BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//CeMEAS - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.cemeas.de
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CeMEAS
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Berlin
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20270328T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20271031T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260326T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260326T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260409T093302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T093302Z
UID:13760-1774522800-1774526400@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Global China Conversations #47  Der Industrial Accelerator Act: Kann die EU ihre wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zu China in strategischen Sektoren neu gestalten?
DESCRIPTION:Global China Conversations #47 \nDer Industrial Accelerator Act: Kann die EU ihre wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen zu China in strategischen Sektoren neu gestalten?\n\n\n\n\n26.03.2026 \n11:00 – 12:00 \n\n\n\n\n\nOnline \n\n\nzur Online Anmeldung\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm 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? \nProgramm\nDie Veranstaltung besteht aus Impulsvorträgen der Sprecher gefolgt von einer Diskussion. \nDie Global China Conversation #47 wird auf Deutsch abgehalten. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPositionspapiere\nBinder\, 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/ \nHoeckle\, 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 \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nDr. Finn Ole Semrau (Kiel Institut)\n \nStellvertretender wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Industrial Policy Lab und Postdoktorand am Kiel Institut. \n\nSeine 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. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexander Hoeckle\n \nAbteilungsleiter Außenwirtschaft & Zoll\, Bundesverband Großhandel\, Außenhandel\, Dienstleistungen e. V. (BGA) \n\nDipl.-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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModeration\n\n\nDr. Vera Eichenauer\n \nVera 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKontakt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGunda Böhm\n\n+49 (431) 8814-204\ngunda.boehm@kielinstitut.de\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVeranstaltungspartner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWissenschaftliche Partner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedienpartner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChina.Table Professional Briefing is the new independent daily reporting from Berlin\, Brussels and Beijing. The acclaimed editorial team offers an European point of view on political and technological developments in China – for leaders in government\, business\, academia\, and civil society. \nSubscribe now for a 30 day free trial!
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/global-china-conversations-47-der-industrial-accelerator-act-kann-die-eu-ihre-wirtschaftlichen-beziehungen-zu-china-in-strategischen-sektoren-neu-gestalten/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Global China Conversations
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260402T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260402T180000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260409T093514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T093551Z
UID:13766-1775145600-1775152800@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Lecture: The Monk\, the Poet\, the Bureaucrat\, and the Anarchist: Vegetarian Discourse in Republican-era China
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. John Kieschnick\n\nThe Monk\, the Poet\, the Bureaucrat\, and the Anarchist: Vegetarian Discourse in Republican-era China\n \nLocation: KWZ. 0.606\n \nTime: 02. April. (Thursday) 16:00-18:00 CET\n \nEvent 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/\n\n \nAbstract\nIn 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.\n \nShort Bio\nJohn 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.\nPh.D.\, Stanford University (1996); B.A.\, University of California at Berkeley (1986).
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-the-monk-the-poet-the-bureaucrat-and-the-anarchist-vegetarian-discourse-in-republican-era-china/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260409T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260409T180000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260409T093640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T093640Z
UID:13768-1775750400-1775757600@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Lecture: Repositioning Women in the History of Chinese Buddhism: Case studies from the Late Qing and Republican Sichuan
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stefania Travagnin \nRepositioning Women in the History of Chinese Buddhism: Case studies from the Late Qing and Republican Sichuan\n\n \nLocation: KWZ. 0.609\n \nTime: 09. April (Thursday) 2026\, 16:00-18:00 CET\n \nEvent 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/\n\n \nZoom Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/65461522559?pwd=xFzg0W5tTRse8dDjbHK92ga9HrHD2t.1\n \nAbstract\n \nThe 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. \n \nMy 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.\n \nThis 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.\n \n\n \nShort Bio\n \nStefania 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.
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-repositioning-women-in-the-history-of-chinese-buddhism-case-studies-from-the-late-qing-and-republican-sichuan/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260414T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260507T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260409T101315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T101404Z
UID:13787-1776153600-1778173200@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Agricultural Economics Seminar – Summer Semester 2026
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nInvited 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. \nThe event is open to all interested participants.
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/agricultural-economics-seminar-summer-semester-2026/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AgEcon_Seminar_SoSe_2026_programme-1-1-scaled-e1775729638606.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260414T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260414T180000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260410T081606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T100241Z
UID:13790-1776182400-1776189600@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Lecture Announcement – Discursive Warfare\, Digital Sovereignty\, and China’s Geopolitical Vision in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Lecture Announcement – Agricultural Economics Seminar (SoSe 2026) \nCeMEAS is pleased to co-host the following lecture as part of this semester’s Agricultural Economics Seminar series: \n“Discursive Warfare\, Digital Sovereignty\, and China’s Geopolitical Vision in the 21st Century”with Tong Zhang (BI Norwegian Business School\, Norway) \n🗓️Tuesday\, April 14🕓 16:15–17:45📍 Z-Campus\, ZHG 001 \nOrganizer: Prof. Xiaohua Yu\, PhD \n\n  \nIn cooperation with: Faculty of Business and Economics & CeMEAS\n  \n\nSeminar host: DARE (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development)Funding: Eurasia Foundation (Japan)
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-announcement-discursive-warfare-digital-sovereignty-and-chinas-geopolitical-vision-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AgEcon_Seminar_SoSe_2026_programme-1-1-scaled-e1775729638606.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260421T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260421T183000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260409T095926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T060929Z
UID:13785-1776789000-1776796200@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Lecture: “What Kind of Innovation is e-CNY?” by Karman Lucero (Yale Law School)\, 21 April 2026\, 16:30 (KWZ 0.608)
DESCRIPTION:Lecture: “What Kind of Innovation is e-CNY?” by Karman Lucero (Yale Law School)\, 21 April 2026\, 16:30 (KWZ 0.608)\n \nE-CNY: China’s Digital Currency\n\nTitle: E-CNY: China’s Digital Currency\nDate: 21. April 2026\, 16:30 Uhr\nRoom: KWZ 0.608\nSpeaker: Karman Lucero (Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center) \n\n\nTitle: “What kind of innovation is e-CNY?”\n\nAbout the speaker:\nKarman 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.\n\nAbout the topic:\nChina 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.\n \nMore information on our website: https://uni-goettingen.de/de/423274.html
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-what-kind-of-innovation-is-e-cny-by-karman-lucero-yale-law-school-21-april-2026-1630-kwz-0-608/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260423T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260423T180000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260415T131504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T131559Z
UID:13795-1776960000-1776967200@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Lecture: The Monastic Rescue Crew in Chongqing during the Sino-Japanese War (1940–1945)
DESCRIPTION:The Monastic Rescue Crew in Chongqing during the Sino-Japanese War (1940–1945)\n抗戰下的重慶僧侶救護隊\nProf. KAN Cheng-Tsung (Fo Guang University) \nTime: 23. April (Thursday)\, 2026\, 16:00-18:00 CET \nVenue: Raum KWZ 0.602 \nLanguage: Chinese \nThe lecture will take place in a hybrid format and here is the zoom link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/62703037730\n\nAbstract \nDuring 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. \n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。 \n  \nShort Bio \n  \nKan 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). \n闞正宗 \n出生：1961，台灣嘉義市 \n學歷：國立成功大學歷史學博士 \n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-） \n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 \n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。
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-the-monastic-rescue-crew-in-chongqing-during-the-sino-japanese-war-1940-1945/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Kan-Poster-e1776259165790.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260429T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260429T143000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260421T073645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T083123Z
UID:13817-1777464000-1777473000@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Student Short Film Screening & Discussion  学⽣短⽚展映及交流：影像中的⽂化相遇
DESCRIPTION: 
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/student-short-film-screening-discussion-%e5%ad%a6%e2%bd%a3%e7%9f%ad%e2%bd%9a%e5%b1%95%e6%98%a0%e5%8f%8a%e4%ba%a4%e6%b5%81%ef%bc%9a%e5%bd%b1%e5%83%8f%e4%b8%ad%e7%9a%84%e2%bd%82%e5%8c%96%e7%9b%b8/
LOCATION:KWZ 0.607
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Workshop
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Folie1_Kachel-Ausschnitt-e1776764506196.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260430T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260430T173000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260420T053138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T053255Z
UID:13804-1777564800-1777570200@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Lecture: The Promise  and the Challenge  of World Literature
DESCRIPTION:The Promise and the Challenge of World Literature\nZhang Longxi (Hunan Normal University)\nApril 30\, 2026\n4 pm\nKWZ 0.602\n\nAbstract:\nIn 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.\n\nShort Bio:\nProf. 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).
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-the-promise-and-the-challenge-of-world-literature/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Lecture
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Poster-Zhang-Long-Xi-30.04.2026_06.04.2026_zweiseitig-3-1-scaled-e1776663062759.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260506T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260506T173000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260429T150632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T150632Z
UID:13874-1778083200-1778088600@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Continuities and Changes in China’s Foreign Policy Since the 2010s
DESCRIPTION:Continuities and Changes in China’s Foreign Policy Since the 2010s\nProf. Jisi Wang (Peking University)\n Room: [VG 4.102]\n 6. May (Wednesday)\, 16:15–17:45\n \nAbstract:\nSince 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.\n \nSpeaker:\nProfessor 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.
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/continuities-and-changes-in-chinas-foreign-policy-since-the-2010s/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260507T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260507T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260428T074029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T075336Z
UID:13849-1778151600-1778155200@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:GCC #48 From Mao to Xi: How Did the CCP Rise—and How Does It Steer China’s Development?
DESCRIPTION:Global China Conversations #48 \nFrom Mao to Xi: How Did the CCP Rise—and How Does It Steer China’s Development?\n07 May 2026\n11:00 – 12:00 CEST\nOnline with registration: Register online \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nChina’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? \nProgram\nThe event consists of two impulse lectures followed by a discussion. \nThe Global China Conversation #48 will be held in English. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiterature \nChen\, T. and Kung\, J. K.-S. (2024)\, The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party\, Available at SSRN \nWemheuer\, 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. \n–       “Ziel der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas: Den Westen ein- und überholen (Prof. Felix Wemheuer)” (May 2024)\, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJZB1gsxYns.\n–       „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.\n–       “The Sino-Soviet Debate and Split (Part I): War\, Peace and Revolution\, Prof. Felix Wemheuer” (July 2025)\, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFbBfNnSqLE.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nTing Chen\nTing 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFelix Wemheuer\nFelix 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. \n\nModeration\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nManuel Liu\nManuel 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 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\nhttps://www.kielinstitut.de/events/global-china-conversations/registration-for-global-china-conversations-event-series/ \nContact \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGunda Böhm \n\n+49 (431) 8814-204 \ngunda.boehm@kielinstitut.de \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAcademic Partners\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedia Partner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChina.Table Professional Briefing is the new independent daily reporting from Berlin\, Brussels and Beijing. The acclaimed editorial team offers an European point of view on political and technological developments in China – for leaders in government\, business\, academia\, and civil society. \nSubscribe now for a 30 day free trial!
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/13849/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Global China Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/GCC-X-Event48-EN-v02-e1777362010148.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260521T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260521T120000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260518T162626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T162816Z
UID:13910-1779361200-1779364800@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:GCC #49 Adapting under Fire: How China Responds to Overseas Conflict Risks in the US-Iran War?
DESCRIPTION:Adapting under Fire: How China Responds to Overseas Conflict Risks in the US-Iran War?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 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? \nProgram\nThe event consists of two impulse lectures followed by a discussion. \nThe Global China Conversation #49 will be held in English. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\nPascal Abb\nPascal 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChuchu Zhang\nChuchu 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModeration\n\n\n\nPaulina Alibhai\nPaulina 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\nhttps://www.kielinstitut.de/events/global-china-conversations/registration-for-global-china-conversations-event-series/ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAcademic Partners\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedia Partner\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChina.Table Professional Briefing is the new independent daily reporting from Berlin\, Brussels and Beijing. The acclaimed editorial team offers an European point of view on political and technological developments in China – for leaders in government\, business\, academia\, and civil society. \nSubscribe now for a 30 day free trial!
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/gcc-49-adapting-under-fire-how-china-responds-to-overseas-conflict-risks-in-the-us-iran-war/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Global China Conversations
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.cemeas.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HIlc74WWgAAp6_5-e1779121658347.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260615T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260617T170000
DTSTAMP:20260521T183448
CREATED:20260521T072429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T092437Z
UID:13919-1781510400-1781715600@www.cemeas.de
SUMMARY:Encounters and Creativity: The Terminology\, Philosophy and Discourses in Chinese Buddhism and their modern Transformations
DESCRIPTION:Workshop:\nEncounters and Creativity: The Terminology\, Philosophy and Discourses in Chinese Buddhism and their modern Transformations\nTime and location: \nJune 15–17\, 2026 | Heyne Haus\, University of Göttingen \nFurther information: https://www.cemeas.de/encounters-and-creativity-the-terminology-philosophy-and-discourses-in-chinese-buddhism-and-their-modern-transformations/ \nOverview:  \nThis 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. \nRather 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. \nThe 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. \n  \nParticipants: \nDanica Cao (University of Chicago) \nHuaiyu Chen (Arizona State University) \nMarino Davide (University of Göttingen) \nRichard Ellguth (Free University of Berlin) \nTalia Kav (University of Hamburg) \nJan Kiely (Geneva Graduate Institute) \nCarsten Krause (University of Hamburg) \nRongdao Lai (McGill University) \nJingjing Li (Leiden University) \nWushi Lin (Ghent University) \nChen kuo Lin (National Chengchi University) \nChristian Meyer (Free University of Berlin) \nAmandine Peronnet (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations) \nQinqin Peng (University of Göttingen) \nJens Reinke (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) \nJustin Ritzinger (University of Miami) \nAxel Schneider (University of Göttingen) \nMiaoxiang Shi (Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempel\, Berlin) \nYongchao Shi (Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempel\, Berlin) \nShiyu Su (Leipzig University) \nFrancesca Tarocco (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) \nYuan Yan (Independent Scholar) \nJakub Zamorski (Jagiellonian University) \nZiyi Zhu (University of Göttingen) \n  \nOrganizers and Sponsors： \n Organized by Ziyi Zhu (M.A.) and Dr. Qinqin Peng (University of Göttingen) \nAdvised by Prof. Dr. Axel Schneider (University of Göttingen) and Prof. Dr. Eyal Aviv (The George Washington University) \nCo-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies and Confucius Academic Institute\, \nUniversity of Göttingen.
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/encounters-and-creativity-the-terminology-philosophy-and-discourses-in-chinese-buddhism-and-their-modern-transformations/
LOCATION:Lower Saxony
CATEGORIES:Workshop
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR