CeMEAS

Workshop "Manchu language intensive course for post- graduates"
2015-02-03 09:00 - 2015-02-06 13:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Unnamed Venue, Heinrich- Düker Weg, Göttingen
Manchu language intensive course for post-graduates
PD Dr. Johannes Reckel (specialist for Tungusic languages, Göttingen State and University Library)
February 3, 2015 – February 6, 2015 (Tuesday to Friday)
9am – 1pm
Department for East Asian Studies, conference room KWZ 0.701
The purpose of this four-day workshop is to give an introduction to the Manchu language and script. The workshop is aimed at post-graduate sinologists and scholars of Chinese history who are doing research on the Manchu Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).
Text book reference: Gertraude Roth Li, Manchu: A Textbook for Reading Documents (Honolulu: National For- eign Language Resource Center, 2010, 2nd ed.).
Organizer: Dr. Julia C. Schneider (julia.schneider@phil.uni-goettingen.de)
For further information, please contact Dr. Julia C. Schneider

2. Göttinger Wirtschaftstag China - Wissenschaftliches Symposium
2015-02-02 15:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Berlin)
VR China: Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft gemeinsam unterwegs
2. Göttinger Wirtschaftstag China – Wissenschaftliches Symposium (öffentlich)
2. Februar 2015
15 – 17.30 Uhr
Aula der Universität Göttingen
Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier

Finding Mr. Right
2015-01-28 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | VG 4.103, Platz der Göttinger Sieben, Göttingen
FINDING MR. RIGHT
Filmscreening
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
4pm, VG 4.103
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Lecture: Sekundarstufe Chinesisch
2015-01-21 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin) | KWZ 0.604, Heinrich Dueker Weg 14, Göttingen
Zwischen bildungspolitischen Vorgaben und sprachspezifischen Besonderheiten – der neue Kernlehrplan für die Sekundarstufe II Chinesisch in NRW
Lecture
Dr. Christina Neder (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Tuesday, January 21, 2015
2pm (c.t.)
KWZ 0.604

German Japanese Colloquium 2015
2015-01-15 16:00 - 18:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Assembly Hall, Wilhelmsplatz 1, Göttingen, 37073
German- Japanese Colloqium 2015
Knowledge Transfer across Borders: Integrative Approaches
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
4pm – 6:30pm
Assembly Hall, Wilhelmsplatz 1, 37073 Göttingen
The festive opening of the international conference on “Knowledge Transfer Across Borders” is open to all.

In today’s globalized, knowledge-intensive world, the accumulation and transfer of knowledge has become a key success factor for organizations. However, knowledge transfer is complex due to the difficulties in defining, storing and circulating knowledge. This challenge increases even more when knowledge is transferred across national, cultural and linguistic borders. Despite the importance of the topic, prior research has been fragmented and sometimes inconclusive, partly due to disciplinary boundaries. The two keynote speakers address these challenges from their respective academic backgrounds, neurobiology and international business.
Keynotes by
Prof. Dr. Atsushi Iriki (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako City, Japan)
Evolutionary Biology of the Human Mind
Prof. Dr. Markus Pudelko (International Business, University of Tübingen)
Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Cooperations

Film Screening - A Touch of Sin
2014-12-17 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | ZHG
A TOUCH OF SIN
Film Screening
December 17, 2014
4pm, ZHG 006
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Vorstellungsvorträge W3- Professur für Modernes Chinesisch mit Schwerpunkt auf globalhistorischen Perspektiven
2014-12-16 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Vorstellungsvortäge
W3- Professur für Modernes China mit Schwerpunkt auf globalhistorischen Perspektiven
Donnerstag, 18.12.2014
Waldweg 26, Raum 1.203

14:30 Uhr Prof. Dr. Dominic Sachsenmaier (Bremen)
“In welchen Räumen bewegt sich die Geschichte des modernen China?
Einige Debatten”
16:45 Uhr PD Dr. Thoralf Klein (Loughborough)
“China im globalen Mediennetzwerk. Telegraphie, Nachrichten und Gerüchte
während des Boxerkrieges im Sommer 1900”
Zu diesen Vorstellungsvorträgen mit anschließenden Diskussionen laden wir Sie herzlich ein.

Tiananmen then and now
2014-11-27 13:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Tian’anmen Then and Now: Memories and Legacies
November 27, 2014
13:00 – 18:00
Historical Building of the State and University Library Göttingen
Lecture Hall
Göttingen, Am Papendiek 14, 37073 Göttingen

To explore various dimension of this grave moment in reform-era China, we are bringing together many of the world’s leading authorities on Tian’anmen, including Rowena He (Harvard University), Wu Guogang (University of Victoria), Chang Ping (journalist and author), Louisa Lim (University of Michigan), Jackie Sheehan (University College Cork), Patricia Thornton (University of Oxford), Frank Pieke (Leiden University) and Felix Wemheuer (University of Cologne).
Please click here for detailed program information.
Speakers:
Prof. Rowena Xiaoqing He (Harvard University)
Prof. Wu Guoguang (University of Victoria)
Louisa Lim (University of Michigan, NPR-National Public Radio)
Chang Ping (journalist and author)
Commentators:
Prof. Felix Wemheuer (Universität Köln)
Prof. Patricia Thornton (University of Oxford)
Prof. Jacqueline Sheehan (University College Cork)
Prof. Frank Pieke (Leiden University)
Photo: Alan Yeh CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/8cvdxy (picture detail)

Waking the Green Tiger
2014-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Waking the Green Tiger
Film Screening
Göttinger Sommerschule zum Chinesischen Recht
Sep. 30, 2014, 7pm – 9pm
ZHG 002
Katja Pessl

Strafrechtliches Symposium
2014-08-19 - 2014-08-20 | Historical Observatory Göttingen, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen, Germany
Strafrechtliches Symposium: Aktuelle Entwicklungslinien des japanischen Strafrechts im 21. Jahrhundert – im Spiegel des deutschen und koreanischen Strafrechts
August 19–20, 2014
Historical Observatory Göttingen
Geismar Landstraße 11
Application is required until August 8, 2014.
More information
Photo: umjanedoan, Law books on a shelf, https://www.flickr.com/photos/umjanedoan/497364007/, CC BY 2.0

The 6th East Asia Research Salon
2014-07-15 18:15 - 19:30 (Europe/Paris)
The 6th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
Jun Chu
“Urban citizenship, mobility and border regime. Contested social spaces of migrant workers in Shanghai.”
Date: July 15, 2014, 6.15pm-7.30pm
Place: CeMEAS-Meeting Room, KWZ-Building, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14

Abstract:
The growing mass protests and movements of migrant workers in China have become a highly focused issue for years. They are described either as “contesting citizenship in urban china” (Solinger 1999) or as “the making of a new working class” (Chan and Pun 2009). In my dissertation, these phenomena will be understood in connection with citizenship, mobility regime and the production of social spaces from a critical perspective. In reference to the concepts of “act of citizenship/doing citizenship”, “differential inclusion” and “ethnographical border regime analysis” from critical migration and citizenship studies, this work will focus on the social processes, how urban citizenship in Shanghai is emerging in contestation and conflicts. In what way do the local governments make policy and use strategies to include migrant workers with gradated status of “urban citizen”? How do the migrant workers in Shanghai practice urban citizenship and claim their rights in daily life and workplace? Furthermore, how are urban spaces produced and negotiated through the assemblage of these multi-scale practices? The research is based on empirical fieldwork in Shanghai with mixed qualitative methods incl. narrative interviews, participated observation and discourse analysis etc. The next fieldwork is planned for the upcoming autumn.
Jun Chu
Since 10/2013 PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Germany
Title of Dissertation: Urban citizenship, mobility and border regime. Contested social spaces of migrant workers in Shanghai.
10/2009 – 05/2013 University of Göttingen, Germany, Sociology and Cultural Anthropology(M.A.)
Title of Master Thesis: The constitution of relational social spaces in a new tenement district. A case study about Zietenterrassen in Göttingen. – Awarded “with distinction”
08/2005 – 07/2009 Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Sociology (B.A.) -Title of Bachelor Thesis: “Hygiene” in the rural everyday life. A case study on social changes in terms of practices, perceptions and interpretations.

Lecture: Lord Yang - A God and His Special Role in Local Politics of Late Qing China (1840 - 1867)
2014-07-14 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Lord Yang – A God and His Special Role in Local Politics of Late Qing China (1840 – 1867)
Monday, July 14, 2014
2.15pm, KWZ Room 0.608
Prof. Dr. Lo Shih- chieh
In early February 1855, a group of “local bandits” led by Qu Zhenhan occupied Yueqing city of Wenzhou prefecture for a week. According to Qing officials’ report, this incident was suppressed by the divine manifestation of Lord Yang, a popular local deity in Wenzhou. Instead of focusing on how Qing authority regained control over local society, this presentation takes advantage of the local materials available in Wenzhou to explore the following two questions: How does a local deity function politically in local society? What is the role of popular religion in local politics and even national politics in late Qing China? This local history study sheds light on the significance of popular religion in Chinese political culture.
Picture: Ashley Wang, Flames [hdr] *Explored*, CC BY-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ashley-rly/3783945913/

China and Europe
2014-07-10 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Theologicum T01, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
China and Europe – an insight into international relations and global security governance
July 10, 2014, 6 pm
Theologicum T01
Dr. Niall Duggan
Picture: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, G20 London Summit, Dowing Street, http://www.flickr.com/photos/downingstreet/3406897568/

Lecture: The Thinking of Chinese Higher Education Reform and Features of Internationalization Process
2014-07-09 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Reform and Internationalization of
Higher Education in China
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
2pm, Waldweg 26, Raum 6.103
Prof. Qiuheng Shi
This lecture will focus on core issues of Chinese Higher Education reform and shed light on national strategies of modernization and internationalization.
Two national reform strategies will be laid out and analyzed to give detailed insight into the processes and structures of Higher Education reform.Based on these foundations, the internationalization of Chinese Universities and their strive to catch up with educational institutions in the West will be discussed.
Picture: Kevin Dooley, Graduation Day at Nanjing University, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/9282149345/

The 5th East Asia Research Salon
2014-06-17 18:15 - 19:30 (Europe/Paris)
The 5th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
Marina Schmitz
“Preventing Labor Turnover of Blue Collar Workers in China – Tilting at Windmills?”
Date: June 17, 2014, 6.15pm-7.30pm
Place: CeMEAS-Meeting Room, KWZ-Building, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14

Marina Schmitz, University of Göttingen
Retaining employees is the crucial issue of HR managers in China nowadays. Especially manufacturing companies in China report turnover rates of 70 percent and above. Thus, it is further necessary to deepen academic understanding of the mindset of blue collar workers, specifically, psychological and sociological aspects of voluntary turnover behavior among this cohort, being the driving force of the Chinese economy. To get further insights into the topic, I conducted interviews with blue collar workers and HR managers in China regarding work related issues, especially asking them about influence factors of labor turnover decisions. Drawing on the knowledge I acquired in the interviews, I am currently developing a survey which should enable me to answer the following research questions: What kind of incentives should the companies offer to make the blue collar workers stay? Which job characteristics are important for the blue collar workers regarding long-term retention? Is there a difference between the blue collar workers working in different regions or differing in demographic aspects?
Marina Schmitz is research associate and doctoral student at the Chair for HRM and Asian Business at the University of Göttingen. She obtained her master in Sinology (Classical Sinology, Economic Studies) at the University of Trier in 2012. In her research she focusses on retention of factory workers and the influence factors of labour turnover in China.

CeMEAS will provide coffee and light refreshments, however feel free to bring along additional food and drinks.

Lecture: Chinese Multinationals going Global: Strategies and Challenges
2014-06-12 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Chinese Multinationals going Global: Strategies and Challenges
Thursday, June 12, 2014
4pm, Theologicum Hörsaal T01
Prof. Dr. Klaus Meyer
Over the past decade many Chinese enterprises have expanded their operations overseas and became substantive players in several industries and host countries.
This talk will explore the strategies that these Chinese companies pursue to catch up withglobal industry leaders, focusing in particular on processes of learning about international
business operations, and the acquisition of strategic assets overseas. It will also explore differences in these strategies between the first wave of overseas investments by state enterprises that still dominate many sectors in China, and the second wave led by private companies in a wide range of manufacturing sectors. Despite the impressive acceleration of outward investments, Chinese multinationals face considerable challenges managing
their overseas operations, especially acquired business units. The talk will thus conclude by outlining these operational and cross-cultural challenges, and discuss approaches to managing them.

Photo: Mike Behnken, I ♥ Shanghai, CC BY-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebehnken/5118469004/

Lecture: Post - Orientalist Perceptions of Tibet between China and the West: Essentialization, Geopolitics and Topophilia
2014-06-11 00:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Post – Orientalist Perceptions of Tibet between China and the West: Essentialization, Geopolitics and Topophilia
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
12pm, VG. Room 2.101
Dr. Dan Smyer Yu
The appearance of Tibet is unprecedentedly frequent in global discourses of humanitarian issues, climate changes, environmental conservation, peace-building, religion-science dialogue, social engagement of Buddhism, creative arts, and New Age Spiritualty in the twenty-first century. It continues to spark imaginations of all sorts globe-wise. Scholarly critiques of “the imagined Tibet” as a popular cultural trend were initiated in the 1990s to de-essentialize the idealized image of Tibet and Tibetans. Since then a body of critical literature has quickly grown, examining the causes and the nature of such popular fixation on things Tibetan. It undoubtedly has critical impact on the public understanding of Tibet in the modern context; however, it is also noticeable that the initially intended de-essentializing effort is evolving into a recognizable essentialization of those who have strong interest in Tibetan culture, religion, and environment. This paper is intended to critique how the power-representation discourse adopted from Edward Said’s Orientalism is utilized in the context of modern Tibetan studies. Through case studies of perceptions of Tibet in China and the West, it proposes a post-Orientalist perspective from which the unique landscape of Tibet is understood as the foundation for a type of topophilia, which antecedently triggers what scholars characterize as “imagination,” “fantasy,” or “hallucination.”
Photo: Tibet, rickz, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/rickz/9180133912/

Lecture Series: Wie traditionell ist die Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin wirklich?
2014-05-23 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Wie traditionell ist die Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin wirklich?
Friday, May 23, 2014
2pm, KWZ, Room 0.608
Dr. phil. Dr. rer. med. Dominique Herzter
“Chinesische Medizin ist ein großes Schatzhaus, das wir gründlich ans Licht holen und weiter entwickeln sollten” (Mao Zedong)
Anders als die Bezeichnung „Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin “ (TCM) vermuten lässt, handelt es sich hier weniger um eine Medizin, die primär auf traditionelles medizinisches Wissen zurückgreift, als vielmehr um eine „moderne“, von Mao Zedong persönlich initiierte Erfindung. Dieses medizinische System „TCM“ ist stark von der Schulmedizin beeinflusst ist und hat in China nicht nur das Monopol auf die Ausübung ostasiatischer Medizin, sondern dient inzwischen als (wirtschaftliches) Modell für die weltweit florierende Chinesische Medizin. Doch nachdem inzwischen sowohl in den westlichen Ländern wie in China selbst der Ruf nach der „eigentlichen Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin“ laut wird, geht der Vortrag der Frage nach, was unter dieser traditionellen Medizin zu verstehen sein könnte und ob sie in Gestalt einer postulierten „Daoistischen Medizin“ wieder zu finden ist.
Picture: Ross Pollack, Chinese Medicine Man, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0,https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossap/8289758503/

Lecture Series: Japan and the World of Islam, a transnational history of nationalism, modernism and empire
2014-05-21 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Japan and the World of Islam, a transnational history of nationalism, modernism and empire
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
6pm (s.t.), KWZ, Room 3.601
Prof. Selçuk Esenbel
The Japanese interest in the “world of Islam” between 1868-1945 displays the history of nationalism, modernism, and empire from a global perspective at multiple levels. The little-known interaction between Japan and Muslim states (Ottoman Turkey, Qajar Iran, Egypt) as well as Muslim ethnic and national communities in Eurasia reveals international relations between Non-European states and transnational connections that was parallel to the world order dominated by the Western Great Powers. The Japanese interest extended to the study of Islam and the ethnic and national populations such as the Turkic peoples of Inner Asia and Central Asia. Japanese and Muslim intellectuals interacted through the vision of Pan-Asianism and Pan-Islamism that represents mutual imaginations about alternative modernities. The Japanese interest in Islamic affairs and the study of Muslim Asia and the Middle East coupled with the Japanese network among Muslims became part of imperial Japan’s geo-political strategy for empire building in Asia.
Picture: Prof. Selçuk Esenbel

CeMEAS Round Table: Labour Relations in China
2014-05-15 15:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Paris)
CeMEAS Round Table:
Labour Relations in China
15th of May 2014, 15:00 – 17:30
Alfred-Hessel-Saal, Am Papendiek 14
37073 Göttingen
This event is free and open to public!

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Photo: Worker Revolution by Ming Xia. https://www.flickr.com/photos/xiaming/397350033
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Contact: Katja Pessl, kpessl@uni-goettingen

Lecture Series: Developing security, securing development?
2014-05-08 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Developing security, securing development? Chinese foreign policy, norms evolution and the challenges of security in Africa
Thursday, May 8, 2014
2pm, Room VG 2.101
Dr. Daniel Large
Deepening conflict in South Sudan is once again increasing interest in China’s role in the country, in neighboring Sudan and, more generally, China’s changing engagement with conflict and security dynamics in Africa. China’s relations with fragile and conflict affected states is well recognized. Recognizing that post-conflict environments and state fragility pose a unique set of challenges to its growing economic interests on the continent, the Chinese government has sought to respond through a process of adaptation and policy engagement. Using the case of South Sudan and Sudan to illustrate broader themes, this seminar will examine China’s negotiation of development and security, and why and how this has travelled from the margins to a much more central part of China’s emerging role in Africa.
Picture: S. J. Pyrotechnic Sarah_Jones, Globe Keychain 004 2, CC BY-SA 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahakabmg/2188959997/.

The 4th East Asia Research Salon
2014-05-07 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
The 4th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
Julia Schneider
“Can there be a how-to manual for doing a PhD? A personal account”
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 5pm-7pm
Place: CeMEAS-Meeting Room, KWZ-Building, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14

Julia Schneider (Department of East Asian Studies) will talk about her PhD research project and focus on the question of “the importance of research methods”:
“Can there be a how-to manual for doing a PhD? A personal account”

Julia Schneider
is assistant professor at the University of Göttingen. She has gained her Ph.D. at Ghent University and the University of Göttingen. She studied Sinology and Musicology in Heidelberg , Berlin, Vienna and Beijing and gained her M.A. from Heidelberg University. Her research focus lies on historiography and nationalism in late Qing and early Republican times, the histories of non-Chinese conquest dynasties, and questions of ethnic identity.
CeMEAS will provide coffee and light refreshments, however feel free to bring along additional food and drinks.

Lecture Series: Language Planning of Chinese as a First/ Second/ Foreign Language in 21st Century Taiwan
2014-05-06 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lecture: Language Planning of Chinese as a First/ Second/ Foreign Language in 21st Century Taiwan
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
6pm (s.t.), Room KWZ 0.601
Prof. Dr. Chen- Cheng Chun

Picture: NoRMaN TSAi,_MG_0219 – DPS Assignment – Learning Chinese Static,CC BY-NC 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/tsaiek6654/5043939457/.

Lecture Series: Wahnsinn oder Weisheit?
2014-04-25 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
LECTURE: Wahnsinn oder Weisheit? Eine chinesische Perspektive
Friday, April 25, 2014
2pm, Room KWZ 0.608
Dr. phil. Dr. rer. med. Dominique Hertzer
Was ist Vernunft? Der Wahnsinn aller. Was ist Wahnsinn? Die Vernunft des Einzelnen. Was nennt Ihr Wahrheit? Die Täuschung, die Jahrhunderte alt geworden. Was Täuschung? Die Wahrheit, die nur eine Minute gelebt. (Spinoza)
Über die Nähe von Genie, Weisheit und Wahnsinn ist seit dem Altertum immer wieder diskutiert und philosophiert worden, im Abendland wie in China. Jüngsten Studien zufolge soll diese Verbindung nun auch biologisch in Gestalt einer bestimmten Genvariante nachgewiesen sein. Der Weise wie der Wahnsinnige offenbaren die Grenzen der „normalen Gesellschaft“ und werden meist als bedrohliche Herausforderung für die Aufrechterhaltung des vermeintlich Normalen wahrgenommen. Zugleich birgt der Wahn jedoch wertvolles Potential, um Neues und in den Grenzen der Normalität „Ungedachtes“ zu erfahren, mit der Aufforderung, eben diese Grenzen zu überschreiten. Im Zentrum des Vortrages steht die Frage, welche Erkenntnisse und welche Potentiale den Verrückten im Chinesischen Denken zugedacht wurden, um dem Sinn des Wahns auf die Spur zu kommen.
Picture: Stephen Dettling, Martin Mania SCX500; CC BY-NC 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdettling/2404125601/

Lecture Series: Des Kaisers neue Kleider? Chinas Führungs- Rolle in den G20
2014-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris)
LECTURE: Des Kaisers neue Kleider? Chinas Führungs- Rolle in den G20
Thursday, April 24, 2014
2pm, Room VG 2.101
Prof. Dr. Jörn – Carsten Gottwald (Ruhr – Universität Bochum)

Der kontinuierliche Aufstieg der Volksrepublik China zu einer wirtschaftlichen und politischen „major power“ (Xi Jinping) hat zu einer breiten Debatte über eine chinesisch geprägte neue Weltordnung geführt. Mit dem Ausbruch der globalen Finanzkrise (GFK) 2007/2008 scheint sich diese tektonische Verschiebung der Weltpolitik vom Trans-Atlantik zum Pazifik zu beschleunigen. Gleichwohl stellen Beobachter des wohl wichtigsten Forums zur Reaktion auf die GFK, den G 20, ernüchtert ein Ausbleiben ambitionierter chinesischer Reformvorschläge fest. Woran liegt diese augenscheinliche Passivität? Verweigert sich die Volkrepublik China wirklich der Übernahme einer neuen Rolle oder lassen sich Anzeichen für eine Neuorientierung – gerade nach dem Führungswechsel in der Staats und Parteispitze – finden?
Picture: Dowing Street; G20 London Summit, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/downingstreet/3406897568/

CeMEAS Lecture Series on Modern China 2014
2014-04-24 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
CeMEAS Lecture Series on Modern China 2014
The central concern of this year’s lecture series is the reflection of China’s rise and its consequences for the world as well as China’s homeland affairs. Background is that despite the common notion of the Asian Century there are shortcomings in our understanding of the significance and character of China’s rising power from the periphery to the centre of the international system. CeMEAS invited a number of experts from various disciplines, such as Architecture, Politics, Law, History and East Asian Studies from all over the globe to talk about China’s global impact in the 21st century.
24.04.2014 2 pm VG 2.101 Prof. Dr. Jörn- Carsten Gottwald (Ruhr- Universität Bochum):
Des Kaisers neue Kleider? Chinas Führungs- Rolle in den G20

25.04.2014 2pm KWZ 0.608 Dr.phil.Dr.rer.med.Dominique Hertzer:
Wahnsinn oder Weisheit? Eine chinesische Perspektive

08.05.2014 2 pm VG 2.101 Dr. Daniel Large (Central European University): Developing security, securing development? Chinese foreign policy, norms evolution and the challenges of security in Africa

21.05.2014 6 pm Prof. Selçuk Esenbel (Boğaziçi University):
Japan on the silk road

23.05.2014 2pm KWZ 0.608 Dr.phil.Dr.rer.med.Dominique Hertzer:
Wie traditionell is die Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin wirklich?

11.06.2014 2 pm KWZ 0.610 Dr. Dan Smyer Yu (Max Planck Institute):
Post- Orientalist Perceptions on Tibet between China and the West: Essentialization, Geopolitics and Topophilia

19.06.2014 6 pm KWZ 0.610 Botschafter a.D. Dr. Michael Schäfer

07.07.2014 6 pm KWZ 0.608 Prof. Dr. Tseng Yen-fen曾嬿芬教授

14.07.2014 2 pm KWZ 0.608 Prof. Dr. Lo Shih-chieh
Picture: Thibauld Nion, Infranchissable, CC BY-SA 2.0,https://www.flickr.com/photos/tibonihoo/12158768584/

LECTURE: Die chinesische Wahrnehmung Europas – Perzeptionen, Adaptionen und konzeptionelle Differenzen
2014-01-29 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
LECTURE: Die chinesische Wahrnehmung Europas –
Perzeptionen, Adaptionen und konzeptionelle Differenzen
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
6pm, KWZ 1.731
May-Britt Stumbaum, Freie Univerität Berlin
Picture: Jonsson, http://www.flickr.com/photos/karljonsson/
Lizenz: Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Lecture Series: The PR China and the International Human Rights System
2014-01-23 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
LECTURE:
The PR China and the International Human Rights System
Thursday, January 23, 2014
6 pm KWZ, Room 0.603
Peter-Tobias Stoll, Göttingen University
One of the most controversial issues about the PR China concerns its commitment to
respect, protect and fulfill human rights. After explaining the international human
rights system, including standards, institutions and procedures for compliance and
enforcement, recent country reports and related activities of UN human rights bodies
will be explained. After a brief review of relevant legal instruments of the country and
the Constitution in particular, the academic debate on the issue will be briefly
discussed.
Foto: Shanghai Pudong
User: ullrich.c
Lizenz: Creative Commons

The 3rd East Asia Research Salon
2014-01-22 17:30 - 19:30 (Europe/Paris)
The 3rd East Asia Research Salon
Special Economic Zones and the WTO
Legal Implications for China’s Unitary State and the International Trade
Madeleine Martinek
Ph.D. Student, Chinese Law and WTO Law, Göttingen

Time, Place
January 22, 2014, 5.30pm – 7.30pm
KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich – Düker – Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen
Commentators
Britta Büermann / Department of East Asian Studies
Alper Tasdelen/ Department of Law
Moderator
Katja Pessl, CeMEAS Coordinator
Program
Presentation of research project (max. 20 minutes)
Comments (max. 15 minutes)
Discussion
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LECTURE: The Internationalization of China’s Uyghur Issues
2013-12-17 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris)
LECTURE:
The Internationalization of China’s Uyghur Issues
Julie Yu-wen Chen, University College Cork
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 · 6 pm, KWZ, Room 0.607
This lecture explores the operation and coalition-building of Uyghur diasporic organizations in democratic countries. Since some Uyghur organizations have been lent notable legitimacy by liberal democracies and international governmental organizations, they can no longer be considered merely splintered members of a far-flung diaspora locked in a one-sided struggle with Beijing. Uyghur activists can and do use their hard-won legitimacy as legal migrants and asylum seekers to influence politics in their host countries.
And while they pose no direct security threat to the countries they presently reside in, their use of democratic channels in their host countries serve to extend the Uyghur conflict into nations around the world. This study is a timely one, as it shines a light on how an issue concerning a minority in China has been catapulted onto the wider global political stage. For instance, Uyghur organizations have seized on the Obama administration’s pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison to boost global awareness of Uyghur issues and call on countries like Germany, Switzerland and Australia to take in Uyghurs who they argue were “unjustly” detained at Guantanamo Bay.Whether the Uyghur lobby is capable of influencing these decisions, which are matters that can only be decided by sovereign states, is less important than the fact that Uyghur groups are able to successfully use the issue to raise their visibility.
