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Past Events: public talk
The UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies presents Professor Jacob Dalton. This talk looks at the roots of this Buddhist political concept in the writings of the late-tenth-century Tibetan king, Yeshe Ö.
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University presents a talk with Barbara Gerke.
This talk will review some past approaches, and consider the prospects for developing a more integrative perspective on the role of the Qing in early modern Eurasian history, with a particular focus on Inner, Central, and South Asia.
The University of Southern California presents a discussion by Matthew E. Kahn about his book "Urban Growth and Sustainability: An Economist's Perspective". Kahn is a Professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Public Policy. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining the UCLA faculty in January 2007, he taught at Columbia and the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents a talk "Rules, Regulation, Responsibility, and Merchant Organizations in Qing Chongqing: A Revisionist History of the 'Chinese Guild'" by Maura Dykstra on Thursday, October 9, 2014, 12:15pm to 1:30pm.
Luke Patey, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Check-in and Registration
International Affairs Building 918
No registration required
Co-sponsored by the Asia Pacific Affairs Council
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Chazen Institute of International Business are pleased to announce the Fifth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture featuring Lawrence J. Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Lulu Chow Wang Senior Visiting Scholar, Chazen Institute of International Business, Columbia University.
In this session, Professors Elyachar and Rofel will reflect on how norms and practices of neoliberal governmentality are disseminated and transformed across borders.
Leading scholars Rashid Khalidi, Lydia H. Liu, Samuel Moyn, and Deborah Nelson discuss the advent and the global impact of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Moderated by Eugenia Lean.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University presents a talk "Markets over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China" by Nicholas Lardy on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, 12:30pm to 1:50pm.