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Past Events: public talk
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute will host a panel discussion on gender inequality in China.
The University of Michigan International Institute will host a symposium discussing cross-regional and comparative perspectives on innovation and creativity within the specific contexts of government - industry partnerships, political agendas, and cultural settings of Shenzhen in China and Skolkovo in Russia.
Join David Barboza for a discussion about the challenges and opportunities of reporting from China
How did the two characters 中国 (Zhong Guo) change from the hometown of the king of Shang to the formal name of China, covering a territory of 9.6 million square kilometers? This lecture serves to give a clear and vivid answer with the help of historical maps.
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies presents a talk with John Pomfret, author of The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China, 1776 to the Present and Chinese Lessons, and a former Washington Post correspondent.
Join the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, the Center for Chinese Legal Studies, the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, and Scholars at Risk for a discussion of “To Build a Free China” by imprisoned rights lawyer and law professor Xu Zhiyong, and the ways in which legal advocacy is developing as a form of political resistance.
The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies presents a lecture by Mary Ann O’Donnell, Independent Artist-Ethnographer.
China's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea has changed the security dynamic in East Asia. Are the United States and its allies on a collision course with China, or are there ways to avoid the outbreak of conflict? We will explore these with our guest, Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, who has furnished analysis to the Defense Department on East Asian security issues for over a decade.
This workshop focuses on current social science research on East Asia, particularly the People’s Republic of China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.
The Carolina Asia Center presents a lecture by Sienna Craig, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College.