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 (Europe/Berlin) | 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:
https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/DUk42lG4QpalgCW06b2M9A

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.

Global China Conversations #45 Zwischen Orbit und Erde: Welche Rolle spielt China in der Raumfahrt von morgen?
2025-12-18 11:00 - 12:00
Global China Conversations #45
Zwischen Orbit und Erde: Welche Rolle spielt China in der Raumfahrt von morgen?

18 Dec 2025, 11:00 – 12:00

Online, Mit Anmeldung zur Online Anmeldung

Thema
China baut seine Position in der internationalen Raumfahrt in hohem Tempo aus. Zu den aktuellen strategischen Schwerpunkten zählen die Weiterentwicklung des bemannten Programms, die geplanten Mondmissionen bis 2030, robotische Missionen zu Mars und Asteroiden sowie der Ausbau der chinesischen Raumstation als langfristige Forschungsplattform. Diese technologischen Fortschritte – darunter auch neue mediale Formate wie jüngst produzierte 8K-Aufnahmen aus dem Orbit – sind in einen umfassenden staatlichen Ansatz eingebettet, der wissenschaftliche, industrielle und sicherheitspolitische Dimensionen miteinander verzahnt.
Gleichzeitig zeigen aktuelle Herausforderungen – etwa die durch Weltraumschrott verzögerte Rückkehr einer chinesischen Raumfahrtcrew – wie fragil die operative Infrastruktur im erdnahen Orbit bleibt und wie stark Staaten voneinander abhängig sind. Für Europa und insbesondere Deutschland stellt sich damit die Frage, wie sie ihre eigenen raumfahrtpolitischen Prioritäten formulieren und in einem zunehmend geopolitisch strukturierten Feld Position beziehen können: in der Kooperation, in der technologischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und in der regulatorischen Gestaltung des Weltraums.
Die Global China Conversation nimmt diese Entwicklungen zum Anlass, Chinas Rolle in der Raumfahrt von morgen zu diskutieren. Wir diskutieren, wie wissenschaftliche Ambitionen, strategische Interessen und internationale Zusammenarbeit zusammenspielen – und welche Handlungsoptionen sich für europäische und deutsche Akteure daraus ergeben.
Programm
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus Impulsvorträgen der Sprecher gefolgt von einer Diskussion.
Die Global China Conversation #45 wird auf Deutsch abgehalten.

Sprechende

Juliana Süß
Juliana Süß ist Wissenschaftlerin im STAND Projekt (Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear (Dis)Order) als Teil der Forschungsgruppe Sicherheitspolitik an der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). Zuvor war sie Research Fellow für Weltraumsicherheit als Teil des Teams für Militärwissenschaften am Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London. Aktuell promoviert sie zudem zum Thema Abschreckung im Weltraum am King’s College London und moderiert den Podcast “War in Space”, der den Schnittpunkt von internationaler Sicherheit und dem Weltraum genauer betrachtet. Zu ihren Forschungsfeldern gehören Militärtechnologie, Rüstungskontrolle und Weltraumpolitik. Sie absolvierte ihren Master in Conflict, Security and Development am King’s College London und ihren Bachelor in Politik und Internationale Beziehungen an der University of Reading.

Matthias Wachter
Matthias Wachter ist Geschäftsführer der deutschen NewSpace Initiative sowie Abteilungsleiter für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Sicherheit, Rohstoffe und Raumfahrt beim Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) in Berlin. Er hat Betriebswirtschaft in Coburg, New York und Paris studiert. Im Rahmen eines Fulbright-Stipendiums absolvierte er zudem ein Studium der Internationalen Beziehungen an der Rutgers University in den USA, das er mit einem Master abschloss. Darüber hinaus besitzt er einen Executive MBA der European School of Management and Technology (ESMT). Matthias ist Reserveoffizier der Bundeswehr und nahm 2006 freiwillig an einem Auslandseinsatz in Bosnien und Herzegowina teil. Er ist Mitglied der Programmkommission Raumfahrt des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).

Moderation

Julia Fiedler (Table.Briefings)
Julia Fiedler ist Senior Redakteurin China bei Table.Briefings. Sie hat in Köln Regionalwissenschaften Ostasien / Schwerpunkt China mit einem Fokus auf chinesische Rechtskultur studiert und in Kunming und Peking studiert und gearbeitet. Seit 2022 ist sie Teil des Teams von China.Table und beschäftigt sich schwerpunktmäßig mit den Themen Wirtschaft und Automobilindustrie. Zuvor arbeitete Julia Fiedler im Axel Springer-Verlag, sowie als TV-Journalistin, unter anderem bei n-tv.

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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 Series -Buddhism 2025/2026 Buddhism in Modern China: Concepts, Practices, and History
2026-01-01 08:00 - 2026-04-23 17:00
Lecture Series -Buddhism 2025/2026
Buddhism in Modern China: Concepts, Practices, and History
Over the past two centuries, Buddhism in China has engaged dynamically with shifting socio-political landscapes, global circulations of knowledge, and the multifaceted pressures associated with modernity, resulting in enduring transformations of doctrine, ritual life, institutional structures, and China’s cultural imagination and identity. This lecture series traces how Buddhist ideas and practices have been interpreted, adapted, and reconfigured from the late Qing through the Republican era to the present, drawing on perspectives from history, religious studies, anthropology, and philosophy. By following these trajectories of change, the series highlights the intricate ways in which Buddhism has shaped—and been reshaped by—the changing intellectual, social, and political life in modern China, providing a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue across fields, methods, and historical contexts.

Dates and times
2025/2026
Location
University of Göttingen & Online (hybrid)
Organizers
Peng Qinqin (University of Göttingen)
Zhu Ziyi (University of Göttingen)
Contact persons
Peng Qinqin: qinqin.peng@uni-goettingen.de
Zhu Ziyi: ziyi.zhu@uni-goettingen.de
Language
Chinese and English

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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Global China Conversations #46 Supply Chains Under Pressure: How to Understand and Respond to China’s Evolving Export Controls?
2026-02-26 11:00 - 12:00
Supply Chains Under Pressure: How to Understand and Respond to China’s Evolving Export Controls?
26.011.2026, 11:00 – 12:00 (CET)
Global China Conversations #46

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China’s export control policy is evolving rapidly and becoming increasingly complex, with growing implications for global supply chains, corporate risk management, supply security, and strategic autonomy at the national and supranational levels. From critical minerals to advanced technologies, new rules and enforcement practices are reshaping how companies and governments assess exposure and build resilience. How has China’s export control policy developed over time? What are the key drivers behind its most recent measures? What are the implications for businesses? What are the broader political and geopolitical consequences for international (economic) relations? How can businesses and policymakers respond to China’s export controls and navigate the growing regulatory uncertainty in a world marked by rising geopolitical tensions?
The event consists of two impulse lectures followed by a discussion.
The Global China Conversation #46 will be held in English.

Literature

China Macro Group (2025), Understanding China’s Evolving Approach to Export Controls and Implications for International Business, CMG Primer.
García Bercero, I. and Poitiers, N.F. (2025), From Strategy to Doctrine: the Next Steps for European Economic Security, Policy Brief No. 32/25, Bruegel.

Speakers – 1st Presentation

Markus Herrmann Chen (China Macro Group)
Markus Herrmann Chen is a cross-cultural China analyst, strategy consultant and mediator, advising international corporate, investment and public sectors on China’s evolving political economy, specialized in assisting strategic decision-making of governance, executive and functional bodies regarding business engagement in the Chinese market, across key management issues such as strategy, partnerships, negotiations, risk management and resilience, or HQ-subsidiary alignment, as well as collaborating with Chinese companies and organizations more generally.
Prior to CMG, Markus worked as Government Affairs Director with Bayer MaterialScience in China and as Management Consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in its Shanghai, Hong Kong and Zurich offices. Moreover, he is the Strategic Advisor Europe to Caixin Global, China’s leading financial media group, a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network and he is a member of the advisory board of CEIBS Zurich / Europe. Markus holds law degrees with specialization in public-, international- and WTO-law from the Universities of Geneva and Berne, plus, he studied Mandarin at Peking University as a resident student.

Jack Lee (China Macro Group)
As an Analyst at the China Macro Group, Jack is specialized in geopolitics with a strong focus on Chinese foreign policy, US-China relations as well as Southeast Asian affairs. His professional background spans market analysis, policy research and editorial work with roles at both academic and industry institutions. Immediately prior to CMG, Jack interned at Airbus China’s CEO/COO’s office. Fluent in multiple languages, Jack is adept at bridging cultural and analytical perspectives to effectively interpret Chinese political and economic developments.
Jack holds a BA (Hons) in International Relations with French from the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, School of Politics and International Relations, and an MA in Law in Political Science at the School of Social Sciences at Tsinghua University.

Speaker – 2nd Presentation

Niclas Frederic Poitiers, Ph.D. (Bruegel)
Niclas Poitiers is a Research Fellow at Bruegel. He specialises in international trade, global value chains and industrial policy. He is also the manager of Bruegel’s team of Research Assistants and Research Analysts. His research covers topics such as economic security, critical raw materials policy, trade conflicts, chip policy and trade barriers in the European single market. Niclas holds a PhD in Economics from the Universitat de Barcelona, where he also taught as adjunct lecturer, and was a Visiting Researcher at Northwestern University.

Moderator
Amelie Richter, China.Table

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Global China Conversations #47 Der Industrial Accelerator Act: Kann die EU ihre wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zu China in strategischen Sektoren neu gestalten?
2026-03-26 11:00 - 12:00
Global China Conversations #47
Der Industrial Accelerator Act: Kann die EU ihre wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zu China in strategischen Sektoren neu gestalten?

26.03.2026
11:00 – 12:00

Online

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Am 4. März 2026 stellte die Europäische Kommission den Industrial Accelerator Act vor, der als Versuch der Europäischen Union verstanden werden kann, ihre industrielle Basis wieder zu stärken, strategische Abhängigkeiten zu verringern und die Kontrolle über kritische Wertschöpfungsketten zurückzugewinnen. Da chinesische Unternehmen tief in europäische Lieferketten eingebunden sind und China weiterhin zu den größten Handelspartnern der EU zählt, könnten die Auswirkungen kaum größer sein. Was will die EU mit dem Gesetz letztlich erreichen? Wie weit ist sie bereit zu gehen, um Chinas industrielle Dominanz herauszufordern – und zu welchem Preis? Wie könnten chinesische Unternehmen reagieren, und welche Rolle könnte die chinesische Regierung bei der Gestaltung dieser Reaktionen spielen? Und wie könnte das Gesetz die wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zwischen Europa und China verändern?
Programm
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus Impulsvorträgen der Sprecher gefolgt von einer Diskussion.
Die Global China Conversation #47 wird auf Deutsch abgehalten.

Positionspapiere
Binder, J., Dohse, D., Görg, H., Liu, W.-H., Schoel, B. und Semrau, F.O. (2026), Ambition without Precision: Why the Industrial Accelerator Act Falls Short, IP Lab Policy Brief No. 01, March 19, 2026, Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft. Link: https://www.kielinstitut.de/de/publikationen/ambition-without-precision-why-the-industrial-accelerator-act-falls-short-19600/
Hoeckle, A. und Schwenke, M. (2026), Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA): Handelspolitische Kohärenz sichern – Offenheit bewahren – Wettbewerbsfähigkeit stärken. BGA Positionspapier, March 10, 2026, Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen e.V. Link: https://bga.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Positionspapiere/Positionspapiere_Europa/BGA_Position_IAA_Web.pdf

Speakers

Dr. Finn Ole Semrau (Kiel Institut)

Stellvertretender wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Industrial Policy Lab und Postdoktorand am Kiel Institut.

Seine Forschung bewegt sich an der Schnittstelle von globalen Wertschöpfungsketten, nachhaltiger Entwicklung und Innovationspolitik, mit einem Schwerpunkt auf staatlich gelenkter Umweltinnovation und dem Hochskalieren von grünen Wasserstofftechnologien. Derzeit ist er aktiv in der Debatte rund um den EU Industrial Accelerator Act eingebunden und analysiert, wie dessen „Made in Europe”-Ansatz und die neuen Bedingungen für ausländische Direktinvestitionen die europäische Industriestrategie neu gestalten könnten. Finn Ole Semrau setzt sich engagiert für die Verbindung von Wissenschaft und Politik ein. Seine beratende Tätigkeit umfasst Beiträge für das Europäische Parlament, die UNIDO sowie das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie.

Alexander Hoeckle

Abteilungsleiter Außenwirtschaft & Zoll, Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen e. V. (BGA)

Dipl.-Kfm. Alexander Hoeckle, geboren 1966 in Bonn, arbeitet nach Ausbildung zum Bankkaufmann und seinem Abschluss als Diplom-Kaufmann an der RWTH Aachen seit über 30 Jahren in der Außenwirtschaft. Dies überwiegend im Außenwirtschaftsbereich diverser Industrie- und Handelskammern (IHK). Aachen, Düsseldorf, München und Köln waren seine Stationen. Seit Frühjahr 2023 ist er Geschäftsführer des Bundesverbandes des Deutschen Exporthandels e.V. (BDEx) sowie Abteilungsleiter Außenwirtschaft und Zoll des Bundesverbandes Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen e.V. (BGA) in Berlin. Er vertritt den BGA im Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft (APA). Ehrenamtlich ist er im Vorstand der Deutsch-Chinesischen Wirtschaftsvereinigung (DCW), Düsseldorf tätig. In seine Arbeit bringt Herr Hoeckle umfassende Erfahrung und Kompetenz in der Außenwirtschaft, ein großes Netzwerk im In- und Ausland sowie sehr gute Kontakte in Wirtschaft und Politik ein. Hohe Beratungskompetenz gegenüber mittelständischen Unternehmen in Fragen der Internationalisierung und Globalisierung sowie umfassende Erfahrung im internationalen Messewesen runden sein Profil ab.

Moderation

Dr. Vera Eichenauer

Vera Eichenauer ist Ökonomin beim Bundesministerium der Finanzen und arbeitet zu geoökonomischen Fragen. Zuvor forschte Sie an der Konjunkturforschungsstelle KOF der ETH Zürich (Schweiz). Sie interessiert sich für Wirtschaftspolitik und Fragen der internationalen ökonomischen Governance. Sie promovierte 2016 an der Universität Heidelberg in Volkswirtschaft und erhielt ihren Masterabschluss in Internationalen Beziehungen von der Sciences Po Paris.

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Lecture: The Monk, the Poet, the Bureaucrat, and the Anarchist: Vegetarian Discourse in Republican-era China
2026-04-02 16:00 - 18:00
Prof. Dr. John Kieschnick

The Monk, the Poet, the Bureaucrat, and the Anarchist: Vegetarian Discourse in Republican-era China

Location: KWZ. 0.606

Time: 02. April. (Thursday) 16:00-18:00 CET

Event page: https://www.sinologie-goettingen.de/en/events/lecture-prof-john-kieschnick-stanford-university-the-monk-the-poet-the-bureaucrat-and-the-anarchist-vegetarian-discourse-in-republican-era-china/

Abstract
In the first half of the twentieth century, leading monks were eager to harness new developments to further the longstanding Chinese Buddhist cause of vegetarianism. The prominent monk Yinguang 印光 (1862–1940) wrote essays promoting vegan soap and, somewhat surprisingly, MSG. Others championed the new urban vegetarian restaurants. In addition to drawing on traditional doctrines in established ways, Buddhists also adapted teachings of karma for the modern era of nationalism. However, Buddhists were not the only proponents of vegetarianism in Republican-era China. In this talk, I place Buddhist vegetarian activism in the context of the vibrant discourse on politics, culture, and health in the early twentieth century through four figures: Yinguang, Lü Bicheng 呂碧城 (1883–1943), Huang Yanpei 黃炎培 (1878–1965), and Li Shizeng 李石曾 (1881–1973), each with different motivations for promoting vegetarianism and different relationships to Buddhism.

Short Bio
John Kieschnick is The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies and co-director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. He specializes in Chinese Buddhism, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, and Buddhist Historiography in China. In connection with a regular graduate seminar, he has compiled a primer for reading Buddhist texts in Chinese. He is currently completing a translation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks Compiled during the Song Dynasty and is writing a general history of Chinese vegetarianism.
Ph.D., Stanford University (1996); B.A., University of California at Berkeley (1986).

Lecture: Repositioning Women in the History of Chinese Buddhism: Case studies from the Late Qing and Republican Sichuan
2026-04-09 16:00 - 18:00
Dr. Stefania Travagnin
Repositioning Women in the History of Chinese Buddhism: Case studies from the Late Qing and Republican Sichuan

Location: KWZ. 0.609

Time: 09. April (Thursday) 2026, 16:00-18:00 CET

Event page: https://www.sinologie-goettingen.de/en/events/lecture-hybrid-dr-stefania-travagnin-soas-university-of-london-repositioning-women-in-the-history-of-chinese-buddhism-case-studies-from-the-late-qing-and-republican-sichuan/

Zoom Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/65461522559?pwd=[REDACTED]

Abstract

The history of Chinese Buddhism has too often been told as a story of male monks, with particular emphasis on a select group of “eminent” figures. I propose a different approach by centering female communities—especially small nunneries—and attending to the so-far unheard voices of Buddhist women. As my findings show, Buddhist women have not simply witnessed the unfolding of history; they have been active agents in making it.

My research is based on archival research and multi-year fieldwork conducted in both urban and rural areas of Sichuan, encompassing one hundred temples and their resident nuns, as well as several institutes of Buddhist studies that had been established for lay Buddhist women and nuns’ education. In this talk, I will highlight the leadership roles nuns played in the religious sphere and in local communities from the late Qing and Republican periods to the present day. Based on recurring patterns and areas of excellence in my data, I have so far identified seven main themes that best illustrate Buddhist women in late Qing and Republican Sichuan: (1) entrepreneurship in education and culture; (2) inner-Sangha relations and networks; (3) involvement in wars; (4) the building or revival of Buddhist sites; (5) historiography and memorialization strategies; (6) life on sacred mountains; and (7) spiritual and societal authority. I will also offer methodological and theoretical reflections that formed the foundations of my work and that may serve as models for similar future studies.

This study aims to advance an alternative history in which nuns are protagonists, the marginal becomes exemplary, and the very notion of “eminence” is redefined; it unfolds a page of history that both complements and challenges the official (male) narrative of modern Chinese Buddhism, while illuminating the distinctive local features of Sichuan Buddhism.

Short Bio

Stefania Travagnin is a Reader in Chinese Buddhism at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), where she also chairs the Centre of Buddhist Studies. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on Buddhism and Buddhist communities in modern China and Taiwan, from the late nineteenth century to the present. As co-director of the project “Mapping Religious Diversity in Modern Sichuan,” initially supported by a Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Research Grant (2017–2023), she has examined Buddhist communities in Sichuan, with particular attention to nuns and nunneries in the late Qing and Republican eras. She has recently completed a British Academy–funded project (2024–2025) on Tzu Chi humanitarianism beyond Asia. Travagnin has edited and co-edited several volumes, including Religion and Media in China: Insights and Case Studies from the Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (Routledge 2016), the three-volume publication Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions (De Gruyter 2019–2020), and Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law (Routledge 2023); she is editor-in-chief of Review of Religion and Chinese Society.

Agricultural Economics Seminar – Summer Semester 2026
2026-04-14 08:00 - 2026-05-07 17:00
The Agricultural Economics Seminar at the University of Göttingen brings together a distinguished group of international scholars in the Summer Semester 2026. The seminar series features presentations on current research in areas such as climate change, food security, artificial intelligence, sustainable agriculture, and global economic and political developments.
The talks are held weekly on Tuesdays from 16:15 to 17:45 at Z-Campus (ZHG 001). The series is organized in collaboration with partners including CeMEAS and the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Invited speakers represent leading universities and research institutions worldwide, including Stanford University, Kyoto University, and Texas A&M University. The seminar provides a platform for academic exchange and discussion across disciplines.
The event is open to all interested participants.

Lecture Announcement – Discursive Warfare, Digital Sovereignty, and China’s Geopolitical Vision in the 21st Century
2026-04-14 16:00 - 18:00
Lecture Announcement – Agricultural Economics Seminar (SoSe 2026)
CeMEAS is pleased to co-host the following lecture as part of this semester’s Agricultural Economics Seminar series:
“Discursive Warfare, Digital Sovereignty, and China’s Geopolitical Vision in the 21st Century”with Tong Zhang (BI Norwegian Business School, Norway)
🗓️Tuesday, April 14🕓 16:15–17:45📍 Z-Campus, ZHG 001
Organizer: Prof. Xiaohua Yu, PhD

In cooperation with: Faculty of Business and Economics & CeMEAS

Seminar host: DARE (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development)Funding: Eurasia Foundation (Japan)

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.

More information on our website: https://uni-goettingen.de/de/423274.html

Lecture: The Monastic Rescue Crew in Chongqing during the Sino-Japanese War (1940–1945)
2026-04-23 16:00 - 18:00
The Monastic Rescue Crew in Chongqing during the Sino-Japanese War (1940–1945)
抗戰下的重慶僧侶救護隊
Prof. KAN Cheng-Tsung (Fo Guang University)
Time: 23. April (Thursday), 2026, 16:00-18:00 CET
Venue: Raum KWZ 0.602
Language: Chinese
The lecture will take place in a hybrid format and here is the zoom link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/62703037730

Abstract
During the War of Resistance against Japan, Chinese Buddhist monks actively participated in national salvation efforts, thereby transforming the negative image of corruption and passivity that had been associated with Buddhism since the late Qing period. After the August 13 Battle of Shanghai in 1937, the Shanghai Monastic Rescue Team was established under the leadership of Master Hongming. Comprising 120 members, the team carried out rescue operations amid intense gunfire and bombardment and suffered heavy casualties. Owing to a lack of funding and the unjust imprisonment of Master Hongming, the team was dissolved in 1938. In March 1940, Master Leguan, who had previously participated in the Shanghai rescue team, initiated the establishment of the Monastic Rescue Crew of Ciyun Monastery in the wartime capital Chongqing, which was later reorganized as the Chongqing Municipal Monastic Rescue Crew. The team consisted mainly of young monks who, after receiving medical and basic military training, undertook air-raid rescue operations in the Nan’an district of Chongqing. Carrying banners bearing the character “Buddha,” they rushed to rescue sites without waiting for the all-clear signal. Between 1940 and 1941 alone, they were mobilized more than 2,000 times and rescued over 3,000 wounded civilians. Their funding relied primarily on ritual services conducted by monasteries, and their living conditions were austere. The team continued its work for more than five years, until the victory of the War, becoming the longest-lasting and most effective monastic rescue organization of the period. Their efforts constitute a remarkable chapter in the history of Buddhist patriotism and humanitarian courage.
抗戰時期，中國佛教僧侶積極投身救國，扭轉了清末以來佛教腐敗無為的負面形象。1937年「八一三淞滬會戰」後，上海率先成立「上海僧侶救護隊」，由宏明法師領導，共120人，在槍林彈雨中搶救傷患，犧牲慘重。後因經費斷絕及宏明法師蒙冤入獄，該隊於1938年解散。1940年3月，曾參與上海救護隊的樂觀法師在重慶慈雲寺發起成立「陪都慈雲寺僧侶救護隊」，後改組為「重慶市僧侶救護隊」。全隊以青年僧侶為主，經醫護與軍事訓練後，承擔重慶南岸地區的空襲救護任務。他們手持「佛」字旗幟，不待警報解除即奔赴現場，僅1940至1941年間出勤兩千餘人次，搶救傷患逾三千人。經費主要靠寺院經懺維持，生活清苦。該隊持續運作五年餘，直至抗戰勝利，成為歷時最長、成績最顯著的僧侶救護組織，書寫了佛教界愛國護教、英勇救難的珍貴篇章。

Short Bio

Kan Cheng-Tsung (b. 1961, Chiayi, Taiwan) is Professor and Chair of the Department at Fo Guang University. He received his PhD in History from National Cheng Kung University and previously served as Executive Director of the Archives of the Buddhist Association of China (Taiwan), as well as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts and Hsuan Chuang University. His research focuses on the history of Taiwanese Buddhism, modern East Asian Buddhist interactions, and the relationship between Buddhism and popular religion. He is the author of numerous books, including One Hundred Years of Taiwanese Buddhism (1999), The Buddhist Association of China in Taiwan (2009), Buddhism under Japanese Rule in Taiwan (1895–1945) (2011), Guanyin Belief: Local and Transregional Dimensions (2018), and East Asian Buddhism in the Late Qing and Republican Period (2025).
闞正宗
出生：1961，台灣嘉義市
學歷：國立成功大學歷史學博士
經歷：中國佛教會檔案室副執行長、法鼓佛教學院兼任助理教授（2009-2014）、玄奘大學兼任助理教授（2011-2014）、佛光大學副教授兼系主任（2019-2021）、佛光大學教授（2021-），現任佛光大學教授兼系主任（2026-）
專長：臺灣佛教史、近代東亞佛教交涉史、佛教與民間宗教交涉研究
著作：《臺灣佛教一百年》（1999）、《重讀臺灣佛教─戰後臺灣佛教（正、續編）》（2004）、《臺灣佛寺的信仰與文化》（2004）、《臺灣佛教史論》（2008）、《中國佛教會在臺灣─漢傳佛教的延續與開展》（2009）、《臺灣日治時期佛教發展與皇民化運動──「皇國佛教」的歷史進程（1895-1945）》（2011）、《觀音信仰的本土與外來》（2018）、《南洋「人間佛教」先行者—慈航法師海外、臺灣弘法記（1910-1954）》（2020）、《晚清民國東亞佛教研究》（2025）等。

Student Short Film Screening & Discussion 学⽣短⽚展映及交流：影像中的⽂化相遇
2026-04-29 12:00 - 14:30 | KWZ 0.607

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).

Continuities and Changes in China’s Foreign Policy Since the 2010s
2026-05-06 16:00 - 17:30
Continuities and Changes in China’s Foreign Policy Since the 2010s
Prof. Jisi Wang (Peking University)
Room: [VG 4.102]
6. May (Wednesday), 16:15–17:45

Abstract:
Since the 2010s, China’s reading of its strategic environment has shifted, even as the core aims of its foreign policy have remained constant. This lecture examines these continuities and changes through the deterioration of China–US relations. It argues that the central challenge for Chinese foreign policy today is how to protect national interests in an era of long-term strategic competition without allowing competition to become self-reinforcing confrontation. The question is therefore how China and the United States might still preserve room for coexistence, crisis management, and limited cooperation before the relationship hardens past recovery.

Speaker:
Professor Wang Jisi is Founding President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies at Peking University. He also holds the Boya Chair Professorship (Emeritus) at the School of International Studies. His research interests include U.S. foreign policy, China’s foreign relations, and Asian security, and he is the author of widely cited works in these fields, including the influential essay “Marching Westwards: The Rebalancing of China’s Geopolitical Strategy.” Wang Jisi served as Director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1991 to 2005, and as Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University until 2013.

GCC #48 From Mao to Xi: How Did the CCP Rise—and How Does It Steer China’s Development?
2026-05-07 11:00 - 12:00
Global China Conversations #48
From Mao to Xi: How Did the CCP Rise—and How Does It Steer China’s Development?
07 May 2026
11:00 – 12:00 CEST
Online with registration: Register online

China’s rise as a global economic and political power is closely linked to the evolving role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in shaping development strategies and governance structures. As geopolitical tensions increase and China’s global footprint expands, understanding the institutional foundations of CCP rule is becoming increasingly relevant for policymakers and researchers alike. This Global China Conversation connects historical trajectories with present-day developments, and provides a framework for understanding how political authority and economic transformation are intertwined in China’s development path. How has the CCP historically built and maintained political control while transforming China’s economic system? How do institutional arrangements and political incentives shape policy implementation and economic outcomes? And to what extent do historical governance practices continue to influence China’s development model under Xi Jinping?
Program
The event consists of two impulse lectures followed by a discussion.
The Global China Conversation #48 will be held in English.

Literature
Chen, T. and Kung, J. K.-S. (2024), The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party, Available at SSRN
Wemheuer, F. (2023), Ein- und Überholen des Westens: Globale Zukunftspläne der KPCh von Mao bis Xi [Catching-Up with and Surpassing the West: The CCP’s Global Plans for the Future from Mao to Xi] in: Fuchs, D., Klotzbücher, S., Riemenschnitter, A., Springer, L., and Wemheuer, F. (eds.), Die Zukunft mit China denken [Thinking the Future with China], 114-138, Vienna: Mandelbaum.
– “Ziel der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas: Den Westen ein- und überholen (Prof. Felix Wemheuer)” (May 2024), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJZB1gsxYns.
– „The Sino-Soviet Debate and Split (Part II): ‘Race’ and Afro-Asian Solidarity, Prof. Felix Wemheuer” (July 2025), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wJoSsw1s7w.
– “The Sino-Soviet Debate and Split (Part I): War, Peace and Revolution, Prof. Felix Wemheuer” (July 2025), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFbBfNnSqLE.

Speakers

Ting Chen
Ting Chen is an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Social Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2015. Her research interests lie in the fields of Political Economy, Economic History, and Long-term Economic Development. She also serves as the associate director of the Centre for Business Analytics and the Digital Economy in the School of Business.

Felix Wemheuer
Felix Wemheuer is Chair Professor for Modern China Studies at the University of Cologne. His research focuses on Maoist China, socialist history, and global comparisons of communist systems. His major publications include Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union (Yale University Press, 2014) and A Social History of Maoist China: Conflict and Change, 1949–1976 (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He also hosts the YouTube channel Studying Maoist China. Between 2008 and 2010, he was a visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.

Moderation

Manuel Liu
Manuel Liu has been writing for China.Table since October 2024. Born in Hamburg, he grew up in a German-Chinese household and lived in Shanghai for eight years. He studied philosophy and Chinese studies (B.A.) in Siegen, Cologne, and Beijing, and later completed an M.A. in International Political Economy of East Asia in Bochum. A proud father and Cologne resident by choice, he is interested in the relationships between the governments, businesses, and people of Germany and China

Registration
https://www.kielinstitut.de/events/global-china-conversations/registration-for-global-china-conversations-event-series/
Contact

Gunda Böhm

+49 (431) 8814-204
gunda.boehm@kielinstitut.de

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GCC #49 Adapting under Fire: How China Responds to Overseas Conflict Risks in the US-Iran War?
2026-05-21 11:00 - 12:00
Adapting under Fire: How China Responds to Overseas Conflict Risks in the US-Iran War?

The recent escalation of hostilities in the Persian Gulf has shone a spotlight on China’s exposure to conflict risks: both Iran and smaller states on the other side of the Gulf are home to significant Chinese investments and major suppliers of energy and other inputs for China’s economy. Such a clustering in high-risk areas is characteristic for Chinese foreign investments, especially those made under the Belt and Road Initiative. This presents China with the challenge of protecting its sprawling overseas interests, while its foreign policy still espouses the principles of noninterference and noninterventionism. This Global China Conversation will examine how China deals with this problem, and how its foreign policy is changing as a result. While China remains more hesitant than other great powers to directly intervene in conflicts, it is developing a distinct form of security agency centered on domestic security cooperation, diplomatic mediation and employing geoeconomic leverage. But how effective is this approach? How is China grappling with an increasingly turbulent world, and what can the Iran war tell us about the limits of its agency?
Program
The event consists of two impulse lectures followed by a discussion.
The Global China Conversation #49 will be held in English.

Speakers

Pascal Abb
Pascal Abb is a senior researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, focusing on how a rising China engages with global conflict environments. He is currently conducting a DFG project on China’s adaptation to conflict risks, and guest edited a recent special issue on this topic in the Journal of Contemporary China.

Chuchu Zhang
Chuchu Zhang is an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Fudan University. As an expert in international political economy, Zhang’s research primarily focuses on China-Middle Eastern relations, international development, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Her most recent book on this issue, „China’s Changing Role in the Middle East: Filling a Power Vacuum?“, was published by Routledge in 2025.

Moderation

Paulina Alibhai
Paulina Alibhai has been a member of the research center International Finance and Macroeconomics since September 2022. Her research focuses on geopolitics, development finance, international cooperation and sovereign debt with focus on China in Africa. She studied Development Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Sociology, Politics and Economics at Zeppelin University.

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https://www.kielinstitut.de/events/global-china-conversations/registration-for-global-china-conversations-event-series/

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Encounters and Creativity: The Terminology, Philosophy and Discourses in Chinese Buddhism and their modern Transformations
2026-06-15 08:00 - 2026-06-17 17:00
Workshop:
Encounters and Creativity: The Terminology, Philosophy and Discourses in Chinese Buddhism and their modern Transformations
Time and location:
June 15–17, 2026 | Heyne Haus, University of Göttingen
Further information: https://www.cemeas.de/encounters-and-creativity-the-terminology-philosophy-and-discourses-in-chinese-buddhism-and-their-modern-transformations/
Overview:
This workshop explores the transformations of Buddhist concepts, ideas, and discourses in China within the broader context of long-term intercultural encounters and intellectual change since the seventeenth century. From the introduction of Christianity and new technologies to the rise of modern science and so-called “Western” intellectual trends, China’s religious and intellectual history has been shaped through continuous interactions across regional and national boundaries. Within these processes, Buddhism played a significant yet often underappreciated role as a medium of conceptual innovation, cultural exchange, and political engagement.
Rather than treating concepts and discourses as fixed categories, this workshop approaches them as entry points for examining how Buddhist thinkers, institutions, and communities rearticulated ideas, reshaped language, and responded strategically and creatively to changing political, social, and intellectual conditions. Participants are invited to engage with these issues from diverse methodological and disciplinary perspectives.
The workshop understands “modern transformation” not as a singular rupture, but as a complex and ongoing process involving continuities as well as changes across different temporal and spatial dimensions. It therefore encourages discussion beyond simple distinctions between “premodern” and “modern,” while also considering regional, transregional, and global contexts.

Participants:
Danica Cao (University of Chicago)
Huaiyu Chen (Arizona State University)
Marino Davide (University of Göttingen)
Richard Ellguth (Free University of Berlin)
Talia Kav (University of Hamburg)
Jan Kiely (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Carsten Krause (University of Hamburg)
Rongdao Lai (McGill University)
Jingjing Li (Leiden University)
Wushi Lin (Ghent University)
Chen kuo Lin (National Chengchi University)
Christian Meyer (Free University of Berlin)
Amandine Peronnet (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations)
Qinqin Peng (University of Göttingen)
Jens Reinke (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Justin Ritzinger (University of Miami)
Axel Schneider (University of Göttingen)
Miaoxiang Shi (Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempel, Berlin)
Yongchao Shi (Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempel, Berlin)
Shiyu Su (Leipzig University)
Francesca Tarocco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
Yuan Yan (Independent Scholar)
Jakub Zamorski (Jagiellonian University)
Ziyi Zhu (University of Göttingen)

Organizers and Sponsors：
Organized by Ziyi Zhu (M.A.) and Dr. Qinqin Peng (University of Göttingen)
Advised by Prof. Dr. Axel Schneider (University of Göttingen) and Prof. Dr. Eyal Aviv (The George Washington University)
Co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies and Confucius Academic Institute,
University of Göttingen.
