CeMEAS

Filmscreening: Seeking Asian Female
2016-01-13 04:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Seeking Asian Female 娶个亚洲新娘
Filmscreening
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
4 pm, KWZ 0.607
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

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Picture: John Carkeet, Zoominations, https://flic.kr/p/vwVbS4,CC BY 2.0

Filmscreening: Flower Drum Song
2015-12-16 04:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Flower Drum Song 花鼓歌
Filmscreening
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
4 pm
KWZ 0.607
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Picture: John Carkeet, Zoominations, https://flic.kr/p/vwVbS4,CC BY 2.0

Lecture Series: Prof. Xiong Yuegen
2015-12-15 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture
Individual Power and the Politics of Welfare in China: Bringing Persons Back in Institutional Analysis
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
7 pm, KWZ Room 0.606
Prof. Xiong Yuegen
(Jacobs University Bremen; Peking University)

During the past decade, there has been a growing interest in social policy – making and welfare studies in post – socialist China. Compared to many advanced democracies, the role of Chinese leaders in the social policy – making and welfare politics is extraordinarily influential. This issue has not been adequately studied yet.
Employing a case study approach, this lecture will explore how the ideas, individual perceptions and personal experiences of state leaders and government officials influence their intentions, motives and strategies in social policy – making. It will also analyze how these processes are embedded within the context of economic transition, rapid social change and globalization.

Colloquium On the Concept and Methodology of Multiple Modernities and Global History
2015-12-15 04:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris) | Waldweg, Waldweg 26, Göttingen
Colloquium
On the Concept and Methodology of Multiple Modernities and Global History
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
4pm – 7pm, Waldweg 26, room 0.138To participate, please register with Dr. Florian Kappeler (f.kappeler@gmx.net) by 5 December 2015.The colloquium primarily addresses doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and is dedicated to discussing the concept and methodology of multiple modernities and global history. Furthermore, its overall purpose is to provide young academics with the opportunity to discuss their research linked to the implementation of theories of modernity, the analysis of global phenomena, the theoretical embedding of regional research into global contexts and/or the writing of global history with one distinguished expert on this subject.
Participants are expected to have read the pre-circulated excerpts of Dominic Sachsenmaier’s work, available after registration. Based on their own research, 5-6 PhD students will provide brief inputs in order to enable the other participants to engage in an animated discussion with Professor Dominic Sachsenmaier.
Expert:
Professor Dominic Sachsenmaier holds a chair professorship in “Modern China with a Special Emphasis on Global Historical Perspectives” at the University of Goettingen. He has extensively published on Sino-Western cultural relations, multiple modernities and approaches to global history.

Lecture Series: Dr. Andreas Fulda
2015-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture
Philanthropy and civil society in China
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
6 pm, KWZ Room 0.606
Dr. Andreas Fulda
(School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham)

A public talk about critical and dynamic choices for foreign and domestic grant-making
foundations as aid actors in the PR China, followed by an introduction to postgraduate
degrees offered by the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham, UK

Foundations have supported the development of Chinese civil society organisations since the mid-1990s. Against the backdrop of the looming introduction of China’s Foreign NGO Management Law the speaker traces the evolution of foundations in the PRC and compares and contrasts foreign and domestic grant-making foundations based on their specific historical development trajectories, legal statuses, and modes of operation. This talk explores how in a period of political uncertainty, first and second generation of foundations – foreign and domestic, public and private, operating and grant -making – are likely to continue to co-exist, while converging and diverging from one another to varying degrees.

About the speaker
As a trained social and political scientist Dr Andreas Fulda is research active in the fields of philanthropy and civil society in Greater China as well as EU-China relations. He has worked with Chinese civil society organisations for more than 10 years. Dr Fulda is
also the editor of the book Civil Society Contributions to Policy Innovation in the PR China (Palgrave Macmillan, April 2015).

CETREN Roundtable Discussion
2015-12-07 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Paulinerkirche, Papendiek 14, Göttingen
CETREN Roundtable Discussion
Through the Looking-Glass: Imagining China/Africa Relations through Commodity Aesthetics, Art Media, and Photography
Monday, December 7, 2015
2pm – 6pm, Paulinerkirche, Papendiek 14, Göttingen

Over the past decade, the intensification of trade and diplomatic relations between China and countries across the African continent has shifted scholarly attention from the spatial and discursive binary of East and West to the emerging field of South-South relations.

Our one-day workshop invites cross-disciplinary scholars and art practitioners to examine the visual worlds and material cultures that mediate representations of “China” and “Africa” through encounters among the overseas Chinese in Africa, as well as by African migrants in China. Specifically, this roundtable asks: How are commodity aesthetics, photographic images, and art objects appropriated and produced through China-Africa exchanges? In turn, what do they tell use about these transnational dynamics?

Organizers: Nellie Chu & Gerda Heck (CETREN Postdoctoral Researchers).

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Panelists:

Manon Diederich (Phd Candidate, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne).

Christian Hanussek (Berlin-based artist, writer and curator).
Michaela Pelican (Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Cologne).

Yu Qiu (Phd Candidate, Division of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge).
Xiaopeng Zhou (Berlin-based artist).

For further details on the program, please see our website: http://www.cetren.de/events/public-roundtable/

Photo by Nellie Chu, Advertisement at a fabrics market ibn Guangzhou

Filmscreening: Revenge of the Green Dragons
2015-12-02 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Revenge of the Green Dragons 青龙复仇
Filmscreening
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
4 pm, KWZ 0.607
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

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Picture: John Carkeet, Zoominations, https://flic.kr/p/vwVbS4,CC BY 2.0

Filmscreening: The Joy Luck Club
2015-11-18 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
The Joy Luck Club 喜福会
Filmscreening
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
4 pm , KWZ 0.607
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

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Picture: John Carkeet, Zoominations, https://flic.kr/p/vwVbS4,CC BY 2.0

Filmscreening: Becoming American - The Chinese Experience
2015-11-04 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Becoming American – The Chinese Experience
成为美国人：华人的经历
Filmscreening
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
4 pm, KWZ 0.607
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

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Picture: John Carkeet, Zoominations, https://flic.kr/p/vwVbS4,CC BY 2.0

Vorbilder - Zerrbilder
2015-10-26 18:30 - 2015-11-14 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Foyer, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, Göttingen
Vorbilder – Zerrbilder: Berichte europäischer Reisender nach China, Tibet und Japan
– Eine Ausstellung wissenschaftlicher Poster –
26. Oktober – 14. November 2015
Foyer, Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum
Eröffnung: 26. Oktober 2015, 18:30 Uhr

Bis heute sind Reiseberichte wichtige Aufzeichnungen über fremde Länder, deren Kulturen und Einwohner. Das „Fremde“ ist für den Betrachter immer etwas Exotisches, Geheimnisvolles und daher stets von Interesse und ein allzeit präsentes Thema. Einige können selbst in fremde Länder reisen, andere lediglich Reiseberichte anderer lesen, um sich ein Bild von dem „Fremden“ zu machen. Die Berichte zeigen weniger die Situation und die Entwicklungen des bereisten Landes als vielmehr die Hoffnungen und Ängste des jeweiligen Betrachters auf. Sie berichten in verzerrter Weise von Vorbildlichem oder von Erlebnissen, die schrecken oder erstaunen.
Die Ausstellung stellt europäische Reiseberichte aus früher Zeit bis in die Gegenwart vor: von Marco Polos Bericht seiner Chinareise, über die Tibet-Expeditionsberichte der Nazis, Schriften der Jesuiten zu Religion, Heidentum & Mission sowie von China-Schwärmern, Abenteuerinnen und Diplomaten bis zum aktuellen Katalog für Asienreisen aus dem lokalen Reisebüro. Die Poster geben dabei einen Einblick in die wechselvolle Geschichte des Wissens über China, Tibet und Japan.
Die wissenschaftlichen Poster entstanden im Rahmen des Seminars „Vorbilder – Zerrbilder. Zur Erforschung von Religion und Kultur Chinas und Japans anhand früher Reiseberichte“ im Sommersemester 2015 unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Katja Triplett (Ostasiatisches Seminar, Religionswissenschaft). Die Ausstellung wird in Kooperation mit dem Ostasiatischen Seminar der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen und der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen veranstaltet.

19. Tagung des Fachverbandes Chinesisch
2015-09-24 08:00 - 2015-09-26 17:00 (Europe/Berlin)
19. Tagung des Fachverbandes Chinesisch

24. – 26. September 2015

Anmeldung / 报名 / Registration:
Hier finden Sie das Anmeldeformular für die Jahrestagung des Fachverbands Chinesisch in Göttingen. Für eine frühzeitige Anmeldung wären wir sehr dankbar.
下面是此次哥廷根汉语教学会议报名表的链接，麻烦各位尽快报名，非常感谢。
Here you find the registration form for the upcoming conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Kindly fill in the form at your earliest convenience.

Hotels
In den nachfolgenden Hotels wurden Kontingente für Teilnehmer der Tagung reserviert. Bitte reservieren Sie Ihr Hotelzimmer so früh wie möglich indem Sie direkt Kontakt mit dem Hotel aufnehmen und sich als Teilnehmer/in der Tagung des Fachverbands Chinesisch zu erkennen geben.
以下我們列出了幾家推薦的旅館。我們已經請旅館為與會人士保留一些房間，但我們建議您盡早預訂（請勿使用旅館網頁上之預訂表格，可直接通過電子郵件或電話訂房），以免向隅。訂房時請告知旅館您是Fachverband Chinesisch會議的與會者。
Participants are recommended to reserve accommodation as early as possible. A number of hotel rooms are available for participants of the conference. Please contact the hotel directly by phone or e-mail and specify that you wish to book as a participant of the “Fachverband Chinesisch” conference.
Stadt Hannover (77–112 €)
http://www.hotelstadthannover.de/
Deadline: 24. August
Hotel Central (82–105 €)
http://www.hotel-central.com/home_de.html
Deadline: 12. August
Leine Hotel (66–99 €)
Startseite

Deadline: 3. August
Novostar (90-110 €)
http://www.novostar.de/goettingen/
Deadline: 3. August

19. Tagung des Fachverbandes Chinesisch
2015-09-24 - 2015-09-26
19. Tagung des Fachverbandes Chinesisch
24. – 26. September 2015

Anmeldung / 报名 / Registration
Hier finden Sie das Anmeldeformular für die Jahrestagung des Fachverbands Chinesisch in Göttingen. Für eine frühzeitige Anmeldung wären wir sehr dankbar.
下面是此次哥廷根汉语教学会议报名表的链接，麻烦各位尽快报名，非常感谢。
Here you find the registration form for the upcoming conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Kindly fill in the form at your earliest convenience.

Call for papers: Deutsch 中文 English

Vorläufiges Tagungsprogramm 会议议程 (Stand 07.09.2015)
Wegweiser 会议地点指南
Hotels
In den nachfolgenden Hotels wurden Kontingente für Teilnehmer der Tagung reserviert. Bitte reservieren Sie Ihr Hotelzimmer so früh wie möglich indem Sie direkt Kontakt mit dem Hotel aufnehmen und sich als Teilnehmer/in der Tagung des Fachverbands Chinesisch zu erkennen geben.
以下我們列出了幾家推薦的旅館。我們已經請旅館為與會人士保留一些房間，但我們建議您盡早預訂（請勿使用旅館網頁上之預訂表格，可直接通過電子郵件或電話訂房），以免向隅。訂房時請告知旅館您是Fachverband Chinesisch會議的與會者。
Participants are recommended to reserve accommodation as early as possible. A number of hotel rooms are available for participants of the conference. Please contact the hotel directly by phone or e-mail and specify that you wish to book as a participant of the “Fachverband Chinesisch” conference.

Stadt Hannover (77–112 €)
http://www.hotelstadthannover.de/
Deadline: 24. August

Hotel Central (82–105 €)
http://www.hotel-central.com/home_de.html
Deadline: 12. August

Leine Hotel (66–99 €)
Startseite

Deadline: 3. August

Novostar (90-110 €)
http://www.novostar.de/goettingen/
Deadline: 3. August

Die Jahrestagung wird von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) gefördert.

Wir danken außerdem den folgenden Sponsoren:

Lecture Series: Prof. Dr. Dominic Sachsenmaier
2015-07-16 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture: Situating China within Global Intellectual History
Thursday, July 16, 2015
6 pm, KWZ Room 0.609
Prof. Dr. Dominic Sachsenmaier
(Jacobs University Bremen)

Image: Colin Bewes, Antique Globe, https://flic.kr/p/c1xgMh, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Lecture: Master Miaoyi
2015-07-09 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Verfügungsgebäude, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen
Lecture: Die Rolle des Humanistischen Buddhismus in der Renaissance des Buddhismus in der Volksrepublik China
人間佛教於現代中國大陸佛教的復興
Thursday, July 9, 2015
2 pm, VG Room 2.101
Master Miaoyi (Fo-Guang-Shan Tempel Berlin)

Master Miaoyi absolvierte ein Studium der Buddhologie an der Fo-Guang-Shan Universität in Taiwan. Zur Zeit ist sie Vorsteherin des Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempels in Berlin. Früher hat sie als Vizepräsidentin des Zeitungsverlages „Renjian Fubao“ gearbeitet. Außerdem hat sie auch als Vorsteherin des Fo-Guang-Shan-Tempels in Hacienda Heights Kalifornien, Guam und Los Angeles in den USA, sowie auch in Amsterdam, Genf und Wien gedient.
Im Vortrag werden die Gründe und Hintergründe des Niedergangs und Wiederaufstiegs des Buddhismus in der VR China analysiert. Darüber hinaus wird die Rolle, die der Humanistische Buddhismus heute spielt, seine Bedeutung und Auswirkungen in der VR China vorgestellt. Zur Sprache kommen dabei die Definition von „Humanistischer Buddhismus“, seine konkreten Inhalte, Funktionen, sowie die Unterschiede zum traditionellen Buddhismus.
妙益法師,畢業於佛光山叢林大學研究部,現任柏林佛光山監寺。歷任人間福報副社長、
美國西來寺/關島佛光山/南灣佛光山監寺及歐洲荷華寺/日內瓦會議中心/維也納佛光
山監寺等。
剖析中國大陸佛教從衰微至現今復興的因與緣？進一步闡述人間佛教在現代中國大陸佛
教復興所扮演的角色、意義及功用？從而介紹何謂人間佛教？
人間佛教之意涵、特色等？與傳統所說「佛教」有何不同？
為何特別強調「人間」？
Im Anschluß an den Vortrag wird Master Miaoyi von 18:30 bis 21:00 bei den Schillerwiesen eine Meditationsübung leiten. Wer da ran teilnehmen möchte, der möge sich bitte bis zum 3. Juli bei der Göttingen Buddhism Salon unter buddhism.goettingen@gmail.com melden.
演講結束後，妙益法師將于18:30-21:00在席勒草坪親自指導一次禅修活動，有意參加者請在7月3日前與哥廷根學佛小組聯系，聯系郵buddhism.goettingen@gmail.com.

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Chi Chung
2015-07-08 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture: The Bilateral Investment Treaty between China and Taiwan and Its Historical Background
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
6 pm KWZ 0.602
Prof. Dr. Chi Chung (Academia Sinica)

The bilateral investment treaty between China (People’s Republic of China; PRC) and Taiwan (Republic of China; ROC) took effect on January 31, 2013. Although it is the 104th bilateral investment treaty for China and the 17th bilateral investment treaty for Taiwan, it is a milestone for both the China-Taiwan relationship and Taiwan’s relationships with the rest of the world. I will discuss its contents and historical background.
Longtime observers of China and Taiwan would of course note that the word “treaty” seems politically incorrect and therefore impossible in the China-Taiwan context. Indeed, the word “treaty” is not used in the document. I plan to provide the historical background to help explain the contents and purposes of the investment treaty.
After presenting the contents of the investment treaty between China and Taiwan, I will discuss the political history between China and Taiwan and the history of economic and social interactions between the people of China and the people of Taiwan. I will also discuss the legal history of the investment relationship between China and Taiwan. In the Conclusion, I draw on the historical background aforementioned and the international legal scholarship on the issue of “compliance” to discuss the extent to which the investment treaty lives up to its promise.

Lecture: Patrick Lai 賴志成
2015-07-07 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture: Green Luck? Red Luck?
Intercultural Differences in Language from the Lens of Colour Related Expressions
对外汉语教学之——中英色彩文化与语义对比
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
6 pm, KWZ Room 0.603
Patrick Lai 賴志成 (Hong Kong Institute of Education)

A comparison between Chinese and English shows that differences in language usage can arise from cultural differences. The use of colour is a prime example. With colour being an objective phenomenon, the basic meaning of colour does not differ in the two languages. However, the same colour can carry different meanings and nuances at deeper levels of language use due to different historic backgrounds and traditions. Studying the rich contents of colour associated expressions helps facilitate understanding of intercultural differences. In this talk, the literature on comparative study of colour associated language will first be reviewed. Then the historical developments of colour associated expressions in both languages and cultures will be explored. The final part compares the contemporary use of colours in English and Chinese. The talk will also touch upon application of the Berlin and Kay Theory and the Barry McLaughlin Theory in this research field.

通过对比英汉两种语言中词的差异，可以证明若文化不同，遣词用字也会有很大的不同。两种语言中颜色的运用就是非常典型的例子。色彩作为一种客觀现象，在中英 文中，基本含义也没有很大的差别。但由于中英两种文化由于语言习惯、历史背景、传统风俗等方面的差异，引致在理解、应用相同颜色传递深层次的语意上有很大 的差别。了解和研究带有顏色的表达的真正意义和用法，以及这些跨文化的差异，对推動文化交流会有很大的帮助。
The lecture will be held in English!
Image: Patrick Lai

Lecture Series: Dr. Nellie Chu
2015-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture: The Spaces Between: Corporatizing Lineage Belonging and the Making of Fast Fashion in Southern China
Thursday, July 2, 2015
6 pm, KWZ Room 0.609
Dr. Nellie Chu (University of Göttingen)

My presentation introduces my research on the global commodity chains for fast fashion in Guangzhou, which I began during the period of 2010-2012. In particular, I describe how these global commodity chains within the Pearl River Delta region of southern China entails post-socialist transformations of property and kin relations among members of long-standing lineages who currently claim use-rights to the land.
Using the Zhongda garment district in southeastern Guangzhou as a case study, I argue that the formation of global commodity chains for fast fashion in southern China entails the re-definition of lineage belonging as socialist collectives are converted to profit-driven corporations by long-standing villagers. Specifically, I outline the historic transformation of this site from a collection of former agricultural villages known as Nanjing village during the Maoist period to a massive industrial hub, which currently stands as a conglomerate of several neighboring urban villages which are administratively suspended between rural and urban designations.
I begin by narrating the re-division of the land from individualized plots loosely organized around various lineages into massive agricultural collectives during the early years of the Communist Revolution, and the subsequent re-distribution of the land from agricultural collectives to privatized household plots during the Reform period when Deng Xiaoping promoted citizens to experiment with entrepreneurship and other capitalist practices. In particular, I emphasize how in light of these large-scale changes, long-standing members of Nanjing village redefine the affective and profit-driven contours of lineage belonging in face of large-scale urbanization projects. Their kin-based capitalist activities as corporate lineages in turn shape the ways in which members of these local village collectives assert their claims against the state as share-holders of the land.
Image: Theen Moy , Liminal Space, https://flic.kr/p/oMZJdP, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Filmscreening: Kung Fu Hustle
2015-06-30 04:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, 37073
Kung Fu Hustle 功夫
Filmscreening
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
4 pm, ZHG 105
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Picture: Lexinatrix,Bruce Lee, https://flic.kr/p/4SLMN, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

The 8th East Asia Research Salon
2015-06-22 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
The 8th East Asia Research Salon
Britta Büermann
Seeing Tradition in Modernity: Yang Honglie’s Historiography of China’s Legal System
June 22, 2015, 6pm
KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen

Abstract:
In the 1930s the eminent legal historian Yang Honglie 楊鴻烈(1903-1977) tried to balance modern Western and traditional Chinese concepts in order to establish a new Chinese legal system (法系 faxi). In the process of transferring Western legal concepts and embedding them in China’s history, Yang developed his own understanding of these concepts. By searching for forerunners in China’s history he
argued against the idea of the West as the only possible judicial paradigm, and
instead looked for indigenous traditions to be re-interpreted in order to suit the purpose of his ideology. In my dissertation project, I research Yang Honglie’s understanding of concepts such as the principle of equality or an independent judiciary and how he put them into a Chinese context; and his overall vision for the future of China’s legal system.

Britta Büermann studied Chinese Studies at the University of Würzburg. In 2006 and 2008, respectively, she spent a semester at Beijing University, and in 2009, she became a junior lecturer at the Department of East Asian Studies of Georg-August-University Göttingen, where she is responsible for research and education in the field of Chinese Law. She is also currently working on her PhD thesis on property law in traditional China.

Filmscreening: Once Upon a Time in China
2015-06-16 04:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, 37073
Once Upon a Time in China 黃飛鴻
Filmscreening
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
4 pm, ZHG 105
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Picture: Lexinatrix,Bruce Lee, https://flic.kr/p/4SLMN, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Language Diversity in the Sinophone World
2015-06-11 08:00 - 2015-06-13 17:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Historische Sternwarte Inge-Lore Paschke, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen, Germany
Language Diversity in the Sinophone World: Policies, effects, and tradition
International Symposium
Göttingen University
11 – 13 June 2015

Description
Language diversity is a ubiquitous feature in the sinophone world. In the past and present, language planning agencies in the area commonly – if not uncontroversially – referred to as “Greater China” have responded differently to the challenges of multilingualism. After several decades of national language policy, Mandarin is now widely used and broadly accepted in Mainland China, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is used to a much lesser degree in Hong Kong and Macao, where Cantonese, the major regional language, arguably enjoys a higher prestige than other so‐called “dialects” elsewhere. At the same time, there are notable differences with regard to international language planning – most important, the incorporation of English into school curricula and/or the acceptance of English as an official language.
One purpose of the symposium is to bring together scholars who are working on language planning and official responses to language diversity. Another purpose is to compare the effects of language planning and the manifestations of language diversity in the daily lives of the speakers. Lastly, we aim at situating the conference theme in a historical context. The reason behind this historical contextualization is to find out to what extent language-related phenomena are imbedded in Chinese traditions, and to what extent they can be accounted for by analytical approaches that are not bound to Chinese culture and/or history. Topics include language contact phenomena (e.g., code mixing), multilingualism in classrooms, language variation and language use in the media, and nonofficial language ideologies and activities of language revivalist groups.

Venue
Göttingen University, Historical Observatory
Local organizers and contact persons
Henning Klöter
Julia Schulz
If you wish to attend the conference, please contact us before 20 May 2015 at kloeter@uni-goettingen.de
Speakers and programm (pdf)

Sponsors
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation (DFG)

Department of International and Cross-strait Education of the Ministry of Education, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Language Diversity in the Sinophone World: Policies, effects, and tradition
2015-06-11 - 2015-06-13 | Historical Observatory, Geismar Landstraße 11, Göttingen
Language Diversity in the Sinophone World: Policies, effects, and tradition
International Symposium
11 – 13 June 2015
Göttingen University, Historical Observatory

Description
Language diversity is a ubiquitous feature in the sinophone world. In the past and present, language planning agencies in the area commonly – if not uncontroversially – referred to as “Greater China” have responded differently to the challenges of multilingualism. After several decades of national language policy, Mandarin is now widely used and broadly accepted in Mainland China, Singapore, and Taiwan. It is used to a much lesser degree in Hong Kong and Macao, where Cantonese, the major regional language, arguably enjoys a higher prestige than other so‐called “dialects” elsewhere. At the same time, there are notable differences with regard to international language planning – most important, the incorporation of English into school curricula and/or the acceptance of English as an official language.
One purpose of the symposium is to bring together scholars who are working on language planning and official responses to language diversity. Another purpose is to compare the effects of language planning and the manifestations of language diversity in the daily lives of the speakers. Lastly, we aim at situating the conference theme in a historical context. The reason behind this historical contextualization is to find out to what extent language-related phenomena are imbedded in Chinese traditions, and to what extent they can be accounted for by analytical approaches that are not bound to Chinese culture and/or history. Topics include language contact phenomena (e.g., code mixing), multilingualism in classrooms, language variation and language use in the media, and nonofficial language ideologies and activities of language revivalist groups.
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Filmscreening: Executioners from Shaolin
2015-05-26 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, 37073
Executioners from Shaolin 洪熙官
Filmscreening
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
4 pm, ZHG 105
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Picture: Lexinatrix,Bruce Lee, https://flic.kr/p/4SLMN, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Lecture Series: Dr. Niall Duggan
2015-05-12 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
Lecture: China: Africa’s all-weather friend?
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
6 pm, KWZ Room 0.610
Dr. Niall Duggan

Image: William J Serson, Interracial Mable Relationship 3, https://flic.kr/p/cjJmEm, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Filmscreening: A Touch of Zen
2015-05-12 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, 37073
A Touch of Zen 俠女
Filmscreening
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
4pm, ZHG 105
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Picture: Lexinatrix,Bruce Lee, https://flic.kr/p/4SLMN, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Filmscreening: Fist of Fury
2015-04-28 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, 37073
Fist of Fury 精武門
Filmscreening
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
4pm, ZHG 105
Lecturer: Katja Pessl

Picture: Lexinatrix, Bruce Lee, https://flic.kr/p/4SLMN, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

7th East Asia Research Salon
2015-03-10 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Unnamed Venue, Heinrich- Düker Weg 14, Göttingen
The 7th East Asia Research Salon
David Reitemeier
“Managing moral hazard and collective action problems in East Asian financial regionalism: End of the Road for the ASEAN-Way?”
March 10, 2015, 5pm
KWZ, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, CeMEAS Conference Room 0.701
Abstract:
The multilateralization of the Chiang Mai Initiative in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis marked an important step in the development of financial regionalism in East Asia.
Potential spill over effects in other areas of East Asian regionalism or a development towards an East Asian Monetary Fund have been topics of academic debate ever since. I argue, however, that not enough attention has been paid to moral hazard and collective action problems in this debate. How China and other East Asian countries deal with these challenges can tell us a great deal about the chances for further progress in East Asian regionalism and about the nature of the regional institutions. Coming from a historical institutionalist perspective I plan to further elaborate on this notion, focusing especially on regional surveillance and emergency lending mechanisms. Pending further research I argue that it is difficult for the East Asian region to manage moral hazard and collective action problems due to the nature of the ASEAN -Way and China’s role in the region. In the absence of successful management of these challenges, the regional financial institutions are in danger of becoming mere talking shops.
In his research David focuses on regionalism and regional instiutions in East Asia as well as on Chinese foreign and econmic policy and political decision making processes.
Since 2014: Research associate at the Department for East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen and PhD student at the University of Bochum. Working title of the dissertation: “Chinas contributions to the institution building process in East Asian Financial Regionalism under the APT Framework: Managing moral hazards and collective action problems”
2010 – 2013: MA in East Asian Politics, University of Bochum. Master thesis: “China and
Global Economic Governance: The influence of international institutions on global state
behaviour

3. Junges Forum zum Chinesischen Recht
2015-02-20 10:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Berlin) | Unnamed Venue, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5
3. Junges Forum zum Chinesischen Recht
20. Februar 2015
10 Uhr – 17.30 Uhr
Seminarraum des Instituts für Völkerrecht und Europarecht (Blauer Turm, 13. Stock), Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5
Nähere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte der Einladung und dem Programm.
Aufgrund der begrenzten Teilnehmerzahl wird um frühzeitige Anmeldung gebeten. Zur Anmeldung und bei weiteren Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an: ChinaRecht@jura.uni-goettingen.de

Lecture: Small Heritages
2015-02-04 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Berlin) | KWZ 0.602
“Small Heritages”: Heritage conservation as a social agent in Taiwan
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Chiang Min-chin (Tapei National University of the Arts, Graduate Institute of Architecture and Cultural Heritage)
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
6pm (c.t.)
KWZ 1.731

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