Guest Lecture / 讲座: East Asian Hanzi Art: Between Calligraphy and Abstraction 东亚汉字艺术：介于文笔（书写）与抽象之间
2025-12-18 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.603, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen
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Lecture: 龍居佛地：一位百歲僧人的宗教歷程/ Dragon Dwelling in a Buddhist Land: The Religious Journey of a Centenarian Monk
2025-12-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Titel: 龍居佛地：一位百歲僧人的宗教歷程/ Dragon Dwelling in a Buddhist Land: The Religious Journey of a Centenarian Monk
Time：18. December 2025 CET 10:00–12:00 Online Speech via ZooM
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Abstract：(Chinese Version)
本研究依据文献与访谈，记述了江苏大林禅寺静海老和尚（1919-2019）一生的宗教经验。出身极贫、早入小庙为僧的静海，后因进入佛学院受教育而得以成为僧团精英的一员。1950年后他被迫还俗，1982年复出，并于1989年离开天宁寺，投身重建武进大林寺。在大林寺，他不仅重建了寺庙，聚集了信众，而且勉力创办了武进佛学院，使大林寺逐步成为当地的一个佛教中心。静海的历程折射了一百多年来中国政治与宗教的宏观变迁，同时也在展现了近代汉传佛教变革与重建的一些重要机制。一方面，二十世纪上半叶出现的佛学院，对于僧团内部的社会流动性产生了重大影响。正是得益于这一新制度，静海本人才摆脱了小庙应付僧的命运，经过“学僧”这一过渡性身份，最终转变为大丛林的法师。另一方面，静海所主持的大林寺重建过程反映了佛教传统对原有地方传统的吸收和运用的高超能力。例如，当地的道教遗产“白龙”和“龙母”崇拜，不仅得到了重新肯定，而且被转化为佛教功德和成就的证明。总地来看，静海老和尚的佛教生涯可以分为两个部分。他的前半生都是在不同佛教制度框架内寻找自己的位置；他的后半生——以他在1989年主动离开著名的天宁寺为转折点——则将自己前半生的经验融入到重建大林寺的策略之中。在这个意义上 ，静海个人的小故事与1980年代之后中国大陆佛教复兴的大故事分享了相同的母题，即对二十世纪上半叶的某种再现或折返。
Abstract: (English Version)
Based on textual sources and interviews, this study recounts the religious experiences of Master Jinghai (1919–2019) of Dalin Chan Temple in Jiangsu. Born into extreme poverty and ordained at a small rural temple at an early age, Jinghai later entered a Buddhist academy, which enabled him to rise into the ranks of the monastic elite. After 1950, he was compelled to return to lay life; he reentered the sangha in 1982 and, in 1989, left Tianning Temple to devote himself to the reconstruction of Dalin Temple in Wujin. At Dalin Temple, he not only rebuilt the monastery and gathered a community of devotees, but also worked to establish the Wujin Buddhist Academy, gradually transforming Dalin into a local center of Buddhist activity.
Jinghai’s life journey mirrors the broader political and religious transformations that unfolded across China over the past century, while also revealing several key mechanisms behind the reform and reconstruction of modern Chinese Buddhism. On the one hand, the emergence of Buddhist academies in the first half of the twentieth century profoundly reshaped social mobility within the sangha. It was precisely through this new institutional pathway that Jinghai escaped the fate of remaining an obscure monk in a small rural temple and, through the transitional status of a “student-monk,” ultimately became a Dharma teacher in major monastic centers. On the other hand, the process of reconstruction that Jinghai oversaw at Dalin Temple illustrates the remarkable capacity of Buddhist tradition to absorb and repurpose local traditions. For instance, local Daoist heritages such as the cults of the “White Dragon” and “Dragon Mother” were not only reaffirmed but were transformed into proofs of Buddhist merit and accomplishment.
Overall, Master Jinghai’s Buddhist career may be divided into two phases. His early life was marked by efforts to find his place within various institutional frameworks of modern Buddhism; his later life—beginning with his voluntary departure from the renowned Tianning Temple in 1989—integrated his earlier experiences into a strategic blueprint for rebuilding Dalin Temple. In this sense, Jinghai’s personal narrative shares the same underlying motif as the revival of Buddhism in mainland China after the 1980s: a return to, or rearticulation of, certain institutional models and aspirations originating in the first half of the twentieth century.
Profile：(Chinese Version)
汲喆，法国国立东方语言文明学院（Inalco）社会学教授、东语-圣严近现代汉传佛教讲席教授、法国多学科佛教研究中心（CEIB）主任。他的主要研究领域包括近佛教现代性、宗教全球化、宗教社会学理论与法国汉学史。著作包括《宗教、现代性与时间性：当代禅宗的社会学》 (Religion, modernité et temporalité: une sociologie du bouddhisme chan contemporain, CNRS Editions, 2016)，主编有《二十世纪中国佛教的两次复兴》（与Daniela Campo、王启元合编，复旦大学出版社，2016）、《得道与成圣——现代中国宗教权威的建构》(Making Saints in Modern China , co-edited with David Ownby and Vincent Goossaert, Oxford University Press, 2017)、《改革开放时代的中国佛教》(Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions, co-edited with Gareth Fisher and André Laliberté, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019)、《现代世界的思想者——齐美尔研究辑选》（与任强合编，商务印书馆，2021）、《新时代中国的佛教嬗变——国家、文化与宗教之间》（Metamorphosis of Buddhism in China’s New Era: Between State, Culture, and Religion, co-edited with David L.Wank and Ashiwa Yoshiko, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025）等。
(English Version)
Ji Zhe is a Professor of Sociology and the holder of the Inalco-Sheng Yen Chair for the Studies of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Buddhism at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco), as well as the Director of the Centre d’Études Interdisciplinaires sur le Bouddhisme (CEIB). His primary research areas include Buddhist modernity, the globalization of religion, sociological theories of religion, and the history of French sinology. His publications include Religion, modernité et temporalité: une sociologie du bouddhisme chan contemporain (CNRS Editions, 2016); and he has served as editor or co-editor of 二十世纪中国佛教的两次复兴 (co-edited with Daniela Campo and Wang Qiyuan, Fudan University Press, 2016); Making Saints in Modern China (co-edited with David Ownby and Vincent Goossaert, Oxford University Press, 2017); Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions (co-edited with Gareth Fisher and André Laliberté, University of Hawai‘i Press, 2019); 现代世界的思想者——齐美尔研究辑选 (co-edited with Ren Qiang, The Commercial Press, 2021); and Metamorphosis of Buddhism in China’s New Era: Between State, Culture, and Religion (co-edited with David L. Wank and Ashiwa Yoshiko, Bloomsbury Academic, 2025), among others.

The Wandering Earth II 《流浪地球 II》 17.12.2025, 18:00–21:45, ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen Mand. m. dt. UT, 173 Minuten, Einführung: Marc Hermann (Universität Bonn)
2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:30 | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 008

讲座 Lecture: The Plurality of Global Chinese and a Multi-Standard Perspective in Chinese Language Teaching
2025-12-16 16:15 - 18:45

Lecture Series: Buddhism in Modern China 2025/2026: Reflections on Writing Knowledge History of Buddhism in Modern China: A Perspective from Buddhist Philology and Historiography
2025-12-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Reflections on Writing Knowledge History of Buddhism in Modern China: A Perspective from Buddhist Philology and Historiography
近現代中國佛教知識史書寫的反思：從經史學的視域看
Prof. Dr. 龔雋 GONG Jun (Sun Yat-sen University)
Time: December 12, 2025, 10:00–12:00 CET
Venue: Online via VooV Meeting/ 騰訊會議 (Link: https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/pWP6lzBG7jvQ)
Language: Chinese/ 中文
Abstract:
本演讲以近代以来中国佛教史研究为案例，主要探究宗教史研究中如何处理文本与经验的复杂关系，这对于宗教思想史研究来讲具有重要的方法论意义。主体内容共分三部分，第一部分在现代中国学术史研究从80年代“思想史”到90年代“学术史”的转型脉络中，来说明中国佛教史研究的嬗变与得失。第二部分阐明近代中国佛学研究的方法论经验，特别从近代中国学术思想史研究中的经史学关系来加以分析，论述了哲学、新史学及经学等不同类型佛学研究的方式及其特点，并指出欧阳竟无为代表的内学研究对现代中国佛学研究所具有的启发意义。最后，指出近代以来中国佛学史研究受到域外研究的深刻影响，并从中深刻地反思与阐释如何恰当地处理中国佛教思想史研究中的在地经验与域外传统的关系。
Taking modern Chinese Buddhist historiography as a case study, this lecture examines how to approach the complex relationship between textual analysis and lived experience in the study of religious history—an issue of considerable methodological importance for the intellectual history of religion. The lecture consists of three main parts.
The first part situates the transformations, achievements, and limitations of Chinese Buddhist historiography within the broader intellectual shift in modern Chinese scholarship from the “history of thought” in the 1980s to the “history of scholarship” in the 1990s.
The second part elucidates the methodological insights of modern Chinese Buddhist studies, with particular attention to the relationship between canonical studies and historical scholarship as articulated in modern Chinese intellectual history. It analyzes the distinct approaches and characteristics of various modes of Buddhist scholarship, including philosophical studies, the New Historiography, and classical philology, and highlights the methodological significance of “inner learning” (neixue 內學) scholarship, represented by Ouyang Jingwu, for modern Buddhist studies.
Finally, the lecture discusses the profound influence of foreign scholarship on modern Chinese Buddhist historiography and offers reflections on how to appropriately navigate the relationship between local intellectual experience and external scholarly traditions in the study of Chinese Buddhist intellectual history.
Short Bio:
龚隽，中山大学哲学系教授、中山大学比较宗教研究所教授，副所长、博士研究生导师；中山大学哲学系佛学研究中心主任，2024年起任中山大学哲学系（珠海）、中山大学哲学系双聘教授。学术兼职有:中华外国哲学史学会东方哲学专业委员会副主任，中国社科院评价研究院宗教专业委员会委员，《新史学》（中华书局）学术编委，《汉语佛学评论》（上海古籍出版社）主编，《人文宗教研究》（北京大学宗教文化研究院主办）编委等。主要从事中国佛教思想史及中国哲学史的教学与研究。主要研究作品有1、《作为“知识”的近代佛学史论——在东亚视域内的知识史论述》，商务印书馆，2019年版，（与陈继东教授合著）。2、《中国禅学研究入门》，（与陈继东教授合著），复旦大学出版社，2009年版。3、《禅史钩沉：以问题为中心的思想史论述》，北京三联书店，2006年版。4、《修剪菩提树――“批判佛教”的风暴》（译著），上海古籍出版社2004年版。在《哲学研究》、《世界宗教研究》、《中国哲学史》、《台湾大学佛学研究中心学报》、《国际禅研究》（日本东洋大学主办）等海内外学术刊物发表论文40余篇。
Gong Jun is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University and Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of Comparative Religion. He also serves as Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies. Since 2024, he has held a dual appointment at both the Guangzhou and Zhuhai Philosophy Departments of Sun Yat-sen University.
His professional roles include Vice Chair of the Committee on Eastern Philosophy of the Chinese Association for the History of Foreign Philosophy, member of the Religion Committee of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Institute, editorial board member of New Historiography 新史学, Editor-in-Chief of Review of Chinese Buddhist Studies 汉语佛学评论, and editorial board member of Journal of Humanistic and Religious Studies 人文宗教研究.
His research focuses on the intellectual history of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese philosophy. Major publications include:《作为“知识”的近代佛学史论》 (Modern Buddhist Studies as “Knowledge”, 2019, with Chen Jidong); 《中国禅学研究入门》 (An Introduction to Chinese Chan Studies, 2009, with Chen Jidong);《禅史钩沉》 (Excavating the History of Chan, 2006); 《修剪菩提树——“批判佛教”的风暴》 (Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm of “Critical Buddhism”, 2004, translation)
He has published more than forty articles in leading journals in China and abroad.

Lecture: Prof. Shigeru Akita (Osaka University): From 'Green Revolution' to 'Economic Liberalization' in 1970s-80s' India: Impacts of Oil Crises in a Global Perspective
2025-12-09 18:15 - 19:45 | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.701, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, 37073, Deutschland
Abstract:
This talk reconsiders the progress of India’s ‘Green Revolution’, specifically agricultural development in the 1970s, within the context of the two oil crises. How did India achieve a ‘Green Revolution’, and what factors contributed to India’s agricultural development in the 1970s? How did India manage to recover from this second economic turmoil in the early 1980s? As this presentation will show, the oil crises of the 1970s and its aftermath in the 1980s and the early 1990s laid the groundwork for the restructuring of the international economic order and the so-called economic miracle in Asia.
Speaker:
Shigeru AKITA is Professor of Global History, Osaka University, Japan. He is doing ‘Creating Global History from Asian perspective’ through global economic history. His major publications include, (ed.) Oil Crises of the 1970s and the Transformation of International Order: Economy, Development and Aid in Asia and Africa (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023).
Organizers:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen
Prof. Ravi Ahuja (Göttingen)

East Asia and West Asias: Dialogues in Past, Present, and Future Worldmaking
2025-12-06 10:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-05 09:45 - 17:15 | Historische Sternwarte, University of Göttingen, Geismar Landstraße 11, Göttingen, 37083
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Farewell My Concubine 《霸王别姬》 03.12.2025, 18:00–21:45, ZHG 008, Universität Göttingen Mand. m. engl. UT, 171 Minuten, Referent: Martin Gieselmann (Universität Heidelberg)
2025-12-03 18:00 - 21:45 | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 008

Lecture: Prof. Eric Vanden Bussche (Tokyo University): The Global 19th Century: Networks of Knowledge, Migration, and Empire
2025-11-26 16:15 - 17:45 | PH 20 (Humboldtallee 19/21)
Abstract:
This lecture investigates how transnational scientific and geographical exchanges between China, Brazil, and British Burma contributed to the dual processes of nation-building and empire-building in the nineteenth century. Drawing on archival sources from China, Brazil, Myanmar, and Great Britain, it centers on two interconnected case studies: Fu Yunlong’s intelligence-gathering mission to South America and the cartographic expeditions along the Sino-Burmese borderlands. By foregrounding the agency of both state and non-state actors, it demonstrates how intelligence-gathering missions, border negotiations, and the establishment of Qing legations in Europe catalyzed the production, transfer, and negotiation of knowledge systems. These undertakings simultaneously advanced broader political, territorial, and settler-colonial objectives. Moving beyond nation-centered narratives, the lecture broadens the analytical lens on the global circulation of scientific and geographical knowledge. It further contributes to ongoing theoretical and methodological debates on settler colonialism, a concept typically grounded in Euro-American experiences. In doing so, it highlights the dynamic roles that Asian and South American actors played in shaping the expanding global networks of expertise, diplomacy, and migration.
Speaker:
Eric Vanden Bussche is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research and teaching examine the historical and contemporary dimensions of border disputes in East and Southeast Asia, as well as the transnational processes shaping Chinese immigration to Brazil. He is co-editor of Critical Han Studies: The History, Representation, and Identity of China’s Majority (University of California Press, 2012) and co-author of 《巴西与中国：世界秩序变动中的双方关系》 (世界知识出版社, 2001). He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an M.A. from Beijing University. He is currently working on a project titled “The Making of a ‘New China’ in the Tropics: Geographical Knowledge and Chinese Migration to Brazil, 1870s-1900s.”
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Lehrkräftefortbildung: Filme im ChaF-Unterricht – Didaktische Impulse und Praxisideen
2025-11-22 10:00 - 17:30 | LulZ-Raum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Waldweg 26, Göttingen
Im Rahmen der Chinesischsprachigen Filmwochen Göttingen 2025 möchten wir herzlich zur folgenden Lehrkräftefortbildung einladen:
Lehrkräftefortbildung 教师培训:
„Filme im ChaF-Unterricht – Didaktische Impulse und Praxisideen“

电影在中文作为外语课堂中的运用——教学启示与实践探索

Präsenzveranstaltung: 22. November 2025, 10:00–17:30 Uhr
Ort: LulZ-Raum, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Waldweg 26, Göttingen
Online-Nachbereitung: 11. Dezember 2025, 18:30–20:00 Uhr (Zoom)
Referentinnen: Anne Sass & Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang
Gemeinsam erkunden wir den Einsatz chinesischsprachiger Filme im Unterricht und diskutieren praxisnahe Ansätze für den Chinesischunterricht im deutschsprachigen Raum.
Die Fortbildung richtet sich an Lehrkräfte und Lehramtsstudierende im Bereich Chinesisch als Fremdsprache und ist kostenfrei.
Anmeldung bis zum 02. 11. 2025 unter:
https://survey.academiccloud.de/f/996135?lang=de
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The Legend of Hei 《罗小黑战记》 – Die Kraft in Dir 14.11.2025, 16:00–18:30, ZHG 006, Universität Göttingen Dt. Synchronfassung, 101 Minuten, Einführung: Tao Zhang (Universität Göttingen)
2025-11-14 16:00 - 18:30 | Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 006, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, Göttingen, 37073, Deutschland

Weiyena – ein Heimatfilm 13.11.2025, 19:30, Méliès Kino Göttingen Mand. & Dt. m. dt. UT, 96 Minuten, Filmgespräch mit Judith Benedikt & Weina Zhao (online), Moderation: Katja Pessl (Universität Göttingen)
2025-11-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Méliès Kino Göttingen
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Prof. Zhang Ning (Oxford): How to Tell a Sensitive History: Interviews with Chinese International Communist Volunteers in Burma
2025-11-12 18:15 - 19:45 | Verfügungsgebäude (VG) 1.102
Abstract:
Dr. Zhang is working on a book project that offers a pioneering exploration of the experiences of Chinese volunteers in Burma between 1968 and 1989. These volunteers were primarily former sent-down youths who supported the Burmese Communist Party’s insurgency against the Burmese government. After China withdrew its official military presence in 1973, many volunteers returned home and faced the difficult process of reintegrating into a society largely unaware of their contributions and sacrifices. Although Chinese involvement in the Burmese Civil War has long been an open secret, it remains officially unacknowledged by the Chinese government. The volunteers’ hopes of being recognised as soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army were met with silence, while their experiences of political repression under the BCP continue to be a sensitive and contested subject in contemporary China.
Drawing on sixty in-depth interviews and a substantial collection of personal archives, Dr. Zhang’s project sheds light on the human dimensions of “international communism” and its reverberations in Southeast Asia. This lecture explores not only how these historical actors remember and recount their contentious pasts, but also the ethical and methodological challenges of researching and narrating politically sensitive histories in China. It highlights how the act of telling these stories—by both the witnesses and the historian—reveals the emotional, political, and moral limits of historical inquiry under conditions of state silence and collective forgetting.
Speaker:
Dr. Ning Zhang received her PhD from Fudan University in China and is currently a Research Associate at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Her research examines the social and political history of modern China, with a particular focus on the Sent-Down Youth Movement and Maoism in Southeast Asia. From 2022 to 2024, she held a Newton International Fellowship at the University of Oxford, funded by the British Academy, for her project entitled “Chinese Sent-Down Youth and the Communist Movement in Burma (1968–1989).” During this fellowship, she conducted extensive fieldwork and oral history interviews. The findings from this research form the basis of her current book project and this lecture.
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Like a Rolling Stone 《出走的決心》 06. 11. 2025, 19:30, Méliès Kino Göttingen Mand. m. engl. UT, 106 Minuten, Referentin: Heidi Marweg (Mannheim)
2025-11-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Méliès Kino, Göttingen
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen Herbst/Winter 2025
哥廷根中文电影季 2025-秋冬
Dialoge zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft
EINTRITT FREI!

06.11.2025 (Do), 19:30 Uhr – Méliès Kino
Like a Rolling Stone 出走的決心 (China, 2024)
Sprache: Mandarin mit englischen Untertiteln, 106 Min
Referentin: Heidi Marweg (Mannheim)
https://www.midnightblurfilms.com/likearollingstone
Eintritt frei, Tickets über die Webseite des Lumière-Méliès reservieren: https://lumiere-melies.de
Regie: Yin Lichuan
Land: VR China
Länge: 106 Min (ca.)

Filmbeschreibung:
Nach jahrzehntelanger Hingabe an Familie und Alltag beschliesst Li Hong mit über 50 Jahren, endlich das Steuer selbst in die Hand zu nehmen und sich auf eine lange ersehnte Reise zu begeben. Rückblenden offenbaren ein Leben voller gesellschaftlicher Erwartungen, familiärer Verpflichtungen und persönlicher Einschränkungen. Der Film basiert auf der wahren Geschichte von Su Min, deren Solo-Roadtrip in China zur viralen Inspiration für viele Frauen wurde.
Im Fokus stehen nicht spektakuläre Szenen eines Road-Trips, sondern vielmehr die leisen Momente, in denen Alltag zur Ge-fährdung wird – und der Entschluss zur Veränderung zur Befreiung.
Damit lädt der Film zu einer Reflexion ein über Geschlechterrollen, Selbstbestimmung und den Mut, sich aus eingefahrenen Bahnen zu lösen.

Referentin:

Heidi Marweg (Mannheim) – Sie hat Sinologie, Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte und Politikwissenschaft in Freiburg, Köln, Nanjing und Heidelberg studiert und sich seither mit Transformationen in Kultur und Gesellschaft beschäftigt und für den interkulturellen Dialog eingesetzt. Sie interessiert sich für politische Strukturen und ihr Wirken auf Kultur und Gesellschaft. Reisen sind ihr Inspiration und Gelegenheit zur Begegnung. Sie hat zahlreiche Buchvorstellungen, Vorträge, Podien, Konzerte und Filmvorführungen konzipiert und organisiert.

Guest Lecture: The Application of Animated Films in Mythology Teaching
2025-07-22 14:00 - 15:30 | KWZ 0.601
Guest Lecture: The Application of Animated Films in Mythology Teaching
動畫電影在神話教學中的應用
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng (National Taiwan Normal University)
Date & Time:
22 July 2025, 14:00–15:30
Location:
KWZ 0.601
Format:
Hybrid
Online Registration:
Please register via email: goechaf@uni-goettingen.de
Language:
Presentation: Chinese
Slides: Chinese & English
Q&A: Bilingual (Chinese / English)
Abstract:
This lecture explores the use of animated films as engaging and effective tools in mythology instruction, helping to spark interest and deepen cultural understanding. Participants will learn how to guide students in identifying mythological themes, archetypal characters, and symbolic meanings through film selection, narrative analysis, and visual storytelling. The lecture will also discuss how to combine animated films with reading, discussion and creative activities to enhance students’ cross-cultural understanding and the ability to distinguish between classical Chinese, vernacular Chinese and dialects. This lecture is ideal for language teachers, humanities educators, and anyone interested in incorporating mythology into teaching practice .
中文摘要：
本講座探討動畫電影如何作為神話教學的輔助教材，激發學習興趣並深化文化理解。透過分析選片原則、故事結構與視覺符號，參與者將學習如何引導學生辨識神話主題、角色原型與文化寓意。講座亦將共同討論如何結合動畫電影與閱讀、討論、創作活動，提升學生的跨文化理解與文言、白話、方言的區辨能力。此課程適合語文教師、人文學科教學者及對神話教育有興趣的教育人員。

Speaker’s Bio:

Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng is a full professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She is currently serving as the Taiwan Chair and visiting researcher at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Dr. Tseng earned her B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University in 1988, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
A linguist, phonetician, and teacher educator, her early research focused on phonetics, interlanguage, and second language acquisition. More recently, her work has expanded to include Chinese dialect teacher education, AI-assisted teaching strategies, and the development of an interlanguage prosodic database for Chinese language research in Europe.
Recent publication:
Zhang, F., & Tseng, C.-C. (2025). Inclusive teaching strategies and proprioceptive learning methods for migrants in acquiring basic Chinese. In Y. Liang & Z. Li (Eds.), Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (pp. 145–174). Routledge.
Ongoing project:
International Integrated Collaboration Project for the University Alliance in the Czech Republic (ICU) and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT), under the national-level initiative for international collaboration in key academic fields (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences).
Project Title: The Dynamics of East-West Civilizational Interactions: Conflict or Fusion?
Sub-project: A Study on Interpersonal Communication between Czechs and Taiwanese in the Context of Second Language Teaching

Guest Lecture: Strategic Teaching of Movies as Self-Study Materials for Listening Comprehension
2025-07-21 16:00 - 17:30 | KWZ 0.601
Guest Lecture: Strategic Teaching of Movies as Self-Study Materials for Listening Comprehension
電影作為聽力自學教材的策略教學
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng (National Taiwan Normal University)
Date & Time:
21 July 2025, 16:00–17:30
Location:
KWZ 0.601
Language:
Presentation: Chinese
Slides: Chinese & English
Q&A: Bilingual (Chinese / English)
Abstract:
This lecture aims to explore how movies can be effectively integrated into Mandarin learners’ self-study of listening comprehension, with a focus on practical, strategy-based teaching methods. Through guidance on film selection, key scene analysis, and the design of self-study worksheets, participants will learn how to support learners in conducting targeted listening practice. The lecture will also present real-world teaching cases to demonstrate how language input and cultural context can be combined to enhance learners’ motivation and language proficiency. It is suitable for language instructors, teaching material developers, and learners interested in strengthening their self-study strategies .
中文摘要
本講座旨在探討如何將電影有效應用於華語學習者的聽力自學中，並介紹具體的策略教學方法。透過選片、重點段落摘錄與自學工作表設計，參與者將學習如何引導學生運用電影進行有目標的聽力訓練。本講座亦將分享實際教學案例，說明如何結合語言輸入與文化理解，提升學習動機與語言能力。適用對象包括語言教師、教材設計者與有興趣提升自學策略的學習者。
Speaker’s Bio:

Dr. Chin-Chin Tseng is a full professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She is currently serving as the Taiwan Chair and visiting researcher at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Dr. Tseng earned her B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University in 1988, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
A linguist, phonetician, and teacher educator, her early research focused on phonetics, interlanguage, and second language acquisition. More recently, her work has expanded to include Chinese dialect teacher education, AI-assisted teaching strategies, and the development of an interlanguage prosodic database for Chinese language research in Europe.
Recent publication:
Zhang, F., & Tseng, C.-C. (2025). Inclusive teaching strategies and proprioceptive learning methods for migrants in acquiring basic Chinese. In Y. Liang & Z. Li (Eds.), Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (pp. 145–174). Routledge.
Ongoing project:
International Integrated Collaboration Project for the University Alliance in the Czech Republic (ICU) and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT), under the national-level initiative for international collaboration in key academic fields (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences).
Project Title: The Dynamics of East-West Civilizational Interactions: Conflict or Fusion?
Sub-project: A Study on Interpersonal Communication between Czechs and Taiwanese in the Context of Second Language Teaching

Abend der Filmsongs – Gesang & Gespräch
2025-07-19 18:00 - 21:00 | KWZ 0.608
Abend der Filmsongs – Gesang & Gespräch
Ein besonderes Highlight der chinesischsprachigen Filmwoche 2025
Datum: Samstag, 19. Juli 2025
Uhrzeit: 18:00–ca. 21:00 Uhr
Ort: KWZ 0.608, Universität Göttingen
Sprachen: Deutsch & Chinesisch
Eintritt frei | Keine Anmeldung erforderlich
Im Rahmen der chinesischsprachigen Filmwoche 2025 laden wir herzlich zu einem besonderen Abend ein, der Film und Musik auf kreative Weise miteinander verbindet: dem „Abend der Filmsongs“.
Nach der gemeinsamen Filmsichtung von Xiao Wu (1997, Regie: Jia Zhangke) möchten wir mit allen Interessierten in die musikalische Welt chinesischer Filme eintauchen. Zahlreiche chinesische Filme nutzen Musik als zentrales Ausdrucksmittel für Emotionen, gesellschaftliche Veränderungen und persönliche Geschichten. Der Abend bietet die Gelegenheit, diese Lieder gemeinsam zu hören, zu übersetzen, zu reflektieren – und natürlich mitzusingen!
Was Sie erwartet:

Eine kurze Einführung zu ausgewählten Liedern aus chinesischen Filmklassikern
Vergleich verschiedener Versionen (Original, Cover, Karaoke)
Gemeinsames Übersetzen und Diskutieren prägnanter Textstellen
Offene KTV-Runde: Singen ausdrücklich erwünscht, aber ohne Druck!

Bringen Sie gerne auch eigene Lieblingslieder aus chinesischen Filmen mit.
Für Snacks und Getränke ist gesorgt – zusätzliche Mitbringsel willkommen!
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an alle – mit oder ohne Chinesischkenntnisse, mit oder ohne musikalische Erfahrung. Im Mittelpunkt steht das gemeinsame Erleben von Musik als kultureller Brücke.
Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang (Ostasiatisches Seminar)
Katja Pessl (CeMEAS)

Fortbildung für Chinesischlehrkräfte: „Vom Zeichen zum Wort – Theorie und Praxis im Unterricht“ 以字带词：从理论到实践
2025-07-12 10:00 - 17:00 | LuLZ-Raum, Waldweg 26, 37073 Göttingen
Fortbildung für Chinesischlehrkräfte: „Vom Zeichen zum Wort – Theorie und Praxis im Unterricht“
以字带词：从理论到实践

Datum: Samstag, 12. Juli 2025
Uhrzeit: 10:00–17:00 Uhr
Ort: LuLZ-Raum, Waldweg 26, 37073 Göttingen
im thematischen Rahmen von:
Typische Probleme in der Vermittlung chinesischer Schriftzeichen im deutschsprachigen Raum – Analyse und Lösungsansätze aus der Praxis
德语区汉字教学中常见问题的解析与实操

Veranstaltungssprache: Chinesisch（PPT zweisprachig: Chinesisch/Englisch）
Referent: Dr. Dehong Meng (Beijing Foreign Studies University)
Beschreibung:
Diese eintägige Lehrerfortbildung widmet sich typischen Herausforderungen im Unterricht chinesischer Schriftzeichen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Dr. Meng stellt praxisorientierte Lösungsansätze vor, um die Verbindung zwischen Zeichen und Wörtern im Fremdsprachenunterricht effektiv zu nutzen und den Wortschatzerwerb zu fördern.
Anmeldung: bis zum 2. Juli 2025
Link zur Anmeldung: https://forms.gle/UJt2i9MrxzYdCnLM8
oder QR-Code

Kontakt: chaf@aki-goettingen.de
Teilnahme: kostenfrei
Veranstalter:
Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut Göttingen in Zusammenarbeit mit der Professur für Fachdidaktik Chinesisch als Fremdsprache, Ostasiatisches Seminar, Universität Göttingen.
📎 Weitere Informationen:
🔗 Programm und Anmeldung (PDF)
🔗 Veranstaltungsposter (PDF)

Lecture: A Multispecies Conquest of Zomia: The British Raj, the Elephant Paths, and the Panthay Mule Caravans in the Chin-Lushai Hills
2025-07-08 18:00 - 19:30 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
A Multispecies Conquest of Zomia: The British Raj, the Elephant Paths, and the Panthay Mule Caravans in the Chin-Lushai Hills

Prof. Cao Yin (Peking University)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21

8. July (Tuesday), 18:15–19:45

Abstract:

Since the 1850s, the British Raj sought to control the Chin-Lushai Hills, which lie between India and Burma. However, the region’s harsh terrain and climate rendered British occupation nearly impossible. The encounter between the colonial authorities, wild elephants, and the Panthay mule caravans marked a turning point. By following wild elephant migratory corridors and relying on the infrastructures of the Panthay mule caravans, the Raj overcame the logistical challenges that had previously hindered its efforts. This study argues that the non-Western knowledge upon which the British relied for their conquest of the hills in northeastern India and northern Burma was not purely locally rooted or indigenous. Rather, it had been shaped through the mobilities of migratory elephants and itinerant Panthay traders, who developed their understandings of the region through movement and translocal engagements. The British annexation of the Chin-Lushai Hills thus represents only one chapter in a longer, multispecies history of conquest and entanglement in this frontier zone.

Speaker:

Cao Yin is an associate professor in the department of history at Peking University. He is a scholar of modern South Asian history, global history, and India-China relations. He is the author of Chinese Sojourners in Wartime Raj, 1942-45 (Oxford University Press, 2022) and From Policemen to Revolutionaries: A Sikh Diaspora in Global Shanghai, 1885-1945 (Brill, 2017). He is a recipient of the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers affiliated with the University of Göttingen. While in Göttingen, he is developing a book manuscript that explores the more-than-human dimensions of colonial expansion across the India-Burma-China borderlands in the 19th century.

Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Semi-Governmentalism: The Guild Socialists’ Reform Proposals in the Socialist Debates
2025-07-08 16:00 - 18:00 | VG 2.105
Semi-Governmentalism: The Guild Socialists’ Reform Proposals in the Socialist Debates

Zhou Yuefeng (Sichuan University)
Time: 08 July 2025 (Tuesday), 16:00–18:00
Room: VG 2.105
Language: Chinese
Abstract:
Originating in Britain, Guild Socialism was one strand of socialist thought that gained popularity in China during the May Fourth period and served as an important intellectual resource for addressing the political situation of the time. Those influenced by it actively participated in the debates on socialism. However, existing research has largely portrayed them as opponents of Marxism, emphasizing their non-communist stance while overlooking their broader vision for societal reform. In response to the emerging discourse surrounding the ideas of a “strong government” and a “good government” in the public sphere during the socialist debates, figures influenced by Guild Socialism—such as Zhang Dongsun, Lan Gongwu, Xu Liuji, and Guo Mengliang—voiced sustained opposition. They not only rejected early communists’ proposals to achieve socialism through a strong state, but also remained wary of idealized conceptions of an “omnipotent” or “benevolent” government. Instead, they advocated for a gradual strengthening of social forces and the balance of state power through a combination of occupational and regional self-governance. Their ultimate goal was a “semi-government” or a “dual-government” model—an ideal of minimal government. Yet, within an era that favored immediate action, this gradualist, society-oriented socialism was often dismissed as non-socialist or even anti-socialist. Ironically, it was the socialism advocating for a strong state that became recognized as the “orthodox” form of socialism.
Bio: Prof. Dr. Zhou Yuefeng holds a Professorship in Chinese History at Sichuan University. He is the author of Alternative New Culture Movement: The Cultural Activities of Liang Qichao’s Circle and the Intellectuals around the May Fourth Movement (Peking University Press, 2023). He has published articles on Modern Chinese intellectual history in peer-reviewed journals, including Historical Research, Modern Chinese History Studies, Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History Academia Sinica, Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), etc. He serves as the vice president of Sun Yat-Sen Research Association and the vice chief director of “Data Platform of Chinese Modern history”. He is also an elected member of the “Centre for the Study of Modern Chinese Thought” at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

半政府主义：社会主义论战中基尔特主义者的改造构想
周月峰（四川大学历史文化学院）
时间：2025年7月8日（星期二），16:00–18:00
地点：VG 2.105
语言：中文
摘要：起源于英国的基尔特社会主义是社会主义流派之一，曾在五四时期流行于中国，成为时人应对时局的重要思想资源。受其影响者曾深度参与社会主义论战，然而既有研究多将其视为马克思主义的对立者，看到的多是其非共产主义的面相，而忽视他们应对时局的整体构想。面对社会主义论战前后舆论界新兴的“强政府”与“好政府”思潮，当时受基尔特社会主义影响的张东荪、蓝公武、徐六几、郭梦良等人曾有持续反对。他们不仅反对早期共产主义者以“强政府”为手段实现社会主义的主张，在理想国家形态上也警惕“万能政府”、“好政府”的设想，而是希望通过逐渐发展社会力量，以职业自治与区域自治相结合的方式制衡政府，最终实现“半政府”、“两个政府”的小政府理想。然而，在当时倾向立刻行动的时代思潮中，这一倾向“社会”的渐进式社会主义，被视为了非社会主义或反社会主义，反而是主张“强政府”的社会主义，成了社会主义的“正统”。
简介：周月峰教授现任四川大学中国历史教授，著有《另一场新文化运动：五四前后“梁启超系”再造新文明的努力》（北京大学出版社，2023）。他在《历史研究》、《近代史研究》、《中央研究院近代史研究所集刊》、《清华大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》等同行评审期刊发表多篇关于中国近代思想史的学术论文。现任孙中山研究会副会长、“中国近代史数据平台”副主任，同时也是中国社会科学院“近代中国思想研究中心”特邀研究员。

Workshop: Pre-modern Literary Theory in Comparison – China, India, Europe
2025-07-04 - 2025-07-07 | Humboldtallee 19, PH 20 & VG, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, room 3.104
Workshop: Pre-modern Literary Theory in Comparison – China, India, Europe

4.–7. Juli 2025
Humboldtallee 19, PH 20 & VG, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, room 3.104
Vortragssprachen: Englisch

In diesem internationalen Workshop diskutieren Forscher:innen aus China, Indien und Europa vormoderne Literaturtheorien im Vergleich – von Sanskrit-Poetik und klassischer chinesischer Dichtung bis zu aristotelischer Mimesis und barocker Poesietheorie.
Die Themen reichen von Metapoetik über Textkonzepte bis hin zu historischen Veränderungen von Gattungen.

🔗 Programm & Abstracts (PDF):

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Organisiert von: Prof. Dr. Matthias Freise (Slavistik & Weltliteratur, Göttingen)

Lecture: History on Sale: Unofficial Archive Markets in Contemporary China
2025-07-01 18:00 - 19:30
History on Sale: Unofficial Archive Markets in Contemporary China

Dr. Yi Lu (Assistant Professor of History, Dartmouth College)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21

1. July (Tuesday), 18:15–19:45

Abstract:

For the past four decades, the study of contemporary China has been significantly shaped by an informal market in de-accessioned government archives. My research examines how state records have been transformed into both street commodities and scholarly resources, proposing a theory of knowledge recycling through a material economy lens. In this presentation, I explore how individuals on the margins of Chinese society, including waste recyclers, have repurposed discarded paper ephemera to create a counter-archive of knowledge. From Beijing’s Panjiayuan flea market to online platforms like Kongfuzi.com, and through various forms of indigenous classification and private museums, their cultural entrepreneurship has forged connections between a global network of scholars and collectors. This phenomenon has not only reshaped the field of contemporary Chinese history but also raised some unsettling questions about the practice and ethics of knowledge production: Who is a historian? What constitutes an archive? And what happens to history as a field when historians write with what they can buy?

Speaker:

Dr. Yi Lu is a historian of modern China, with particular interests in the history of information, material culture, and digital humanities. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth College and working on his first book project, The Dustbin of History: Making History in Modern China.

Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Lecture: From Theory to Practice: Enhancing Inclusive L2 Chinese Language Teaching at U.S. Universities through Multimedia Pedagogy
2025-06-25 16:00 - 17:30 | KWZ 3.601
From Theory to Practice: Enhancing Inclusive L2 Chinese Language Teaching at U.S. Universities through Multimedia Pedagogy

Time: 16:00-17:30, 25.06.2025
Place: KWZ 3.601
Language:

Talk: Chinese
Handout: English & Chinese
Q&A: Bilingual (English / Chinese)

Speaker:
Dr. Yongli Li
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf / College of the Holy Cross (USA)

Over the past two decades, shifting geopolitics, rapid technological advancements, and growing scholarship on decolonialization in applied linguistics have challenged conventional language teaching pedagogies within higher education. Transforming an inclusive, culturally sustaining, and long-term motivating pedagogy has become the center of recent scholarship. Inclusiveness in L2 language classrooms in higher education means respecting linguistically and culturally diverse students, and creating curricula and pedagogies that promote equity and raise awareness of social justice in classroom. What are the multifaceted dimensions of inclusiveness in Chinese language teaching in higher education? How can we enhance inclusive excellence when teaching diverse learners through task-based language learning and the strategic use of multimedia? In this talk, I will discuss recent English-language scholarship on inclusiveness in language teaching and reflect on my experiences teaching Chinese at the university level in the U.S. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session featuring discussions on classroom task design and sharing of teaching experiences in Europe and the U.S.

讲座题目:美国大学中文二语课堂中的包容性教学与多媒体应用
过去二十年中，全球地缘政治的变化、数字媒体和人工智能技术的日新月异，以及应用语言学领域中去殖民化研究的不断深入，都对高等教育中传统的语言教学法提出了挑战。如何对现有的二语教学法进行革新，使其成为更具有包容性、文化持续性和长期激励性的教学法已成为近年来学术研究的重点之一。高等教育二语教学课堂的包容性教学，不仅意味着尊重语言及文化背景多元化的学生，创建具有平等性的课堂，更意指在教学大纲和课堂活动设计中激发批判性多元文化主义的思考及提高学生社会正义意识的实践。此次讲座中，将首先讨论近期英文文献中关于中文二语教学包容性的学术研究成果，并以美国大学中文二语教学课堂实践为例，探讨教学中的包容性概念，并着重分享多媒体在二语教学中的应用及其对促进包容性教学的作用。

Short bio Yongli Li is Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at College of the Holy Cross in the U.S. She specializes in Chinese film history, urban cinema and media industry. She has published in academic journals, including Transnational Screens, Global Storytelling: Journal of Digital and Moving Images, Chinese Literature Today. In addition to her reseaerch on Chinese media, she has taught Chinese language courses at universities in California, New York and Massachusetts. During the 2024-2025 academic year, she also holds a visiting assistant professor position at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf.

Spielerische Einführung in die Schriftzeichen mit Kalligraphieprobe
2025-06-21 17:00 - 19:00
Zeit: 17:00–18:00, 18:00–19:00, 21. Juni 2025
Format: Mitmachaktionen, Präsentation
Ort: KWZ 0.606, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen
Veranstalter: Ostasiatisches Seminar (Philosophische Fakultät)
Leitung: Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang, Xuemei He
Taucht ein in die faszinierende Welt der chinesischen Schriftzeichen! Mit spielerischen und interaktiven Elementen bringen wir euch die Magie dieser jahrtausendealten Schrift näher. Durch Animationen, Bewegungen und kreative Spiele entdeckt ihr die einzigartige Schönheit und Struktur der Zeichen. Zum Abschluss laden wir euch ein, das Zeichen „ᐰ“ (Glück) selbst mit dem Pinsel zu schreiben – ein Zeichen für euer eigenes Glück. Ein Erlebnis für Groß und Klein!
Teil der 6. Nacht des Wissens – Göttingen, 21. Juni 2025

Weitere Informationen:
Nach Einrichtungen – Nacht des Wissens Göttingen

Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen 2025: Schüler:innen-Vorführung: White Snake
2025-06-20 13:30 - 16:00 | Kino Lumière, Göttingen
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen 2025

Schüler:innen-Vorführung im Kino Lumière – White Snake《白蛇：缘起》
Freitag, 20. Juni 2025
Beginn: 13:30 Uhr
Kino Lumière, Göttingen
Eintritt frei – Anmeldung bis zum 18.06.2025 an: goechaf@uni-goettingen.de
Film in deutscher Synchronisation | FSK ab 12 Jahren
Im Rahmen der diesjährigen Filmreihe „Von Wurzeln und Flügeln: Sprachen und Kulturen auf dem Weg zum Erwachsenwerden“ laden wir herzlich zur Sondervorstellung des chinesischen Animationsfilms White Snake – Die Legende der weißen Schlange (《白蛇：缘起》) ein.
Dieser visuell beeindruckende Film erzählt eine zeitlose Geschichte über erste Liebe, Mut und das Anderssein – ein cineastisches Erlebnis für junge Menschen und alle Interessierten!

Im Anschluss: Filmgespräch mit Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang
Themen: Othering | Zugehörigkeit | Antidiskriminierung
(Professur Fachdidaktik Chinesisch als Fremdsprache, Universität Göttingen)
Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiche Teilnahme und einen inspirierenden Austausch im Kino! Bitte gerne an interessierte Kolleg:innen und Schüler:innen weiterleiten.

Conference Announcement: Civilization and Conceptions of World Order
2025-06-16 - 2025-06-17 | Geiststrasse 10, Room 1.118
Short Report: Civilization and Conceptions of World Order Conference

On June 16–17, 2025, the joint center for advanced studies Worldmaking from Global Perspectives: A Dialogue with China organized an international conference on “Civilization and Conceptions of World Order.” The event was sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research and held at a location of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony. Bringing together scholars from across Asia, Europe, and North America, the event explored civilizational discourses and their role in shaping (partly weaponized) visions of global order. Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier figured as the main host.

Photos taken by Haifeng Weng.

Conference Announcement
Civilization and Conceptions of World Order

June 16–17, 2025
Conference Venue
Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Geiststrasse 10, Room 1.118

We are pleased to announce the upcoming conference Civilization and Conceptions of World Order, which will take place on June 16–17, 2025, at the Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (Geiststrasse 10, Room 1.118).
This conference brings together international scholars to explore civilizational narratives and conceptions of world order from inter-Asian and global perspectives. Over two days, panels will address a wide range of topics, including recent civilizational debates in China, civilizational discourses in East Asia, proposals for a “good society” in Taiwan and beyond, as well as genealogies of civilizational narratives in both China and India. The conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion on the global and local contexts of the rise of civilizational narratives.

Conference Program Highlights:

Keynote Panels and Presentations:
Scholars from Duke University, Indiana University, Fudan University, Columbia University, Peking University, Rowan University, and other institutions will present their latest research.

Roundtable Discussion:
A final roundtable chaired by Dominic Sachsenmaier (University of Göttingen) with Hans Kundnani (Royal Institute of International Affairs, London), Srirupa Roy (University of Göttingen), and Mohammed Alsudairi (ANU Canberra).

Invited Discussants:
Steven Halsey (University of Miami), Fang Ruobing (University of Göttingen), Axel Schneider (University of Göttingen), Zhang Tong (Handelshøyskolen, Oslo), and Zhao Xiaoyang (University of Göttingen).

Funding Information
This conference is generously funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

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Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen 2025 – Erste Filmvorführung: Meine Kindheit im alten Peking (城南舊事)
2025-06-11 18:00 - 20:00 | ZHG 005, Universität Göttingen
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen 2025 – Erste Filmvorführung: Meine Kindheit im alten Peking (城南舊事)
Meine Kindheit im alten Peking (城南舊事)
Datum: Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2025
Zeit: 18:00 Uhr
Ort: ZHG 005, Universität Göttingen
Einführung: Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Sprache: Mandarin mit englischen Untertiteln
Eintritt: frei, ohne Anmeldung
Der Auftakt unserer chinesischsprachigen Filmwochen 2025 beginnt mit einem zeitlosen Klassiker: Meine Kindheit im alten Peking basiert auf den gleichnamigen autobiografischen Erinnerungen von Lin Haiyin und bietet eine einfühlsame Rückschau auf das Peking der 1920er Jahre – gesehen mit den Augen eines Kindes.
Begleiten Sie uns auf eine filmische Reise in eine vergangene Welt voller Wärme, Melancholie und fein gezeichneter Figuren. Die Veranstaltung beginnt mit einer kurzen Einführung durch Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang und lädt im Anschluss zum gemeinsamen Gespräch ein.
Weitere Informationen zur gesamten Filmreihe finden Sie hier:
https://www.cemeas.de/chinesischsprachige-filmwochen-2025/

Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen 2025
2025-06-11 - 2025-06-26
Chinesischsprachige Filmwochen Göttingen 2025
哥廷根中文电影季 2025
„Von Wurzeln und Flügeln: Sprachen und Kulturen auf dem Weg zum Erwachsenwerden“
Mehr Informationen: https://www.cemeas.de/chinesischsprachige-filmwochen-2025/
PROGRAMM
EINTRITT FREI!

Meine Kindheit im alten Peking《城南舊事》 11. 06. 2025, 18:00, ZHG 005
Mand. m. engl. UT, 88 Minuten
Referentin: Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang (Universität Göttingen)

Deep Sea 《深海》 18. 06. 2025, 18:00, ZHG 005
Mand. m. dt. UT, 112 Minute, Referent: Arvid Storch (Sprachlehrer, Hannover & Hamburg)

Growing Apart 《何处生长》 19. 06. 2025, 19:30, Kino Lumière Göttingen
Eintritt frei, Ticketreservierung: https://lumiere-melies.de/
Mand. m. engl. UT, 89 Minuten, Referentin: Heidi Marweg (Mannheim)
https://www.midnightblurfilms.com/growing-apart

White Snake《白蛇：缘起》 20. 06. 2025, 13:30, Kino Lumière Göttingen (Eintritt frei, Schüler:innen-Sondervorführung, Anmeldung bis 18.06.2025: goechaf@uni-goettingen.de)
Deutsch (synchronisiert), 99 Minuten, Referentin: Prof. Dr. Tao Zhang (Uni Göttingen)

The Farewell 《别告诉她》 25. 06. 2025, 18:00, ZHG 005
Mand. m. engl. UT, 98 Minuten, Referentin: Dr. Yongli Li (Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf), (En/Ch)

Pickpocket 《小武》 26. 06. 2025, 19:30, Kino Lumière Göttingen
Eintritt frei, Ticketreservierung: https://lumiere-melies.de/
Mand. m. engl. UT, 108 Minuten, Referentin: Katja Pessl (Universität Göttingen)

Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with MK2 and in collaboration with Jia Zhangke. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

Organisatoren & Unterstützer:

Lecture: Guerrilla Practice and the Cultural Conjury of Cooperation in Wartime China, 1937-1945
2025-06-03 18:00 - 19:30 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
Guerrilla Practice and the Cultural Conjury of Cooperation in Wartime China, 1937-1945

Dr. Harlan Chambers (University of Göttingen)
PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
3. June (Tuesday), 18:15-19:45

Abstract:
Within the long, global history of modern guerrilla warfare and related practices of “small wars,” revolutionaries and scholars alike have regarded Mao Zedong’s texts on guerrilla war as formative to post WWII liberation struggles. In this talk, I will argue that beyond Mao’s famous texts on military strategy, the “guerrilla” as it was developed in China’s War to Resist Japan articulated a cultural and philosophical project to forge a new logic of political-economic development. Progressive thinkers and creative writers working amongst guerrilla zones narrated “guerrilla practices” as those of cooperative construction, a non-exploitive form of economic organization that rejected the extractive economics of fascism that were engendered by Japanese invasion and Nationalist hegemony.
First, I will examine how Chinese thinkers staged and debated the guerrilla in 1930s China, particularly in light of Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). By analyzing international developments, progressive thinkers not only formulated the guerrilla as a project of social reconstruction but interrogated it as a philosophical problem for thinking world history. The second part builds upon these formulations of the guerrilla to understand the particular „guerrilla practices“ of the late 1930s, which extend beyond Mao’s famous military tactics to encompass forms of cooperative economic construction in the base areas of northern China. I show that, by the early 1940s, guerrilla zones’ economic practices also integrated culture workers as essential for developing their particular forms of cooperative labor. Considering several cultural creations from these guerrilla zones, particularly around the Jin-Cha-Ji base area, I will argue that cultural works conjured a new logic of cooperatively organized economic production, formative to the guerrilla project.
Speaker:
Harlan Chambers completed his Ph.D. in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture at Columbia University in 2022 and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Illinois Wesleyan University before joining the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Göttingen in 2024. As an interdisciplinary scholar of Chinese culture and history, as well as feminist and critical theory, his research interrogates the role of cultural practices in processes of social transformation, integrating archival research with analyses of cultural texts. Harlan is part of a research team exploring the history of conceptions of world order at the University of Göttingen.
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

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