Panel discussion: Xi Jinping and the Question of Power
2025-03-13 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki) | Adam von Trott Saal Tagungs- und Veranstaltungshaus Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen, 37073
Johnny Erling & Joseph Fewsmith in Dialogue
Moderator: Jürgen Trittin
Since taking office in 2012, Xi Jinping has reshaped the Chinese political landscape, consolidating authority in ways not seen since Mao Zedong. His leadership has redefined governance, the role of the Communist Party, and China’s position on the global stage. But how does power function under Xi? What mechanisms sustain his control, and how do they compare to past leadership models?
Join us for an in-depth discussion on the centralization of power, ideological shifts, and institutional changes under Xi Jinping—exploring their implications for China’s future and the international order.
Panelists:
🗣 Johnny Erling (Journalist, China expert)
🗣 Joseph Fewsmith (Political scientist, China scholar, Boston University)
🎤 Moderation: Jürgen Trittin (Former Federal Minister)
This event will be held in person and streamed via Zoom. It will be conducted in English, but questions during the Q&A can be asked in German. No registration is required—this is an open event.
Zoom Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/69671256989
Johnny Erling
Johnny Erling, born 1952, graduated from the University of Frankfurt/Main studied 1975/76 and 1982 at Beijing University. Most of his professional life he spent reporting from China, from 1985 until 1990 as the Beijing correspondent for a pool of daily newspapers from Germany and Austria, from 1997 to 2019 as the Beijing correspondent for the German newspaper “Die Welt” and the Austrian “Der Standard”. After more than 35 Years working in China he moved back to Germany where he lives since 2020 with his family in Bad Homburg. As a MERICS Senior Associate Fellow, he focuses on the Communist Party and domestic politics.
Erling, J. (2021). Xi Jinping: The rise of an authoritarian leader. In K. Larres (Ed.), Dictators and Autocrats (pp. 177–190). Routledge. This chapter is available for download.
Jospeh Fewsmith
Joseph Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Boston University Pardee School. He is the author of seven books, including, most recently, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927-1934. Other works include Rethinking Chinese Politics (June 2021), The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China (January 2013), and China since Tiananmen (2nd edition, 2008). Other books include Elite Politics in Contemporary China (2001), The Dilemmas of Reform in China: Political Conflict and Economic Debate (1994), and Party, State, and Local Elites in Republican China: Merchant Organizations and Politics in Shanghai, 1890-1930 (1985). He was one of the seven regular contributors to the China Leadership Monitor, a quarterly web publication analyzing current developments in China from 2002 to 2014.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fewsmith traveled to China regularly and was active in the Association for Asian Studies. His articles have appeared in such journals as Asian Survey, Comparative Studies in Society and History, The China Journal, The China Quarterly, Current History, The Journal of Contemporary China, Problems of Communism, and Modern China. He is a Center Associate of the John King Fairbank Center for China Studies at Harvard University and an associate of the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University.
Professor Fewsmith’s areas of expertise include comparative politics as well as Chinese domestic politics and foreign policy.
https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/joseph-fewsmith/
Jürgen Trittin
Jürgen Trittin is a former German minister, parliamentarian, speaker, and author. He studied social sciences in Göttingen, and worked as a researcher, press spokesman, and freelance journalist before entering politics. A member of Alliance 90/The Greens since 1980, Trittin served in the Lower Saxony state parliament from 1985 and was Minister for Federal and European Affairs from 1990 to 1994. He later became the federal spokesperson for the party (1994–1998) and entered the Bundestag in 1998, serving as Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety until 2005. From 2009 to 2013, he chaired the Greens’ parliamentary group. After over 25 years in parliament, he stepped down on January 5, 2024.
https://www.trittin.de/ueber-mich/

Lecture: Writing World History in a Global Historical Context: Perspectives on Meiji Japan and Contemporary Taiwan
2025-04-29 18:00 - 20:00 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
Writing World History in a Global Historical Context: Perspectives on Meiji Japan and Contemporary Taiwan
Prof. Mu-chou Poo (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
29. April (Tuesday), 18:00-20:00

Abstract:
This talk will address two issues: the unique situation of Japanese learning of Western history and civilization in the mid-Nineteenth Century (Meiji Period), and the development of World History textbook writing as a response/reaction to the political process in contemporary Taiwan. For Japan, I will concentrate on the writing of ancient Western history, in particular the ancient Near East, as this period touches upon the origin of human civilization, which was of vital importance in terms of political, cultural, and religious implications to Japan’s effort of nation building. For Taiwan, the more liberal new national standard textbooks of mid-1980’s sought to debunk the old frame of textbook writing, and to introduce new concepts in history education; the decentralized textbooks of the late-1990’s were involved in the struggle of identity politics, and took a more conservative turn in terms of writing style and interpretation.
Speaker:
Mu-chou Poo (PhD in Egyptology, Johns Hopkins 1984), is adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He had worked as a Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taipei, from 1984-2009, and Chair Professor of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009-2023, and taught at various places, including Columbia, UCLA, and Grinnell College. Research interests include religion and society in ancient Egypt and China. Major publications include Burial and the Idea of Life and Death: Essay on Ancient Chinese Religion (Taipei, 1993); Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (London: Kegan Paul, 1995); In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Albany: SUNY, 1998); Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China (Albany: SUNY, 2005). (Ed.) Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions (Leiden: Brill, 2009). Old Society, New Belief, Religious Transformation of China and Rome, ca. 1st-6th Centuries. Ed. With H. A. Drake and Lisa Raphals, (Oxford University Press, 2017), Daily Life in Ancient China (Cambridge U Press, 2018), Ghosts and Religious Life in Early China (Cambridge U Press, 2022), and The Netherworld in Ancient Egypt and China: An Imagined Paradise (London: Bloomsbury, 2023)
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

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Lecture: Should Children be Carefree? A Chinese and Global Debate
2025-05-06 18:00 - 20:00
Should Children be Carefree? A Chinese and Global Debate
Prof. Hsiung Ping-Chen (Secretary General, CIPSH)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
6. May (Tuesday), 18:15-19:45
Abstract:
Recognized as signs of modernity, children, free roaming, have been referred to as a best representatives for a progressive society. Historically in China, however, as early as the Song Dynasty, unique attention to children at play in arts and children’s health in traditional pediatrics prevailed, as Neo-Confucian philosophers continued to debate whether they ought to be left carefree. Illustrated with Chinese paintings and medical texts, this lecture will trace a thousand years of ebbs and flows of such concerns and interests on the nature of childhood. To reflect also on a contention and obsession with how to lessen burdens for today’s schoolers too, in creating a child friendly environment that connects contemporary China with the rest of the world. The talk intends to offer a public occasion to argue and deliberate on this never-ending tug of war over whether or how children should be set free.
Speaker:
Professor Hsiung Ping-chen is a distinguished scholar and academic leader in the humanities, with a multifaceted career across renowned international institutions. She holds a PhD in History from Brown University and an MSc from the Harvard School of Public Health. Her research spans childhood studies, gender and family history, and health humanities, with a particular focus on Late Imperial and Modern China. She also engages with comparative cultural and social history, public health, and the intellectual history of Russia. Professor Hsiung has published extensively on the history of Chinese pediatrics, the cultural memory of childhood, and the evolution of health practices in Chinese society. Since 2020, Professor Hsiung has served as Secretary-General of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), and she was re-elected to this position in 2023. Among other academic distinctions, she also holds the UNESCO Co-Chair in “Global Asia” at McGill University and the CIPSH Chair in “New Humanities” at the University of California, Irvine. She is also the founder of the Asian New Humanities Network and has held key leadership positions at institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Director of the Research Institute for the Humanities.

Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

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Lecture: Journey to the East (and Back): China and “Western Esotericism” from Reception History to Global Religious Studies
2025-05-08 18:00 - 19:30 | KWZ 0.603
Journey to the East (and Back): China and “Western Esotericism” from Reception History to Global Religious Studies
Davide Marino (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Date: May 8, 2025
Time: 18:00 – 19:30
Place: KWZ 0.603
Abstract:
This presentation examines the intricate and multifaceted relationship between Chinese spiritual culture(s) and the field of “Western Esotericism.” For centuries, the East, and particularly China, was regarded by Europeans as a repository of superior spiritual knowledge, a realm of profound wisdom that seemed inaccessible to the West. This perception of the East as a mystical and enigmatic source of ancient wisdom persisted across various periods of European intellectual history, with China holding a particularly prominent place in Western imagination. Beginning in the early modern period, and reaching its peak during the colonial era, Western thinkers found abundant inspiration in Chinese religions, philosophies, and cultural practices and these elements were integrated into the evolving spiritual and philosophical discourses of the time, ultimately becoming essential components of the eclectic mix of ideas now known as “Western Esotericism.” China was not simply “received” or passively absorbed into Western thought; rather, various Chinese intellectuals, spiritual leaders, and cultural movements became active participants in a global esoteric discourse that transcended geographical boundaries and facilitated the exchange of ideas. This dynamic of intellectual and spiritual exchange is even more pronounced in contemporary times. While in “the West,” Chinese cultural elements such as Chinese medicine, the Daodejing, and the notion of qi have become widely embraced as staples of global post-confessional spirituality, “Western Esotericism” is increasingly being discussed, reinterpreted, and adapted in the People’s Republic, both in commercial contexts and within academic discourse. This growing interest reflects a reciprocal flow of ideas that continues to shape global spiritual trends. Although often overlooked by Western scholars, Chinese perspectives on “Western Esotericism” present a challenge to traditional diffusionist models, which tend to view the flow of ideas as a one-way process. Instead, these Chinese perspectives reveal a more complex and circular flow of ideas, which calls into question the conventional notion of one-way reception (whether “from East to West” or “from West to East”). China did not merely provide raw material for Western thinkers to appropriate and adapt for their own purposes; rather, Chinese cultural and spiritual traditions actively shaped and influenced the trajectory of global discourses on esotericism. Likewise, contemporary Chinese discourses on “Western Esotericism” are increasingly framed around both domestic issues—such as the role and necessity of regulating religion in Chinese society—and international debates on religion, science, and public health. Thus, this presentation advocates for a global and interdisciplinary approach to the study of esotericism—one that recognizes the entangled and reciprocal histories of “China” and “the West,” and acknowledges their shared responsibility in shaping the development of modern and postmodern alternative religious trajectories.
Davide Marino, PhD
Davide Marino specializes in the interplay between East Asian religions, particularly Chinese, and European Esotericism, with a focus on Traditionalism. His Ph.D. thesis, which received the CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Award in 2023, examined the influence of Chinese and Vietnamese religious concepts on the works of Albert de Pouvourville and René Guénon. More recently, he has been investigating the intersection of politics and esotericism in both China and Europe.
Organizers:
Department of East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies, University of Göttingen
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[Event Cancellation] Lecture: Network Ties, Social Capital, and Multilateral Cooperation
2025-05-12 16:00 - 17:30
We regret to inform you that the lecture:
Network Ties, Social Capital, and Multilateral Cooperation
has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Should the event be rescheduled in the future, we will update the information accordingly.
Thank you for your understanding and continued interest.
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Network Ties, Social Capital, and Multilateral Cooperation
Christina Davis (Harvard University)
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Room: ZHG 005 16:15 – 17:30
Lecture: May 12, 2025

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Christina L. Davis
Christina L. Davis is the Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics in the Department of Government and Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University. During academic year 2024-25 she will be on leave at Oxford University (affiliated to Queen’s College) as the Centenary Visiting Professor in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Her research interests include the politics and foreign policy of Japan, East Asia, and the study of international organizations with a focus on trade policy. Her research has been published in leading political science journals. She is the author of Food Fights Over Free Trade: How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization (Princeton University Press 2003), and Why Adjudicate? Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO (Princeton University Press 2012, winner of the international law best book award of the International Studies Association, Ohira Memorial Prize, and co-winner of Chadwick Alger Prize). Her latest book, Discriminatory Clubs: The Geopolitics of International Organizations, was released by Princeton University Press in July 2023. Currently she is working on several projects on the evolving trade order and economic sanctions. Education: AB in East Asian Studies, Harvard 1993; Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard 2001.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/cldavis/home

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Organizers:
Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, http://www.cemeas.de
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Department for International Relations, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, https://lehrstuhlib.uni-goettingen.de
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Chair of Development Economics, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany, https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/614556.h
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Lecture: Towards a New World Order: Reading Zhao Tingyang’s Tianxia in Light of the Japanese Experience
2025-05-13 18:00 - 20:00 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
Towards a New World Order: Reading Zhao Tingyang’s Tianxia in Light of the Japanese Experience

Prof. Viren Murthy (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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

13. May (Tuesday), 18:15–19:45

Abstract:
Today in the midst of a global pandemic, we are constantly confronted with the inability of national governments to create the conditions for human flourishing. In this context, the recent attempts from Chinese Confucianists to envision a new world order could point the way to a more sustainable future. This global gesture in recent Confucian theory overlaps with recent trends in Marxism. For example, Jacques Bidet has written of an incipient world-state (état-monde), which could potentially go against the capitalist world order. From its inception, Marxism has been interested in a global movement to overcome capitalism. But tianxia theorists seem to proceed from the opposite direction of Marxism. Put simply, while Marxists explain philosophical theories by relating them to social and historical structures, Confucian tianxia theorists proceed from philosophy to history and politics. Recently, Marxists have questioned the Confucian tianxia approach and contend that such theories are merely an ideology to legitimate Chinese capitalism and the imperialist tendency of the contemporary Chinese government. In response to such criticisms, I attempt to synthesize Marxism and tianxia theory by focusing on the contemporary Chinese thinker, Zhao Tingyang. With respect to imperialism, one of the key issues concerns how Zhao envisions the unity of a world as encompassing the many, without negating their particularity. I deal with this ideal philosophically, making comparisons to Hegel’s conception and also to thinkers in interwar Japan, which was imperialist. I claim that Zhang can avoid the pitfall of the Japanese path, only if he places the problems of capitalism at the center of his theory. In short, one will not be able to achieve a non-imperialist global unity that respects multiplicity without overcoming global capitalism.

Speaker:

My work probes the historical conditions for the possibility of philosophy and politics in the modern world and in East Asia in particular. I am generally interested in the attempts of East Asian intellectuals to resist modernity through reviving premodern philosophies and religions, such as Buddhism. My first book, The Political Philosophy of Zhang Taiyan: The Resistance of Consciousness, shows how in early 20th century China, Zhang Taiyan, drew on Consciousness-Only (Yogācāra) Buddhism to formulate a theory of revolution. In particular, the book explains how this seemingly ancient body of knowledge is reformulated as China was incorporated into the global capitalist system of nation-states.

In June 2022, I published The Politics of Time in China and Japan: Back to the Future (Routledge), which is a collection of essays that explore how Chinese and Japanese intellectuals mobilize traditional texts to create a better future. They produce what I call “back to the future” narratives, in which they conjure the past to envision a world beyond global capitalism. These narratives are nationalistic but unlike in England and the United States, this nationalism is connected to anti-imperialism and resistance to global inequality. I suggest that such inequality also divides Europe, which enables comparisons between Germany and Asian nations, all of whom saw themselves as being marginalized.

My third monograph Pan-Asianism and Legacy of the Chinese Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 2023) shows how intellectuals in China and Japan promoted unity among weak Asian nations to resist Western domination. To promote such unity, pan-Asianists struggled against Eurocentric visions of history articulated by philosophers such as Hegel, who argued that the Orient had to follow the West. At the same time, these thinkers appropriated Hegel’s criticisms of abstract individualism. I contend that Japanese and Chinese pan-Asianists drew on elements of both Asian and Western culture to posit a world beyond narrow self-interest, capitalism, and imperialism. The legacy of pan-Asianism is complex given that Japan employed this ideology to promote imperialism. Consequently, postwar Japanese pan-Asianists had to confront the problem of war memory. Postwar pan-Asianists tried to show that a healthy transnationalism was both possible and necessary to struggle against Western imperialism.

My present project concerns how East Asian intellectuals drew on G.W.F Hegel to uncover logics to Chinese and Japanese history, which culminate in a new world order inspired by their respective cultures. In addition to the above projects connected to East Asia, I am also involved in a project on South Indian Classical Music and Tamil Identity, which also explores issues of how traditions have been reconstituted by capitalist modernity. I have also been interested in how Marxists in (primarily in the North Atlantic) have drawn on Jewish Messianism to confront capitalist modernity.

Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

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Workshop | Strategien und Praxis der Vermittlung des chinesischen Ausdrucks
2025-05-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Lulz-Raum, Waldweg 26, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
📢 Workshop-Ankündigung | 漢語作為外語的表達教學：策略與實踐
Strategien und Praxis der Vermittlung des chinesischen Ausdrucks
🗓 Datum | 日期: Samstag, 17. Mai 2025（週六）
📍 Ort | 地點: Lulz-Raum, Waldweg 26, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
🕙 Uhrzeit | 時間: 10:00 – 17:00（Einlass/報到 ab 09:30）
🈶 Kurssprache | 工作語言: Chinesisch 中文

Das Akademische Konfuzius-Institut Göttingen lädt herzlich zur Fortbildung für Chinesischlehrkräfte ein. Der Workshop wird von Frau Liu Dienmin, Doktorandin an der National Taiwan Normal University, geleitet und widmet sich praxisnah der Vermittlung mündlicher und schriftlicher Ausdrucksfähigkeiten im Chinesischunterricht.
哥廷根學術孔子學院誠摯邀請您參加本次華語教師專題工作坊，由臺灣師範大學華語教學系博士候選人劉殿敏老師主講。工作坊將聚焦於「語言輸出」的教學策略與實踐，幫助教師提升學生在口語與書寫方面的表達能力。

💡 Workshop-Inhalte | 活動亮點

Bildinterpretationen und kreative Denkprozesse 圖像解讀與創意思維啟發

Körperliche Multimodalität und Sprachwiederholung 肢體多模態與語言記憶訓練

Strategien für Vorträge und Schreibübungen 口語與寫作教學策略

Praktische Übungen, Gruppenarbeit, Feedback 實作演練與小組互動

👩‍🏫 Dozentin | 主講人:
劉殿敏 Dienmin Liu
Doktorandin an der National Taiwan Normal University, mit langjähriger Erfahrung im Bereich Chinesisch als Fremdsprache. Sie war u.a. an der UC Berkeley, der University of British Columbia sowie an der Universität Tübingen tätig und wurde 2019 mit dem „華育獎“ für hervorragende Lehrleistungen ausgezeichnet.
臺灣師範大學華語教學系博士候選人，曾任教於美國柏克萊大學、加拿大UBC與德國圖賓根大學，具多年華語教學與師資培訓經驗，2019年獲得「華育獎」殊榮。

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📧 Kontakt | 聯絡方式:
ChaF Team – chaf@aki-goettingen.de
🧩 Veranstalter | 主辦單位:
Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut Göttingen 哥廷根學術孔子學院
📎 In Zusammenarbeit mit | 合作單位: Professur für Fachdidaktik Chinesisch als Fremdsprache, Ostasiatisches Seminar 哥廷根大學東亞系華語教學教席

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International Conference: Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self（May 19 & May 21, 2025）
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-21 | • May 19: Paulinerkirche, Papendiek 14, 37073 Göttingen • May 21: Historische Sternwarte, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen
International Conference: Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self

Dates: May 19 & May 21, 2025
Locations:
• May 19: Paulinerkirche, Papendiek 14, 37073 Göttingen
• May 21: Historische Sternwarte, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen
Online Option: YouTube Livestream

The University of Göttingen is pleased to host the international conference “Identity, Ignorance, and the Politics of the Self” on May 19 and 21, 2025. Co-organized by Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier (University of Göttingen) and Prof. Wang Hui (Tsinghua University), this event will bring together leading voices from both academia and the arts to engage in a cross-cultural dialogue between China and the West.
Among the distinguished participants are world-renowned scholars as well as prominent figures from contemporary Chinese literature and art, including novelist Yu Hua, essayist Mao Jian, and artist Xu Bing. From the German side, acclaimed writer Steffen Kopetzky will also take part in the discussions.
This rare and high-level exchange is generously funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
We warmly welcome all students, faculty, and interested members of the public to join this exceptional event.

For detailed information, please click here for the full program.

Lecture: The Great Transformation of International Order and the Future of Chinese Economy
2025-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 | PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
The Great Transformation of International Order and the Future of Chinese Economy

Prof. Gao Bai (Duke University)

PH 20. Hörsaal der Philosophischen Fakultät, Humboldtallee 19/21
27. May (Tuesday), 18:15-19:45

Abstract:
The international order established after World War II is currently experiencing a profound transformation. Many Chinese use 百年未有之大变局 （major changes unseen in a century）to describe the current situation.
What are the driving forces behind this great transformation?
In his newly published book titled 《把脉：全球巨变与中国经济》（Taking A Pulse：Global Transformation and the Chinese economy）, Bai Gao uses three long cycles of history, which include the pendulum movement of globalization, the cycle of hegemonic expansions, and technological revolution, to explain the drastic changes occurring in the international economic order and their profound impacts on the Chinese economy.
Bai Gao demonstrates that since China’s reform and opening up, the dynamics of development of the Chinese economy have changed twice, first to the world factory model focusing on external circulation by promoting export, and then shifted to a supply-side demand model emphasizing internal circulation sustained by government spending in infrastructure construction and private investment in real estate. With low birth rate and ageing population and mounting debts of local governments, these old strategies can no longer sustain economic growth. Bai Gao predicts a new model for the Chinese economy in the 21st century: 休养生息（rest and recuperate）by developing strong social protection programs, and 强筋壮骨 （strengthen muscles and bones）by upgrading industries and developing international competitiveness.
Speaker:
Gao Bai is a lifelong professor of sociology at Duke University. Professor Gao Bai graduated from Peking University in the 1980s and received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. In 1994, he graduated from the Department of Sociology of Princeton University and received a doctorate in sociology.
Professor Gao Bai’s main research fields include economics and society, comparative history sociology, organizational theory, comparative political economy, international political economy and globalization.
Professor Gao Bai has been teaching at Duke University since graduation; has been a visiting scholar at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Tokyo, the Department of Economics of the University of One Bridge, the School of International Business and Law of Yokohama National University, the Tokyo University of Economics and the Max Planck Institute of Social Studies in Cologne, Germany; has been a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, Meiji University and Jacob University in Bremen, Germany, as a self-strengthening professor at the University of Shanghai and a lecture professor at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; and has been the director and chief expert of the China High Speed Railway Development Strategy Research Center at Southwest Jiaotong University since June 2014.
Organizer:
Prof. Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

Gab es außereuropäische Kolonialreiche? Theoretisch-konzeptuelle Überlegungen am Beispiel des Qingreichs (1636-1912)
2025-06-02 16:00 - 17:30 | Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.607
Gab es außereuropäische Kolonialreiche? Theoretisch-konzeptuelle Überlegungen am Beispiel des Qingreichs (1636-1912)

Zeit: 16.00-17:30, 2. Juni 2025
Ort: KWZ 0.607, Göttingen
Vortrag: Julia C. Schneider

Abstract
Seit etwas mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten findet man in der historischen Forschung vermehrt die Konzeptualisierung des Qingreichs und anderer außereuropäischer Reiche wie des osmanischen und des russischen Reichs als Kolonialreiche. Parallel zu den europäischen imperialistischen Kolonialreichen und -staaten der frühen Neuzeit, so die These, hätten sie in eroberten Gebieten koloniale Projekte durchgeführt und Siedlungskolonialismus unterstützt.
In meinem Vortrag stelle ich diese These auf den Prüfstand, indem ich am Fall der manjurischen Qingdynastie zeige, warum der Begriff Kolonialreich und verwandte Begriffe in den Empire studies verwendet werden, was ihre Verwendung mit Postkolonialismus zu tun hat und warum sie aus meiner Sicht letztlich unzutreffend sind.

CV: Julia C. Schneider ist Professorin für Sinologie an der Universität Hamburg. Von 2019 bis 2024 war sie Lecturer bzw. Senior Lecturer für chinesische Geschichte am University College Cork (Irland). Nach einem Magister in klassischer Sinologie (Heidelberg) hat sie an den Universitäten Gent und Göttingen in Sinologie promoviert (Cotutelle).
Julia C. Schneider befasst sich vor allem mit Ideengeschichte. Ihr inhaltlicher Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf chinesischen Diskurses zu nicht-chinesischen Gesellschaften bezüglich Nationalismus, Historiographie und Zensur, ihr zeitlicher Fokus auf der späten Kaiser- und Republikzeit sowie den Ming- und Qingdynastien. Darüberhinaus hat sie ein Interesse für die Manjuristik.

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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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:

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/

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 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.

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

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.

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

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)

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。

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

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)

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)

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

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

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.

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

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
Here you can find for information.

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
Here you can find more information.

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
Alle Details finden sich im angehängten Infoblatt und Plakat.
