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  • Lecture: The Autobiographies of Shanghai Jewish Refugees from Central Europe

    Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 0.607

    Xiaoqian Gao (高晓倩),Comparative Literature and World Literature, Fudan University The Autobiographies of Shanghai Jewish Refugees from Central Europe Tuesday, Jan.31, 16(c.t.)-18, KWZ.0.607, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: This report will do a job of mining the autobiographies for the details of Jewish experience in Shanghai. All the autobiographies constitute an inner space of collective memory. […]

  • Globalization and Environmental Sustainability in China

    Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

    CeMEAS Lecture:  Maoliang Bu, PhD Associate Professor, School of Business, Nanjing University Abstract: Globalization can be bad or good for the environment of China. On one side, China may suffer from international pollution transfer. While on the other side, globalization may make China better access advanced environmental technology and management. Continue reading

  • CeMEAS Lecture: Was Buddha a Muslim? Ottoman Turkish Reflexions on Japan

    Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 2.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

    Dr. Katja Triplett CeMEAS, University of Göttingen   Abstract: In studies on relations between Japan and Turkey, the topic of ‘religion’ has been mainly addressed in light of Islamic missionary activities and the role of Ottoman Turkish proselytizers in Japan. Recent studies have also highlighted the ways in which Japan served as a model for […]

  • Lecture: “Ritual and Conversion in the Early Modern World: A case Study of Mary, Mazu, and Mariners”

    Kulturwissenschaftsliches Zentrum, Raum 0.602 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Deutschland

    Prof. Ronnie Hsia from the Pennsylvania State University Ritual and Conversion in the Early Modern World: A case Study of Mary, Mazu, and Mariners December 12th, 2016, 6 pm-8 pm KWZ 0.602, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: Mazu and the Virgin Mary were respectively protectors for Chinese and Portuguese seamen in the early modern world. This lecture […]

  • CeMEAS: The 10th East Asia Research Salon

    Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Besprechunsgraum KWZ 0.701 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

    Elena C. Lichtenthaler Hungry China – How to explain China’s changing international food policy December 6th, 2016, 5 pm-7 pm KWZ, Conference Room 0.701, Heinrich- Düker- Weg 14, 37073 Göttingen Abstract: Ever tried to buy milk powder at a German drug store? There is a good possibility that you found empty shelves and signs with […]

  • CeMEAS Lecture: Religion in Modern China

    Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

    Professor Li Tiangang 李天纲 Department of Religious Studies, Fudan University Does China have its own religion? Is Confucianism a religion? How is the religious situation in contemporary China? These questions should be answered not only through the discussions within China studies, but also from the perspective of religious studies. Prof. Li Tiangang is going to […]

  • Lecture: Akademisches Konfuzius-Institut Göttingen presents: Confucian Role Ethics: A Challenge to the Ideology of Individualism

    Zentrales Hörsaalgebäude, ZHG 001 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 4, Göttingen

    In the introduction of Chinese philosophy and culture into the Western academy, we have tended to theorize and conceptualize this antique tradition by appeal to familiar categories. Confucian role ethics is an attempt to articulate a sui generis moral philosophy that allows this tradition to have its own voice. Continue reading  

  • CeMEAS Film Series: Food is People’s Heaven 民以食为天

    Kulturwisssenschaftliches Zentrum, KWZ 1.601 Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen

    The Film Series at the Department of East Asian Studies provides an engaging and flexible study experience, intended to introduce students to a wide scope of East Asian films. Each semester features a specific topic with 6-7 screenings and provides ample opportunity for participants to discover, analyze and argue about film. Our screenings are followed […]

  • CeMEAS Lecture Series: How China Escaped the Poverty Trap !!! Cancelled !!!

    Verfügungsgebäude, VG 3.101 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 7, Göttingen, Deutschland

    Yuen Yuen Ang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan Before markets opened in 1978, China was an impoverished planned economy governed by a Maoist bureaucracy. In just three decades it evolved into the world’s second-largest economy and is today guided by highly entrepreneurial bureaucrats. What explains this amazing metamorphosis? Continue reading

  • The Rule of Law in the People’s Republic of China: Statements, Realities and Insights

    Library of the Institute of International and European Law Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, 37073 Göttingen

    Much has been said and written about the rule of law in the People’s Republic of China. As the issue has recently been put on the reformist agenda again, a review is warranted, including a reality check. Also, there is a need to explore, whether new analytical approaches may offer a better understanding about these […]

  • Summer School Göttingen Spirit 2016: Beyond the City Limits: Rethinking New Religiosities in Asia

    Kulturwissenschaftliches Zentrum Heinrich-Düker-Weg 14, Göttingen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

    Göttingen Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology (GISCA), Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) & Centre for Modern East Asian Studies (CeMEAS) Theme With the rapid urbanization across Asia, with new cityscapes, glittering skyscrapers, shopping malls, globalized forms of consumption it is easy to assume that cities are the primary sites for the production of […]