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Lecture: Leigh Jenco: The Ming-Qing Transition as a Philosophical Problem
2021-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Berlin)
The Ming-Qing Transition as a Philosophical Problem
Leigh Jenco
Professor of Political Theory, London School of Economics, Department of Government

Dec 3, 2021 04:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
For registration, please use this zoom link.
Abstract:
The transition from the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty was not experienced as a sharp break for those who lived through it, but it has come to stand in the minds of later Chinese literati as nothing less than an existential crisis for Chinese identity—both driving and driven by a shift in intellectual perspective that emerged in the early years of Qing consolidation. Many educated literati retrospectively blamed the fall of the Ming on the abstruse philosophizing that preoccupied followers of Wang Yangming, a sixteenth-century statesman, frontier general and philosopher whose rejection of state-sponsored Confucian orthodoxy rode a wave of interest in metaphysical speculation about the sources of moral knowledge. In its place—just as the government policy adapted from an inward-looking, Han-dominated state to a cosmopolitan, expansionist inner Asian empire—seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literati turned their attention to the historical and philological verification of classic texts, inaugurating the “evidential learning” (kaozheng) that twentieth-century Chinese reformers would see as proof of an indigenous, modern “scientific spirit.” In this paper I argue that such divisions obscure from view the extent to which the Manchu victory and the territorial consolidation that followed continued the strong parallels that marked both Chinese and European societies in early modernity. There are thus important philosophical consequences for periodizing the Chinese early modern period as an abrupt transition from “Ming to Qing” or “philosophy to philology”. I use my current research to offer examples of these consequences. Specifically, I argue that characterizing this time period in terms of a rupture between dynasties, rather than as a more general epoch of early modernity, leaves us unable to assess philosophically the ways in which ideas and practices thematized by scholars of Yangming learning enabled particular kinds of discourse about human difference to take shape, and in turn how empirical information about human kinds generated by Ming-era territorial expansion, travel and commerce was fed back into philosophical thinking about moral possibility and the textual tradition that articulated it.

This lecture is part of the lecture series New Perspectives on Modernity in China.

Organizers:

Prof. Dr. Axel Schneider, University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fröhlich, University of Hamburg

CeMEAS – Centre for Modern East Asian Studies & Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen

Asia-Africa- Institute, Department for Chinese Language and Culture, University of Hamburg

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen

Sponsor:

Academic Confucius Institute, University of Göttingen
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Lecture: Yellow Peril with a Dash of Green?: Global Fantasies on an Islamized China at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
2021-11-30 18:15 - 19:00
Yellow Peril with a Dash of Green?: Global Fantasies on an Islamized China at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Dr. Mohammed Al-Sudairi (Hong Kong University)
Tuesday, November 30, 18.15 (online)

Presenter: Mohammed Al-Sudairi is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences and is a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Asian Studies Unit at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. He obtained his PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Hong Kong, his master’s degree in International Relations from the Peking University and in International History from the London School of Economics (joint program), and his undergraduate degree in International Politics from the Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is proficient in Arabic, English, and Chinese. His research interests encompass Sino-Middle Eastern relations, Islamic and leftist connections between East Asia and the Arab World, and Chinese politics.

Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/skype/93990758044

Meeting-ID: 939 9075 8044

Code: 957008

Organizers:

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen

CeMEAS – Centre for Modern East Asian Studies & Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen

Global China Conversations #4 „Innovation Made in China“ – How effective is Beijing's innovation policy?
2021-11-25 11:00 - 12:00
„Innovation Made in China“ – How effective is Beijing’s innovation policy?

Speaker
Dr. Philipp Böing, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
Wolfgang Krieger, Federation of German Industries (BDI e.V.)
Time: 25.11.2021, 11.00 – 12:00
Please register here.
Topic
With its 14th Five-Year Plan, the Chinese government is focusing on a more innovation-based economy, aiming at becoming the world leader in science and technology by 2050. The Chinese state plays a central role in this endeavor. It drafts development plans for key industries, predefines technology paths, provides targeted subsidies, and coordinates scientific and economic players. Nevertheless, the outcome of government innovation policy sometimes remains open: Subsidy abuse has been widespread in the past and stands in the way of efficient use of government subsidies. Subsidies were often misused to cross-subsidize non-R&D-related investments, which can lower production costs and distort competition in international markets. Does the 14th Five-Year Plan succeed in further improving the conception and implementation of China’s innovation policy? Can productivity increase and economic growth be expected because of “Innovation Made in China”? And what impact will this have on German companies?
In the fourth Global China Conversation, Wolfgang Krieger from the Federation of German Industries will give us an insight into the underlying conditions of Chinese Innovation and industry subsidies, before Philipp Böing from the ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research will take a closer look at Chinese R&D subsidies.
Program
The event consists of different impulse lectures followed by a discussion. Participants have the opportunity of direct exchange with the speakers in digital break-out rooms.
Global China Conversation #4 will take place in German.

Literature
The impulse lectures refer to the following publications:
ZEW Discussion Paper: Misappropriation of R&D Subsidies: Estimating Treatment Effects With One-Sided Non-compliance
ZEW Expert Brief: A New China Shock? The Untold Story of China’s R&D Subsidies

Speakers

© Philipp Böing

Dr. Philipp Böing
Dr. Philipp Böing is a Senior Researcher at ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim. His research interests include policy evaluation, patent indicators, productivity and import competition. With an empirical focus on China and its rise in the global economy, he has in-depth expertise on Chinese data and institutions. Dr. Böing has regularly provided policy advice, including to the World Bank, the OECD, and the German Expert Commission on Research and Innovation (EFI). He worked for two years as a Visiting Professor at Peking University and is also a Research Affiliate at IZA – Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn and Fellow of Tsinghua University in Beijing.

© Wolfgang Krieger

Wolfgang Krieger
Wolfgang Krieger is Deputy Chief Representative of the Federation of German Industries (BDI e.V.) in China. He majored in East Asian Studies and Economics at the University of Cologne. His work focuses on the regulatory environment in China, as well as the economic relations between the EU and China.

Moderation

© Felix Lee

Felix Lee
Felix Lee is economics editor of taz, responsible for trade and global economy. Between 2012 and 2019, he was China correspondent for taz, Zeit Online, Die Presse, Luxemburger Wort and the Funke Group.

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Chinese Theater: Eco-environmental Performance in and outside Contemporary Chinese Theater
2021-11-24 13:00 - 14:30
Speaker: DING Liu
Time: Wed. Nov. 24, 2021. 1:00-2:30 PM CET
Venue: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/94944402503
Meeting ID: 949 4440 2503
Organizer: Yingming Theater

Yingming Theater #5: The Poetic Quest and its Expression in Dramatic Writing
2021-11-17 14:00 - 16:30
The Poetic Quest and its Expression in Dramatic Writing 戏剧创作中的诗性追求及其表达
Time: Wed. Nov. 17, 2021. 2:00 PM CET 2021年11月17日周三，欧洲中部时间下午2点

Venue: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/97981532103?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom Meeting ID: 979 8153 2103
Language: Chinese 中文
Live Streaming:
Invited Speakers: Dr. ZHONG Haiqing 钟海清博士
Poster: Zhang Tong 张桐

Lecture Content 讲座内容

Review of theoretical perspectives on “poetic drama” in China and abroad 回顾中外“诗剧”的理论观点
Exploring poetic expression in contemporary theatre 探讨现当代戏剧中的诗性表达
From fragments to synthesis – Poetic expression in the stages of my dramatic writing 从片断到整体——诗性表达在本人戏剧创作的几个阶段
Questions and Discussion 讨论与交流

Short Bio 钟海清博士简介
A playwright of the National Theatre of China, ZHONG Haiqing graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy and the Central Academy of Drama with a PhD in Fine Arts, and is an active creator in the current stage art scene. His representative works include The Bells of Jingyang, The White-Skeleton Demon Subdues the Monkey King Three Times, Time of Sorrow, Dou Zhi Er, The White Snake and Kill the Autumn Dream. He has published nearly twenty professional papers in journals such as Theatre Art, Playwright, New Play, and Shanghai Drama. He has been invited to participate in domestic and international academic seminars.
钟海清，中国国家话剧院编剧，先后毕业于上海戏剧学院与中央戏剧学院，艺术学博士，活跃于当下舞台艺术界的创作者。代表作品包括《景阳钟声》、《白骨精三打孙悟空》、《悲情时光》、《豆汁儿》、《白蛇》、《杀死秋天的梦》等。在《戏剧艺术》、《剧作家》、《新剧本》、《上海戏剧》等期刊上发表专业论文近二十篇。累计受邀参加国内及国际学术研讨会十余次。

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Acknowledgement/鸣谢:
哥廷根大学现代东亚研究中心

哥廷根大学学术孔子学院

Lecture: The Amorphousness of Post-War and Post-Colonial South Korea and its Regional Contexts
2021-11-16 18:00 - 19:30
The Amorphousness of Post-War and Post-Colonial South Korea and its Regional Contexts
Prof. Im Chong Myong (Chonnam National University)
Tuesday, November 16, 18.15 (online)
Abstract: The talk deals with the effects of World War Two on East Asia and Korea, and in this context it deals with issues like the re-construction of Western modernism and the inauguration of the nation-states system in the region. The talk also discusses the amorphousness of post-colonial South Korea where, in many respects, modern ideas such as democracy and nationalism could not establish their own discursive hegemony.
Presenter: Prof. Im Chong Myong received his doctoral degree from the University of Chicago in 2004. He subsequently took the position of professor at History Department of Chonnam National University, South Korea. From 2012 to 2013, he spent a year as a Fulbright scholar at the University of California at Los Angeles. As an expert of modern Korean history, his fields of research include the subjectification of South Koreans in post-colonial/World War II contexts and the contemporary configurations of the global Cold-War dynamics.

Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/99020196657?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting-ID: 990 2019 6657
Kenncode: [REDACTED]

Lecture: Peng Guoxiang: The Understanding and Practice of "Five Religions" in Early 20th Century China. The Works and Views of Feng Bingnan (1888-1956)
2021-11-12 12:00 - 14:00
The Understanding and Practice of “Five Religions” in Early 20th Century China. The Works and Views of Feng Bingnan (1888-1956)
Peng Guoxiang
Zhejiang University

Time: Nov 12, 2021 12:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
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Abstract:
The so-called “sanjiao tradition (three teachings/religions)” that includes Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism has conventionally been considered as the “Chinese religion” in Chinese history. In addition to the “sanjiao,” however, Christianity and Islam were introduced to China pretty early and also became integral parts of the Chinese religious tradition. In the early 20th century, the concept and practice of “wujiao 五教” rather than “sanjiao” had already been widely accepted by Chinese people, much beyond intellectual circles. This talk introduces the understanding and practice of “wujiao” exemplified by Feng Bingnan, a successful lawyer and businessman renowned and influential in the 1940s but totally forgotten later on and demonstrates that “wujiao” offers a better perspective than “sanjiao” to understand the Chinese religious tradition.

PENG Guoxiang is Qiu Shi Distinguished Professor of Chinese philosophy, intellectual history and religions at Zhejiang University, China. Before moving to Zhejiang University, he was Professor at Peking University and Tsinghua University. He was the 2016 Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North (Library of Congress, USA) and was awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in 2009 (Humboldt Foundation, Germany). He has been a visiting Professor or research fellow in numerous institutions such as Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, University of Frankfurt am Main, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, University of Hawaii, Harvard-Yenching Institute, National Taiwan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore.
His publications include The Unfolding of the Innate Good Knowing: Wang Ji and the Yangming Learning in Mid-Late Ming (2003, 2005, 2015), Confucian Tradition: Between Religion and Humanism (2007, 2019), Confucian Tradition and Chinese Philosophy: Retrospect and Prospect in a New Century (2009), Confucian Tradition from Classical Period to Its Contemporary Transformation: Speculation and Interpretation (2012), Revision and New Discovery: Historical Study of Pre-Modern Confucianism from Northern Song till Early Qing Dynasty (2013, 2015), Reconstruction of This Culture of Ours: Confucianism and Contemporary World (2013, 2018, 2019), This-worldly Concern of the Wise: The Political and Social Thought of Mou Zongsan (1909-1995) (2016), The Methodology of Doing Chinese Philosophy (2020) as well as numerous articles.

This lecture is part of the lecture series New Perspectives on Modernity in China.

Organizers:

Prof. Dr. Axel Schneider, University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fröhlich, University of Hamburg

CeMEAS – Centre for Modern East Asian Studies & Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen

Asia-Africa- Institute, Department for Chinese Language and Culture, University of Hamburg

Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen

Sponsor:

Academic Confucius Institute, University of Göttingen
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Online-Lecture: Late Qing Perceptions of Risk and Fortune: Plotting Careers in an Age of Anxiety
2021-11-09 18:15 - 20:15
Late Qing Perceptions of Risk and Fortune:
Plotting Careers in an Age of Anxiety
Elisabeth Kaske
Time: Nov 9, 06:15pm
Place: Zoom
Meeting-ID: 947 1083 3540
Kenncode: [REDACTED]

Abstract:
One aspect that strikes observers of nineteenth-century China is the apparent lack of panic in the face of foreign aggression among Qing officials. Max Weber, an avid reader of Peking Gazette translations and the English-language press of coastal China, identified the precarity of status and income—rather than Confucian conservatism—as the main impediment to reform. Weber’s analysis has been criticized as “Eurocentric,” but it matched the self-perception of many in China towards the end of the dynasty. Perhaps the most famous account of the official “precariat” is Li Boyuan’s Officialdom Unmasked (1903-1905) which was both a wildly popular novel and a bold political statement. This paper combines fictional careers and real-life biographies to show how status anxieties determined political choices, and elite politics was increasingly seen as the source of China’s decline. The desacralization of the scholar-official as the ruling social order paved the way for abolishing the civil service examinations and, finally, the revolution of 1911.
Bio:
Elisabeth Kaske has joined Leipzig University as professor of modern Chinese society and culture in April 2017, after studying and teaching in Berlin, Beijing, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Boston, Vienna, Pittsburgh, Taipei, and Princeton. As a historian of late Qing and early Republican China she is interested in China’s rugged path towards modernization. Her studies include the history of German-Chinese military exchange and technology transfer, the emergence of new concepts of language and education, the sale of rank and public office by the late imperial state, and the fiscal regime of the Qing dynasty. After having long focused on bureaucratic elites, she has recently become fascinated with how new professional elites, particularly engineers, imagined the nation and their own role in it.
Zoom
Meeting-ID: 947 1083 3540
Kenncode: [REDACTED]

Vortrag: Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen
2021-11-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Oec 0.169, Platz d. Göttinger Sieben 3, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, 37073, Germany
Chinesische Entwicklungshilfe und ihre Konsequenzen
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs
Ort: Oec 0.169
Zeit: 03.11.2021, 17:00 s.t.

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Anmeldung: Bitte melden Sie sich bis Mittwoch, 03.11.2021 14:30 bei Sabine Jaep (sabine.jaep at wiwi.uni-goettingen.de) für die Präsenz-Veranstaltung an, da die Teilnehmerzahl beschränkt ist.
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Online-Lecture: Potato vs. Sweet Potato in Making the Modern World: A Discussion of Oceanic and Plant History in Historiography
2021-11-02 18:00 - 20:00
Zoom
Meeting-ID: 938 7855 9419
Kenncode: [REDACTED]

Abstract:
Both oceanic history and plant history are recent developments in historiography. This talk will discuss how the two schools enhance the study of global history and reshape our views about the making of the modern world. As a continual effort to critique the nation-state focus in 19th century historiography, which began with the French Annales School in the early 20th century, historians in more recent decades have shifted attention from land to ocean and from people to plants, analyzing how the two played their parts in shaping worldwide historical development. Discussing these new attempts will help us see the inter-continental connections and transcend Eurocentrism in historical writing.
Bio:
Q. Edward Wang, Professor of History and Coordinator of Asian Studies Program at Rowan University and Changjiang Professor of History at Peking University, serves on the board of International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography. His main publications include A Global History of Modern Historiography (2008, 2017); Turning Points in Historiography: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (2005); Marxist Historiographies: A Global Perspective (2017) and, most recently, Historiography: Critical Readings (2021).

Online-Lecture: Das Jahr 1943: Die Alliierten entscheiden über die Zukunft von Österreich und Taiwan
2021-11-02 17:00 - 19:00
02. Nov., 17:00 – 19:00
Online Registrierung

Abstract:
Im Jahr 1943 fanden zwei Konferenzen statt, die über die Nachkriegssituation von Taiwan und Österreich entscheiden sollten: Vom 19. Oktober bis 1. November 1943 fand die Konferenz von Moskau statt, auf der durch die Außenminister der USA, der SU und Großbritanniens die Wiederherstellung des Staates Österreich beschlossen wurde. Es wurde festgestellt, dass Österreich „das erste freie Land [war], das der typischen Angriffspolitik Hitlers zum Opfer fallen sollte“, weshalb keine Kapitulation wie im Falle Deutschlands gefordert, eine „endgültige Abrechnung“ über den Anteil Österreichs an den Verbrechen des Nazi-Regimes jedoch angekündigt wurde.
Im Falle Taiwans wurde ein entsprechender, wenn auch inhaltlich vollkommen anderer Beschluss auf der Konferenz von Kairo gefällt, die vom 22. bis 26. November 1943 stattfand und an der Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill und Tschiang Kaishek teilnahmen. Die Deklaration von Kairo postuliert, dass nach der angestrebten Niederlage Japans Taiwan Teil der Republik China werden sollte.
Der Vortrag analysiert die beiden Beschlüsse und arbeitet die Gründe heraus, welche die Alliierten dazu bewogen haben, in einem Fall für die staatliche Selbständigkeit und in dem anderen für die Anbindung an Festland China zu optieren. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf die Rolle der SU gelegt, auf deren Territorium die eine Konferenz stattfand und die auf der anderen Konferenz nicht anwesend war. Während der Beschluss in Moskau heute fast in Vergessenheit geraten ist, sorgt der Beschluss der Konferenz von Kairo in Ostasien für lebhafte Diskussionen.
Bio:
Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik ist Professorin a.D. der Sinologie. Ihre Forschung konzentriert sich auf das Schreiben der modernen und zeitgenössischen chinesischen Geschichte, die Geschichte Ostasiens und die Erinnerungspolitik in der VR China. Überdies publiziert sie zur chinesischen Politik

Global China Conversations #3 Making Chinese Foreign Aid Transparent – What is Hidden in Data and Policy Documents?
2021-10-28 13:00 - 14:00
Making Chinese Foreign Aid Transparent – What is Hidden in Data and Policy Documents?

Sprecher
Dr. Bradley Parks, AidData
Marina Rudyak, Heidelberg University
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs, University of Göttingen, IfW Kiel

Zeit: 28.10.2021, 13:00 -14:00 CET
Anmeldung: Anmeldeformular

Thema
Since the turn of the millennium, China has provided record amounts of development aid and other types of development finance to countries around the globe. However, its grant-giving and lending activities remain intransparent. This is not least due to the institutional complexity of China’s system of foreign aid and the absence of comprehensive reporting systems for development projects. How can we therefore try to piece through the veil of secrecy and complexity? In this third Global China Conversation, Brad Parks and Marina Rudyak will help us unravel some of the underlying processes. Marina Rudyak will guide us through the complexity of the institutional setup and outline what we can learn from official government documents. Brad Parks will offer us a bird’s-eye view of China’s geo-economic strategy before and after the introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, by looking at a uniquely comprehensive and granular dataset of international development finance from China that captures 13,427 projects worth $843 billion across 165 countries in every major world region over an 18-year period.

Programm
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus Impulsvorträgen der Sprecher, gefolgt von einer Diskussion.
Die Global China Conversation #3 wird auf Englisch abgehalten.
Literatur
Malik, A., Parks, B., Russell, B., Lin, J., Walsh, K., Solomon, K., Zhang, S., Elston, T., and S. Goodman. (2021). Banking on the Belt and Road: Insights from a new global dataset of 13,427 Chinese development projects. Williamsburg, VA: AidData at William & Mary.
https://www.aiddata.org/publications/banking-on-the-belt-and-road

Sprecher

Dr. Bradley Parks, AidData
Dr. Bradley Parks is the Executive Director of AidData, a research lab at William and Mary. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research has been published in academic and policy journals, including Science, Governance, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Development Economics, World Development, the National Interest, and China Economic Quarterly. He is the author of three books, including Banking on Beijing: The Aims and Impacts of China’s Overseas Development Program (Cambridge University Press). Dr. Parks is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he works on issues related to the Belt and Road Initiative.

Marina Rudyak, Heidelberg University
Marina Rudyak is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Sinology of Heidelberg University. She is the founder of china-aid-blog.com and a member of the Global Diplomacy Lab, the Sino-German Future Bridge, and the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network. She has previously worked with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Beijing as Program Manager of the multi-country project “Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration Asia-China.” Her research interests are Chinese foreign aid and development lending policy with a focus on Africa and Central Asia, as well as the political ideology of the Chinese Communist Party and coded communication in Chinese politics.

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China Platform: Taiwan Lecture Café Series 2021
2021-10-27 11:30 - 2021-12-01 13:00 | Online
This Taiwan Lecture Series 2021 is organized in the framework of the Taiwan Studies Programme in cooperation with the University of Groningen, Georg-August-Universität-Göttingen and the Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
Wednesday 27 October, 11:30 – 13:00
Liao Hsien-hao (National Taiwan University)
“Taiwan at the crossroads: Between Central Kingdom and Seafaring Pirates”
Wednesday 3 November, 11:30 – 13:00
Yeh Kuo-chün (National Taiwan University)
“Did China’s soft power seduction lure Taiwan’s youth? Preliminary evidence for employment and entrepreneurship”
Wednesday 10 November, 11:30 – 13:00
Lee Yu-Ting (National Taiwan University)
“Problems of East Asian Historical Narrative: Compared with Europe”
Wednesday 17 November, 11:30 – 13:00
Hwang Yih-Jye (The Hague University College)
“The Origin and Development of International Studies in Taiwan”
Wednesday 24 November, 11:30 – 13:00
Chen Yi-Ling (University of Wyoming)
“Governed by the Market: The Rise of Social Housing Movement and its Obstacles in Taiwan”
Wednesday 1 December, 11:30 – 13:00
Hsiung Ping-Chen (University of California, Irvine)
“Further Reflections on the Migrating Taste: Development of Taiwanese Food Culture in the Postwar Era”

Online registration: https://eventmanager.ugent.be/TaiwanLC

Yingming Theater #4: Shakespeare in Contemporary Performance: Beyond the Western Canon
2021-10-13 14:00 - 15:30
Shakespeare in Contemporary Performance: Beyond the Western Canon
Time: Wed. Oct. 13, 2021. 14:00-15:30 CET

Venue: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.u/j/93759369247?pwd=[REDACTED]
Zoom Meeting ID: 937 5936 9247
Language: English
Live Streaming: Invited Speakers: Prof. Dr. Octavian Saiu
Poster: Yumin Ao

Abstract
From the early sixties to the present, one thesis seems to have reigned over Shakespeare’s international reception. At least insofar as his theatre is concerned. More poignantly than any other critical or scholarly notion, Jan Kott’s sense of “Shakespeare, our contemporary” has captured the spirit of what it means to read Hamlet, King Lear or Macbeth in modern and postmodern times. However, after the publication of his seminal book, Kott would revisit his assertions and state that some of Shakespeare’s plays, characters, lines are more contemporary than the rest. What accounts for their special resonance? What makes them truly contemporary? Moreover, how is that “contemporariness” defined in geographic terms?
Focusing on a few key Shakespearean texts, and discussing some major Asian performances based on them, this presentation will explore the above questions from a non-Western perspective. It will demonstrate that the works of the late Yukio Ninagawa, as well as those of Wu Hsing-Kuo or Tang Shu Wing offer invaluable insights into Shakespeare’s contemporary relevance. Beyond the Western canon, above any form of “glocalization”, their performances affirm universal values within a powerful Eastern paradigm.
Bio
Professor Octavian Saiu is a scholar and professional theatre critic. He holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from National University of Theatre and Film (NUTF) in Romania, with a thesis about theatrical space, and another PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Otago in New Zealand, with a thesis about Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco. He completed his Post-Doc in Modern Literature at the University of Otago, and has been awarded his Habilitation in Theatre and Performing Arts. He teaches in the Postgraduate Programme of NUTF, the Doctoral School of Sibiu University and the Centre of Excellence in Visual Studies of the University of Bucharest. He was Visiting Fellow at the University of London, School of Advanced Study, and is Visiting Professor at universities in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and Lisbon. He has offered master classes at other universities in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as the Grotowski Institute.
He has been actively involved, as Conference Chair and Invited Speaker, in several major theatre and academic events around the world, including the Theatre Olympics, Wuzhen Theatre Festival, as well as Edinburgh International Festival, where he was Chair of the Samuel Beckett Conference in 2013. Since 2004 he has been Chair of the Conferences of Sibiu International Theatre Festival.
He has published academic articles in several international journals, as well as twelve books on theatre. He received the Critics’ Award in 2010 and the Award of the Union of Theatre Artists (UNITER) in 2013. In 2020, on the National Day of Culture, the President of Romania awarded him the Order of Cultural Merit.

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Acknowledgement/鸣谢:
哥廷根大学现代东亚研究中心

哥廷根大学学术孔子学院

Global China Conversations #2 Chinas Konkurrenz für Europas Unternehmen: Fairer Wettbewerb oder unerlaubte Subventionierung?
2021-09-30 11:00 - 12:00
Chinas Konkurrenz für Europas Unternehmen: Fairer Wettbewerb oder unerlaubte Subventionierung?

Sprecher:
Jürgen Matthes, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW)
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Baetge, Technische Hochschule Wildau
Zeit: 30.09.2021, 11:00 – 12:00 CET
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Thema
Europas Unternehmen sehen sich einem zunehmenden Konkurrenzdruck aus China ausgesetzt. Galt das Land noch vor wenigen Jahren primär als schnell wachsender Absatzmarkt und günstiger Produktionsstandort, so sind chinesische Unternehmen heute bedeutende Wettbewerber im Ringen um weltweite Marktanteile. Doch was steckt hinter diesem Erfolg? Beruht er auf einem „fairen“ Wettbewerb oder in erster Linie auf wettbewerbsverzerrenden industriepolitischen Maßnahmen? In der zweiten Global China Conversation diskutieren wir neue datengestützte Forschungsergebnisse. Wir gehen außerdem der Frage nach, welche Rolle das chinesische Wettbewerbsrecht und die Staatsunternehmen bei der Errichtung von Handelsschranken spielen und welche rechtlichen Instrumente dagegen zur Verfügung stehen.
Programm
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus Impulsvorträgen der Sprecher, gefolgt von einer Diskussion.
Die Global China Conversation #2 wird auf Deutsch abgehalten.

Literatur
Die Impulsvorträge nehmen Bezug auf folgende Veröffentlichungen:

Matthes, Jürgen, Wettbewerbsverzerrungen durch China – Akademische Evidenz und Ergebnisse einer Befragung deutscher Unternehmen, IW-Report, Nr. 10/21, Köln
Matthes, Jürgen, Konkurrenzdruck durch China auf dem EU-Markt – Ein tiefer Blick in Außenhandelsstatistik und Industriebranchen, IW-Report, Nr. 30/21, Köln

Sprecher

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Jürgen Matthes
Jürgen Matthes ist Leiter des Kompetenzfelds Internationale Wirtschaftsordnung und Konjunktur am Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln. Er hat Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Dortmund und der Dublin City University studiert. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt liegt auf den ökonomischen Aspekten der Globalisierung.

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Baetge, Technische Hochschule Wildau
Dr. Dietmar Baetge ist Professor für Internationales Handelsrecht und Wirtschaftsprivatrecht an der Technischen Hochschule Wildau. Er war u.a. Referent am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg und Partner einer deutsch-griechischen Anwaltskanzlei. Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten gehören die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Wettbewerbs- und internationaler Handelspolitik.

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Göttinger Sommerschule zum chinesischen Recht vom 20.-24.09.2021
2021-09-20 08:00 - 2021-09-24 17:00
Göttinger Sommerschule zum chinesischen Recht
Auch in diesem Jahr findet die Vortragsreihe „Göttinger Sommerschule zum chinesischen Recht“ des Deutsch-Chinesischen Instituts für Rechtswissenschaft der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in der Woche vom 20.-24.09.2021 im digitalen Format statt. Die in Kooperation mit dem Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht Hamburg organisierte Veranstaltung richtet sich an Studierende, Doktoranden und Praktiker, die einen ersten Einblick in das chinesische Recht gewinnen oder bereits vorhandene Kenntnisse vertiefen möchten. Im Vordergrund steht dabei der fachliche Austausch über aktuelle Entwicklungen des chinesischen Rechts und die Rechtspraxis in China. Das Deutsch-Chinesische Institut freut sich über ein wachsendes internationales Publikum, sodass die Vortragsreihe auf Englisch stattfinden wird.

KURSINHALTE:
Hauptbestandteil der Sommerschule ist eine tägliche Basisvorlesung „Chinese Business Law“ von Herrn Professor Dr. Knut Benjamin Pißler, China-Referent am Max-Planck-Institut. Daneben referieren Wissenschaftler und Experten zu verschiedenen ausgewählten Themenbereichen des chinesischen Rechts. Das Institut freut sich in diesem Jahr unter anderem insbesondere über die Zusage von Professor Donald Clarke (The George Washington University Law School), Prof. Dr. Yuanshi Bu (Universität Freiburg) und Prof. Dr. Eva Pils (Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London).

ANMELDUNG:
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KONTAKT:
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Lecture: Global Visions of Place and Belonging: Sojourners from China and the Arab World
2021-09-08 13:15 - 14:45
Presenter: Dr. Janice Jeong (Göttingen) & Dr. Mohammed Al-Sudairi (Hong Kong University)
Time: September 08, 13:15 – 14:45 CEST
Zoom link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/97160954443?pwd=[REDACTED]

Abstract: The talks by Dr. Mohammed Al-Sudairi and Dr. Janice Hyeju Jeong will discuss sojourners who traversed between China and the Arab world at pivotal moments in the twentieth century, who interpreted the destinations of their travels as the center of their spiritual or revolutionary worlds. They will each position Maoist China and Mecca under pre-1970s Saudi rule as global sites that drew in visitors and writers from different parts of the non-western world, and inspired idealized visions on the connections between China and the Arab world in past and future. Besides outlining the little-known actors and sources, the speakers will try to highlight the tensions between the romanticized imaginaries and realities, and the projection of the writers‘ societal circumstances onto their conceptualizations.
The speakers:
Mohammed Turki Al-Sudairi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. He is affiliated with the Asian Religious Connections research cluster and involved in the „The Infrastructures of Faith: Religious Mobilities on the Belt and the Road“ research project. He is also a Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Asian Studies Unit at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. His research interests encompass Sino-Middle Eastern relations, Islamic and leftist connections between East Asia and the Arab World, and Chinese politics.
Janice Hyeju Jeong is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Göttingen, working as a part of the project ‘Conceptions of World Order and their Social Carrier Groups’ funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Her broad research interests include formations of Islamic diaspora networks between China and the Arabian Peninsula, inter-Asian connections, and history and anthropology.

Global China Conversations: China und Europa - Riskante wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeiten?
2021-08-24 11:00 - 12:00
Global China Conversations: China und Europa – Riskante wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeiten?

Sprecher: Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr (Präsident des IfW)
Jörg Wuttke (Präsident der EU-Handelskammer China)
Moderatorin: Dr. Vera Eichenauer, Ökonomin an der Konjunkturforschungsstelle KOF der ETH Zürich
Zeit: 11:00 -12:00 Uhr, 26.08.2021
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Thema
Die chinesische und die europäische Wirtschaft sind eng verflochten. Dies zeigt sich besonders während der Covid-19-Krise, als Lieferengpässe ebenso wie Chinas rasche wirtschaftliche Erholung Schlagzeilen machten. Die enge Verflechtung mit dem schwer einzuschätzenden Wirtschaftspartner China birgt Risiken. Die Spannungen nehmen zu, was sich auch an dem auf Eis gelegten Investitionsabkommen zwischen der EU und China zeigt. In der ersten Global China Conversation analysieren wir die sino-europäischen Wirtschaftsbeziehungen mit einem Fokus auf gegenseitigen Abhängigkeiten. Wir diskutieren politische Vorschläge für Maßnahmen und fragen, was das Konzept der ‘doppelten Zirkulation’ im chinesischen Fünfjahresplan und die europäische Außenpolitik der ‘strategischen Unabhängigkeit’ für die weitere Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsbeziehungen bedeutet.

Programm
Die Veranstaltung besteht aus Impulsvorträgen der Sprecher gefolgt von einer Diskussion und der Möglichkeit von direktem Austausch mit den Sprechern in digitalen Break-out Rooms.
Die Global China Conversation #1 wird auf Deutsch abgehalten.

Sprecher

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Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ph.D.
Prof. Dr. Gabriel Felbermayer ist seit März 2019 Präsident des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft. Gleichzeitig ist er Inhaber der Professur für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftspolitik, an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. Gabriel Felbermayr hat verschiedene Rollen und Positionen inne. Die wichtigsten sind: Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie; Mitherausgeber, European Economic Review; Assoziierter Herausgeber, Zeitschrift der European Economic Association.

Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke ist Chefrepräsentant eines großen deutschen Dax-Konzerns in China. Er ist zudem Präsident der EU-Handelskammer in China – ein Amt, das er bereits von 2007 bis 2010 sowie von 2014 bis 2017 besetzt hatte. Wuttke ist Mitglied des Beratergremiums des Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin und lebt seit mehr als drei Jahrzehnten in Peking.

Moderation

Dr. Vera Eichenauer
Dr. Vera Eichenauer ist Ökonomin an der Konjunkturforschungsstelle KOF der ETH Zürich. Sie interessiert sich für Wirtschaftspolitik und Fragen der internationalen ökonomischen Governance. Sie forscht aktuell unter anderem zu Europas Umgang mit Chinas wirtschaftlicher Präsenz und Einfluss durch wirtschaftspolitische Massnahmen. 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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Virtual Exhibition: "Who's Talking? On Performing Objects and Their Voices
2021-07-31 10:00 - 2021-08-02 19:00
Ms. Shasha Li, guest speaker of the Ostasiatisches Seminar at the University of Göttingen, puppeteer, and stage director will join other five artists from African, Asian, and European countries for the exhibition and symposium “Who’s Talking? On Performing Objects and Their Voices ” from July 30th- August 1st, 2021. For all the details of the virtual events, please visit the webpage of KOLK 17 Figurentheater & Museum in Lübeck.
Visit the virtual exhibition ” “Who’s Talking? Sechs künstlerische Blicke auf die Sammlung KOLK 17” here.

Lecture: Maritime Security and Strategic Implications in the South China Sea
2021-07-20 16:00 - 18:00
Tuesday, July 20, 4pm-6pm (CET)
Dr. Sarah Kirchberger
Leiterin der Abteilung Strategische Entwicklung in Asien-Pazifik am Institut für Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Kiel
Zoom link: https://s.gwdg.de/JFiAoJ

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Lecture: The Inter-State Order of Post-Tang East Asia
2021-07-15 15:00 - 17:00
Presenter: Nicolas Tackett
Time: July 15, 3-5pm CEST
Zoom link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/93717896257
Meeting ID: 937 1789 6257

Abstract: Whereas a few decades ago, the pre-twentieth century “Chinese World Order” was typically treated as unchanging across the vast span of the imperial period, this talk is premised on the idea that inter-state systems evolve substantially over time. With this spirit in mind, I will propose the fall of the Tang as a pivotal moment that ushered in a very different East Asian World Order. I will consider both the ideological foundation of this state system and the pragmatic rules and protocols governing inter-state interactions.
Bio: Nicolas Tackett is Professor of History at U.C. Berkeley. He is the author of two books. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (2014) examines how a network of powerful families survived at the pinnacle of political power for centuries only to disappear into oblivion suddenly and completely at the turn of the 10th c. The Origins of the Chinese Nation (2017) argues that a national consciousness emerged in China in the eleventh century (i.e., much earlier than typically assumed), and explores how this new consciousness was a product of the diplomatic environment of 11th-c. Northeast Asia.

Virtual Theater Project
2021-07-13 16:00 - 22:00
China Topography 2021 is a virtual theater project conceptualized by Prof. Dr. Li Yinan, which includes The Peach Blossom Land, The River, Relics, The Escape, and News Broadcast. Prof. Sebastian Kaiser and students at the Central Academy of Theater will join her to present the performances on July 13. You may find more details from the program.

Anyone who is interested is warmly welcome! To register for participation, just send a message to chinatopo2021@outlook.com

Weiyena - Ein Heimatfilm
2021-07-07 18:00 - 21:00
Weiyena – Ein Heimatfilm
Filmvorführung & Gespräch mit den Regisseurinnen
7. Juli, 2021 18:00 – 21:00
Zoom Link: https://s.gwdg.de/AQMM6q
Zwei Familiengeschichten, ein Jahrhundert und zwei Metropolen verschmelzen in einer Person: Weina Zhao. Ihre Eltern nannten die kleine Tochter ‘Wien’ – Wéiyěnà – , als sie von Peking nach Österreich auswanderten. Weinas Reise zurück in die Geschichte – von der Kulturrevolution bis ins moderne China – berührt die großen Themen des 21. Jahrhunderts: Migration, Identität und Vergangenheitsbewältigung.

WEIYENA – EIN HEIMATFILM – TRAILER from Langbein & Partner Media on Vimeo.
Programm:
18:00 s.t. Einführung
18:15 – 20:00 Weiyena – Ein Heimatfilm
20:00 Gespräch mit den Regiseurinnen Weina Zhao & Judith Benedikt

Lecture: Most Dangerous Place on Earth? External and Internal Threats to Taiwan’s Security
2021-07-06 16:00 - 18:00
Tuesday, July 6, 4pm-6pm (CET)
Dr. Hermann Halbeisen
Lehrstuhl für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte der Universität zu Köln
Zoom link: https://s.gwdg.de/MnBRfe

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100 Years of CCP History - 100 Jahre KPCh Ist die Ära Xi Jinping das Ende der Geschichte der KPCh oder: Wie Xi Jinping die Parteigeschichte umschreibt
2021-06-29 18:00 - 20:00
100 Years of CCP History – 100 Jahre KPCh
Ist die Ära Xi Jinping das Ende der Geschichte der KPCh oder: Wie Xi Jinping die Parteigeschichte umschreibt.

Vortrag & Podiumsdiskussion – 29.06.2021, 18-20 Uhr (CEST)
Zoom-Link: https://s.gwdg.de/Bxi2rO
Vortrag: Jonny Erling (Frankurt am Main)
Moderator: Sascha Klotzbücher (Universität Göttingen)
Diskutant*innen: Felix Wemheuer (Universität Köln) & Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Universität Wien)
100 Jahre Geschichte der KPCh, das ist ein Anlaß, um die Geschichte der KPCh neu zu überdenken und millionenfach in der VR China als Buch zu vertreiben. Xi Jinping hat die offizielle Parteigeschichtsschreibung in der VR China schon jahrelang damit beschäftigt, eine neue Version der Parteigeschichte zu verfassen und ihr seinen Stempel aufzudrücken. Johnny Erling wird sich mit der „neuen“ Parteigeschichte auseinandersetzen und in seiner Präsentation die wichtigsten Änderungen gegenüber früheren Versionen herausarbeiten. In der anschließenden Diskussion werden Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik und Felix Wemheuer die aktuellen Befunde historisch und politisch im Gespräch mit Johnny Erling einordnen.

Auch der Pfirsich hat nur einen Kern: Wie Xi Jinping mit der Umschreibung der Parteigeschichte sich als Chinas neuer Steuermann etablieren will
Jonny Erling (Frankfurt am Main)
Zusammenfassung:
Zur Feier des hundertjährigen „Geburtstag“ der Partei am 1. Juli hat Parteichef Xi Jinping die Geschichte der KP seit 1921 neu schreiben lassen und ihr damit ein Danahergeschenk gemacht. Ein Viertel der 531 Seiten ist der Glorifizierung der Herrschaft Xis seit Ende 2012 gewidmet. Die Neufassung preist Staatsgründer Mao Zedongs Verdienst, das unterdrückte China „aufstehen“ zu lassen. Reformarchitekt Deng Xiaoping gelang es, China „reich“ werden zu lassen, Xi aber vollendet nun das Werk seiner Vorgänger, indem er China seiner historischen Bestimmung zuführt, „stark zu werden.“ Die Partei ist zu diesem Zweck vorbestimmt. Alle ihre Linienkämpfe und verheerenden Verfolgungskampagnen wie die Kulturrevolution können im Nachhinein neu bewertet werden, als rechtzeitig von der Partei korrigierte Betriebsunfälle auf der Suche nach dem richtigen Weg. Alle dabei gemachten Fehler können daher (ohnehin relativiert durch die vielen Erfolge) auf wenigen Seiten abgehandelt werden. Sie brauchen keine eigenen Kapitel mehr, um sie zu beschreiben.
Im Countdown auf den 20. Parteitag 2022, der die Weichen für Chinas Aufstieg in den kommenden 30 Jahren zur dominierenden Weltmacht stellen soll, festigt Partei- und Staatschef Xi Jinping mit der Reinterpretation der Parteigeschichte seinen Anspruch auf die Rolle eines neuen Steuermann in Chinas Geschichte. Als „Kern“ der chinesischen Führung hat er bereits die kollektive Führung ausgehebelt. Die Schulungskampagnen zur Parteigeschichte kurz vor dem 1. Juli geben die Linie vor, dass ohne Xi als Kern keines von Chinas Zielsetzungen erreichbar ist. „Wie Genosse Mao einst sagte. Wie viele Kerne hat ein Pfirsich? Wenn man ihn öffnet, dann sieht man nur einen.“
Statt wie einst vom Reformarchitekten Deng Xiaoping vorgegeben, nach zehn Jahren Amtszeit einen geordneten Übergang vorzubereiten, baut Xi seine Alleinherrschaft aus. Auf dem 19. Parteitag ließ er die Parteistatuten ändern, um sich als ideologischer Vordenker für die neue sozialistische Ära Xi zu verankern. Er brachte den Volkskongress dazu, ihm durch Verfassungsänderung zu erlauben, aufLebenszeit zu regieren.
Johnny Erling studierte Sinologie in Frankfurt und an der Peking-Universität. Von 1980 bis 1982 arbeitete er als Lektor am Pekinger Marx-Engels Institut. Von 1985 bis 1990 war er China-Korrespondent für einen Zeitungspool unter Federführung der Frankfurter Rundschau, von 1997 bis 2019 arbeitete er für die Welt und den Standard in Peking.
Veranstalter: Centre for Modern East Asian Studies & Ostasiatisches Seminar an der Universität Göttingen, Lehrstuhl für Moderne China Studien, Universität zu Köln
Picture: Kevin Doyle - Choice34: Ceiling in the Great Hall of the People - Beijing. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). https://flic.kr/p/9dv3FG

2-Day Public Panel: Conceptualizing Planetary Humanities
2021-06-24 16:00 - 2021-06-25 10:15 | Youtube
Conceptualizing Planetary Humanities
A Public Panel (Two Parts)

This public panel is part of a workshop hosted by Bo Strath, John Noyes & Dominic Sachsenmaier. It will discuss some of the major themes, contours, contexts, interventions, challenges, or potential pitfalls of the humanities understood as a planetary endeavor. The two panels (about one hour each) will be broadcast on youtube livestream.

Part One: June 24th, 16.00-17.15 Central European Time

Chair: Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici University)

– Dipesh Chakrabarty (University of Chicago)
– Rochona Majumdar (University of Chicago)
– Walter Mignolo (Duke University)
– Henning Trüper (Free University Berlin)
– Achille Mbembe (University of the Witwatersrand)

Livestream: https://youtu.be/ugLel0HrieA

Part Two: June 25h, 9.00-10.15 am Central European Time

Chair: Dominic Sachsenmaier (Göttingen University)

– Wang Hui (Tsinghua University)
– Selcuk Esenbel (Bogazici University)
– Nkatha Kabira (University of Nairobi)
– Hsiung Ping-Chen (Academia Sinica)
– Premesh Lalu (University of the Western Cape)

Livestream: Livestream: http://youtu.be/rmUbJfWL5HQ

Shouxin Kuaile 收信快乐 Love Letters
2021-06-24 - 2021-06-26
A Monological & Digital Theater Produced by Ying Ming Theater in Göttingen, Germany
数字剧场独白剧，德国哥廷根嘤鸣剧社出品
The innocence and ignorance of youth is a poem as it may seem and a mystery as I can dream. Shuttlecocking letters from afar for forty years, I look for a love in my life. I wonder if time could stop at the moment when we first met, without dislocation, delusion and discrepancies.
年少时的懵懂情愫，如诗如梦。四十年，驿寄梅花，鱼传尺素，寻一生知心爱人。盼人生若只如初见，不再错、错、错。
Shouxin Kuaile (Love Letters) is adapted from a drama of the same name, in which the motif of “love and regret” has been re-examined and constructed. The work highlights the thinking about encounters in life and the argument of free will, showing how individuals experience inner conflicts in front of choices. This drama uses monologues and cross-media to present the heavy emotional burden carried by the two characters through the artistic technique of “cinema theater”. When the minimalist theater scenes and the verbal metaphor in the language of camera/photography meet, Shouxin Kuaile, a post dramatic theater, will provide the audience a unique aesthetic experience online.
《收信快乐》根据同名话剧改编而成，其中“爱情与遗憾”的母题被重新审视和构建，并在此基础上突出了对人生际遇与自由意志的思考，展现了个体在面临选择时所经历的内在冲突。作品用独白和跨媒体记录的方式将一段厚重的情感通过“电影剧场”的艺术手法呈现出来：当极简的戏剧场景和极富隐喻意义的镜头语言交汇时，独特的后戏剧剧场将为观众的线上观影提供别具一格的审美体验。
This drama premieres at the 5th European Chinese Theater Festival (Online Special, June 24-26) in Frankfurt.
作品参加法兰克福“第五届欧洲中文戏剧节”(6月24日-26日)线上特别展演。

https://yingmingtheater.com/love-letters/

The 17th Göttingen East Asia Research Salon
2021-06-22 18:00 - 20:00
100 Years of CCP History – 100 Jahre KPCh History in three keys: The Cultural Revolution as event, memory, and theory
Research Salon & Discussion
Time: June 22, 2021, 6-8 p.m. (CEST)
Zoom link: https://s.gwdg.de/6OYGsF

Looking at 100 years of CCP history, the Cultural Revolution emerges as a key event in post-49 history. The idea is that understanding the Cultural Revolution is crucial to understanding both the Maoist period and the post-Maoist period of CCP history. In no socialist country has the leader of the Communist Party dared to mobilize the population against the Party, and to some degree, it is still a mystery that the CCP survived this attack. Mr Cui Jinke, doctoral student from the University of Vienna, will introduce insights from his doctoral project on factionalism in CCP history, and Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik as well as Sascha Klotzbücher will discuss his findings in the context of research strategies that focus on memory and theoretical approaches to explaining the Cultural Revolution.

Presenter: Cui Jinke (University of Vienna)
Moderator: Sascha Klotzbücher (University of Göttingen)
Discussants: Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (University of Vienna) &
Felix Wemheuer (University of Cologne)

Pancake and Ladder: Inside Local Factional Politics during the Cultural Revolution
Cui Jinke (University of Vienna)
The Cultural Revolution (CR), known as the Ten Years of Chaos, is the most sustained and intensive factional struggle in the 100-year history of the Chinese Communist Party. However, the official party history records tend to be silent and vague on the content of factional politics, especially when it comes to the local levels of the political process. Moreover, the lack of local sources makes it more difficult to analyze its variety outside the center. On the local level, do the factional conflicts occur inside the rebel groups, or between the rebels and the conservatives supported by the army? Is it a game of “the winner takes it all”, or is it a “balance of power” game? By analyzing the primary sources from the process, oral history records, and local chronicles from Shandong province, this presentation will show that policy reversals have repeatedly occurred in the process of local factional politics (called turn over pancakes翻烙饼 during the CR). A typical factional circle starts with a crisis initiated as a result for a certain central political agenda. Then a specific group is mobilized to attack selected targets. When the crisis rises to a certain level, the campaign initiator intervenes on behalf of the criticized target and offers a way out. This tactic is described as “setting aladder架梯子“. Through this method, the campaign initiator tries to gain the gratitude and loyalty from those factions which had been under attack. In local factional practice, the optimal solution, i.e that the winner takes it all, was rarely achieved. Instead, usual procedure is constant internal split and repeated balancing of power. This finding will contribute to understanding the complicated local factional political process in CR.

Cui Jinke崔金珂 is a PhD student at the Department of East Asian Studies – Sinology (University of Vienna). He obtained her MA at Peking University, majoring in the History of the CCP. For his research on the Cultural Revolution Cui Jinke conducted fieldwork in Shandong and Shanxi provinces, collecting local archival materials and conducting oral history interviews since 2013.
Organizers:
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies & Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Göttingen, Lehrstuhl für Moderne China Studien, Universität zu Köln
Picture: Cui Jinke

Lecture: China’s Ambitions in East Asia: Implications for Security and Stability
2021-06-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Tuesday, June 15, 4pm-6pm (CET)
Helena Legarda
Senior analyst, Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, Berlin
Zoom link: https://s.gwdg.de/MQZZWW

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Wochen der Hoffnung - Die Pekinger Studentenbewegung
2021-06-08 16:00 - 18:00
Wochen der Hoffnung – Die Pekinger Studentenbewegung
2.-31.Mai 1989“
Erlebnisbericht von Helmut Opletal
8. Juni 2021, 16:00 – 18:00 (CET)
Zoom-Link: https://s.gwdg.de/5tnkdO
Anfang Mai 1989 fuhr Helmut Opletal im Auftrag des ORF nach Peking, um über den historischen China-Besuch des sowjetischen Staats- und Parteichefs Michail Gorbatschow zu berichten. Schließlich verbrachte er vier Wochen in China, und nicht Gorbatschow, sondern die Studentenproteste wurden zum Schwerpunkt seiner Berichterstattung. In dieser Zeit (2.-31. Mai 1989) entstanden in den Wochen vor der Niederschlagung der Bewegung hunderte persönliche Fotos. Es sind keine Bilder der Panzer und tragischen Ereignisse von Anfang Juni, sondern Szenen voller Zuversicht und Hoffnung vor allem junger Menschen auf mehr Freiheit, Demokratie und einen nachhaltigen gesellschaftlichen Wandel.
Die Fotos dieser Präsentation und zahlreiche weitere finden Sie unter https://photos.app.goo.gl/Kws7c5kuc763Lks38.
Dr. Helmut OPLETAL, Jg. 1952, studierte an der Universität Wien Publizistik, Politikwissenschaft und Sinologie. 1973 gehörte er zu den ersten österreichischen Austauschstudenten in China, zwischen 1976 und 2009 war er Redakteur und Reporter für den ORF, 1980-85 auch China-Korrespondent mehrerer deutschsprachiger Zeitungen. Seit 2002 ist Opletal als Lehrbeauftragter, Gastprofessor und Projektmitarbeiter am Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Wien tätig.
Veranstalter: Centre for Modern East Asian Studies & Ostasiatisches Seminar an der Universität Göttingen, Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften – Sinologie an der Universität Wien

Image: Helmut Opletal, “Demokratie - unser gemeinsames Ideal“ (Helmut Opletal auf dem Tian’anmen-Platz, Mai 1989)
