现代性议题最重要的理论论述和实践模式，对二十世纪后半叶以来佛教在海峡两岸的蓬勃发展居功至伟，引起学界广泛的关注，相关研究持续升温，本世纪以来渐成显学，成果卓有可观。不过，此中仍有未发之覆，特别是一些基础的教理问题，对佛教共同体内部而言十分重要。例如，太虚关于人间佛教诸多论述引发后人大相径庭的理解，人间佛教推展过程中的种种歧出也使其备受争议。回归到基础教理层面来分析，争议的焦点集中在两个方面：第一、人生佛教思想的核心理论、宗旨及其性质是什么？是共世间的人天乘法门，还是大乘的菩萨道？第二、人生佛教如何修行？是由人、天、声闻、菩萨层层转进，还是由人乘直达佛乘？人菩萨行是否可能、如何可能？前一方面要回答人生佛教是什么，后一方面要回答人生佛教怎么修，这两个基础教理问题相互关联，是人生佛教的核心理论和立论根本；尤其是第二个问题，仍属学术界既往研究的未发之覆。人生佛教能否在教理上自洽地解答上述问题、回应各种质疑？本讲演将依据太虚、印顺的相关论述，对此作一考察。
Humanistic Buddhism (rensheng fojiao) represents one of the most significant theoretical articulations and practical models through which Chinese Buddhism has responded to the challenges of modernity. Since the second half of the twentieth century, it has played a crucial role in the remarkable revival and expansion of Buddhism in both Mainland China and Taiwan. As a result, it has attracted sustained scholarly attention since the beginning of the twenty-first century.
Nevertheless, important issues remain insufficiently examined, particularly certain foundational doctrinal questions that are of great significance within the Buddhist community itself. For example, Taixu’s various interpretations of Humanistic Buddhism (renjian fojiao) gave rise to markedly divergent understandings among later generations, while differing paths of practical implementation have rendered the movement highly contested. When these debates are reconsidered at the level of fundamental doctrine, they converge on two central issues: First, what are the core theoretical foundation, ultimate aim, and doctrinal nature of Humanistic Buddhism? Should it be understood as a form of this-worldly Buddhist practice oriented toward the human and celestial vehicles, or as an expression of the Mahāyāna bodhisattva path? Second, how is Humanistic Buddhism to be practiced? Does cultivation proceed step by step—from the realms of human and celestial beings, through the śrāvaka path, and onward to the bodhisattva path—or does it advocate a direct transition from the human vehicle to Buddhahood? Is the practice of the “human bodhisattva” theoretically possible, and if so, in what sense? The first question concerns what Humanistic Buddhism is, while the second addresses how it is to be practiced. These two fundamental doctrinal issues are closely interconnected and together constitute the core theoretical framework and justificatory basis of Humanistic Buddhism. In particular, the second issue remains largely unexplored in existing scholarship.
Can Humanistic Buddhism provide a doctrinally coherent response to these questions and adequately address the various criticisms directed toward it? Drawing on the writings of Taixu and Yinshun, this lecture examines these issues from the perspective of Buddhist doctrinal theory.
【Short Bio】
宣方，中国人民大学宗教学系副教授，佛教与宗教学理论研究所研究员，兼任北京大学、香港中文大学、厦门大学、云南大学、中国佛教文化研究所等十余所国内佛学机构客座教授，《宗教》、《宗教研究》、《汉语佛学评论》等专业期刊编委。主要研究佛教思想史和当代佛教。
Xuan Fang is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Renmin University of China and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Religious Theory. He also serves as a visiting professor at more than ten Buddhist studies institutions in China, including Peking University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Xiamen University, Yunnan University, and the China Institute of Buddhist Culture. He is a member of the editorial boards of several leading academic journals, including Religion, Religious Studies, and Chinese Buddhist Studies Review. His main research interests focus on the intellectual history of Buddhism and contemporary Chinese Buddhism.

影视（短⽚）融合差异化学习任务在外语教学中的运⽤ Einsatz von (Kurz)Filmen im Fremdsprachenunterricht mit differenzierten Lernaufgaben
2026-02-05 19:00 - 21:00
Vortrag: 影视（短⽚）融合差异化学习任务在外语教学中的运⽤
Einsatz von (Kurz)Filmen im Fremdsprachenunterricht mit differenzierten Lernaufgaben
Referent:
Xikai Chen 陈希凯
Studienreferendar mit Fächerkombination
Chinesisch und Englisch
Zeit: 19:00-21:00, 05. Feb. 2026
Raum: KWZ 0.609, Universität Göttingen
Sprachen: Deutsch/Chinesisch
Moderation: Miriam Meyer (M.Ed. Chinesisch als Fremdsprache)
Organisiert von Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang, Professur Fachdidaktik Chinesisch als Fremdsprache

Chinesischsprachiges Film- und Kulturforum Göttingen 哥廷根影像与文化论坛
Jahresthema 2026 – „Sprache(n) in Bewegung: Mehrsprachigkeit und globale Perspektiven“
Eine Veranstaltungsreihe der Professur für Fachdidaktik Chinesisch als Fremdsprache und des CeMEAS

Abstract:
In einer heterogenen Lerngruppe mit verschiedenen Interessen und Schwerpunkten der Lernenden bieten lange und kurze Filme als Lernmedien im Fremdsprachenunterricht einen großen Raum, in dem sich die Schüler*innen mit den technischen und ästhetischen Aspekten der Filme auseinandersetzen und ihre eigenen Perspektiven und Kreativität einbringen können, sei es in rezeptiven oder produktiven Aktivitäten. Anhand seiner Praxiserfahrung aus dem Unterrichtsalltag des Referendariats präsentiert Xikai Chen in diesem Vortrag unterschiedliche Einsatzmöglichkeiten von langen und kurzen Filmen sowie seine Reflexion und Evaluation der Vor- und Nachteile der bereits durchgeführten Lernaufgaben, die eng mit Filmanalysen und Kurzfilmproduktionen verbunden sind.

Kurzbio:
Xikai Chen, Master of Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages (Tongji Universität, 2020) sowie Master of Arts in Kulturanthropologie und Master of Education in Chinesisch und Englisch (Universität Göttingen, 2024), verfügt über die Zulassung des BAMF zur Lehrtätigkeit in Integrationskursen für DaF/DaZ und hat zahlreiche Hochschulzertifikate im Bereich der Anwendung sprachlicher Fertigkeiten, z.B. Theaterpraxis und Präsentation, Mündliche Kommunikation mit dem Schwerpunkt Rhetorik und Interkulturelle*r Trainer*in, Schreibberatung, Medienkompetenz und Digitale Bildung an der Universität Göttingen erworben. Seine Forschungsinteressen im Bereich der Didaktik für den Fremdsprachenunterricht umfassen den Einsatz von Theater und audio-visuellen Medien im Sprachunterricht, interkulturelle Kommunikation und Kulturvermittlung sowie die Förderung von Sprech- und Schreibkompetenzen im Fremdsprachenunterricht.
陈希凯，同济大学汉语国际教育硕士（2020）、哥廷根大学文化人类学专业文学硕士（2024）、汉语及英语师范专业教育硕士（2024），并持有BAMF认证的德语二外（融入课程）的教学资质，并已经修毕哥廷根大学开设的“戏剧实践与展示”“口头沟通之修辞学”“跨文化培训”“写作咨询”“媒体素养”及“数字教学”等多项与语言运用、青少年教育直接相关的证书项目。外语教学法方向的研究兴趣：戏剧与影音媒体在语言教学中的运用、外语课堂里的跨文化沟通与文化教学、口语表达与写作能力培养等。

Lecture: Joris Muller: Public Displays of Alignment
2026-02-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Alte Sternwarte
Development Economics Seminar (in person) — Joris Mueller
The next Development Economics Seminar will take place in person.
Date: Monday, 23 FebruaryTime: 14:00–15:00Location: Historical Observatory (Göttingen)
Speaker: Joris Mueller (National University of Singapore)Title: Public Displays of Alignment
Lunch (for participants in Göttingen)
Everyone present in Göttingen is welcome to join for lunch before the seminar.Meeting point: 11:30, Z-Mensa entrance hall(Please note the different time and location compared to the seminar.)

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Abstract
This paper studies corporate public alignment: firm communication that echoes the rhetoric of an autocratic regime. A theoretical model is developed in which public alignment supports political risk-sharing between firms and the regime. By tying their payoffs to the regime’s, aligned firms credibly commit to undertake costly, regime-favored actions in adverse states; in return, the regime becomes less likely to expropriate them.
An empirical measure of public alignment is constructed using a replicable index based on regime-specific phrases in annual reports and applied to Chinese listed firms. The results support the model’s predictions and its key assumption that alignment links firm and regime payoffs: more aligned firms undertake more regime-favored actions during periods of unrest and earn lower profits, while alignment increases when expropriation risk rises. These findings hold after controlling for other forms of state proximity (such as state ownership, political connections, and Party cells) and are difficult to reconcile with alternative explanations such as cheap talk or simple patronage.

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Lecture: “What Kind of Innovation is e-CNY?” by Karman Lucero (Yale Law School), 21 April 2026, 16:30 (KWZ 0.608)
2026-04-21 16:30 - 18:30
Lecture: “What Kind of Innovation is e-CNY?” by Karman Lucero (Yale Law School), 21 April 2026, 16:30 (KWZ 0.608)

E-CNY: China’s Digital Currency

Title: E-CNY: China’s Digital Currency
Date: 21. April 2026, 16:30 Uhr
Room: KWZ 0.608
Speaker: Karman Lucero (Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center)

Title: “What kind of innovation is e-CNY?”

About the speaker:
Karman Lucero is a Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center. His research focuses on China’s governance of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, AI governance in the U.S., global AI governance, and U.S.-China relations. He has organized multiple ongoing Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues that bring together academic and private sector experts as well as policy makers in the U.S. and China to address topics pertaining to domestic and transnational AI governance. He has published op-eds and public-facing scholarship in The Global Law Review, The Republic, The South China Morning Post, Project Syndicate, Lawfare, and elsewhere. Further, he has advised policy makers in the U.S., UK, EU, Japan, and other countries on how to understand and respond to China’s approach towards regulating AI, data flows, digital currencies, and other emerging technologies. He was a visiting scholar at Peking University and Renmin University and holds a J.D. and B.A. from Columbia University.

About the topic:
China has developed and promoted its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan (e-CNY), in order to stay ahead of the financial infrastructure of the future, strengthen state oversight and control over payments, and change the nature of its relationship with fintech giants. The state has also touted the longer-term goals of internationalizing the RMB and leading fintech advancements. In practice, the rollout of e-CNY has thus far fallen short of many of its stated goals. This discrepancy between policy goals and reality reveals important characteristics regarding the nature of digital currencies and their broader relationship to a national financial system. This lecture, divided in three parts, will present an overview of the current state of e-CNY in China, explore why there is a discrepancy between policy goals and the reality of implementation, and, finally, outline the lessons these dynamics have for policy makers across the world, considering CBDCs and the future of the global financial system.

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Lecture: The Promise and the Challenge of World Literature
2026-04-30 16:00 - 17:30
The Promise and the Challenge of World Literature
Zhang Longxi (Hunan Normal University)
April 30, 2026
4 pm
KWZ 0.602

Abstract:
In this lecture, Prof. Zhang Longxi will address the current situation of “World Literature.” Although the notion of “World Literature” aims at global cosmopolitanism, the field remains heavily Eurocentric. While Goethe’s original vision was inspired by Chinese texts, modern circulation still prioritizes Western languages like English and French. Thus, academic frameworks, exemplified by Casanova’s Paris-centric model, continue to marginalize rich non-Western traditions, including Chinese classics. To achieve a truly global perspective, scholars must actively integrate diverse literary histories and expand the literary canon to reflect a genuine, rather than Western-dominated, global reality.

Short Bio:
Prof. Zhang Longxi (Ph. D. from Harvard) has taught at Peking, Harvard, the University of California, Riverside, and City University of Hong Kong, and is currently Xiaoxiang Chair Professor 潇湘特聘教授 at Hunan Normal University and Li De Chair Professor 砺德讲席教授 at the Yenching Academy of Peking University. He is an elected foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History, and the Antiquities and also of Academia Europaea. He has published more than 30 books and numerous articles in Chinese and English, including, most recently, A History of Chinese Literature (London: Routledge, 2023), and World Literature as Discovery: Expanding the World Literary Canon (London: Routledge, 2024).
