• “Sovereignty in China and the long Legacies of History”

    Brown Bag Lecture Featuring: Maria Adele Carrai, Senior Researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies - KU Leuven; Fellow at the Asia Center of Harvard University Moderated by: Madeleine Zelin, Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies; Professor of History, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Department of History   A quest […]

  • Trump’s Indo-Pacific Strategy & the ASEAN and Chinese responses

    Brown Bag Lecture Featuring: Speaker: Dr. Amy Searight, Senior Advisor and Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Respondent: Dr. Andrew Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Moderator: Dr. Ann Marie Murphy, Professor, Seton Hall University The Trump administration has articulated a ‘free and […]

  • “Yangchuk Tso in Conversation: Contemporary Cinema and Pop Music in Tibet”

    Brown Bag Lecture Featuring:  Yangchuk Tso, Actress and contemporary singer-songwriter Yangchuk Tso, critically acclaimed Tibetan actress and contemporary singer, will speak on her experiences in film and television in China, reflect on contemporary Tibetan cinema, and share thoughts on her own film making practice before engaging in a broader discussion on Tibetan cultural production in […]

  • “Labor Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China”

    Brown Bag Lecture Rachel Murphy, Professor of Chinese Development and Society and Head of School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford   Professor Murphy’s research examines transformations in China due to inter-related processes of industrialization, urbanization, demographic transition, and marketization. She has conducted in-depth longitudinal ethnography and surveys across China. Her 2002 monograph offered […]

  • “Global May Fourth: One Hundred Years”

    A Conference at Columbia University Friday, May 3 - 403 Kent 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Introduction by Anatoly Detwyler and Ulug Kuzuoglu Keynote Speech by Bryna Goodman (University of Oregon) 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Wine & Cheese Reception     Saturday, May 4 - Faculty Room, Low Library 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM […]