EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Winter 2010 Workshop Schedule Jan. 12 “Reconfiguring Imperial Ritual: State-building in Early Meiji Japan, 1868-1872” Yijiang Zhong PhD Candidate, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization University of Chicago Jan. 26 “China’s Cultural … Continue reading →

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “The Duality of Structure in China’s National Television Market: A Network Analysis of Audience Duplication” Professor Elaine Yuan Assistant Professor, Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, Tuesday December … Continue reading →

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “Social Change and the National Imaginary of Intellectuals in 1980s China ” Saul Thomas PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, Tuesday November 17, 2009 Pick Lounge 5828 South … Continue reading →

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society ~Presents~ Socialism is Great!: From Rocket Factory Girl to International Media Lijia Zhang Now a writer, journalist, social commentator and a TV show host, Zhang Lijia spent a decade in the 80’s … Continue reading →

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “Rumor and secret space: the Tianjin Massacre” Xiaoli Tian PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, Tuesday November 3, 2009 Pick Lounge 5828 South University Ave. Workshop website: http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/eastasia/ … Continue reading →

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “A New Religious Ecology in Crystallization: The Wane of Indigenous Religions and the Rise of Protestant Christianity in the Reform-era China” Yanfei Sun Department of Sociology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, MONDAY … Continue reading →

Workshop on East Asia: Politics, Economy and Society Presents “Incubating Innovation or Cultivating Corruption? The Developmental State and Life Sciences in Asia” Professor Cheol-Sung Lee Department of Sociology, University of Chicago 4:00-5:30pm, Tuesday October 6, 2009 Pick Lounge 5828 South … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Autumn 2009 Workshop Schedule Oct. 6 “Incubating Innovation or Cultivating Corruption? The Developmental State and Life Sciences in Asia” Professor Cheol-Sung Lee Sociology, University of Chicago Oct. 19 (special Monday session) “A New … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Spring 2009 Workshop Schedule Apr 7 Global interdependence and China’s political-economic future Frank Fang Institutional Economics Center Apr 21 Legal Reform in Northeast Asia Tom Ginsburg Law School, University of  Chicago May 5 … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Winter 2009 Workshop Schedule Jan 13 Interstate Relations and China’s Unification in 221 BCE Dingxin Zhao Sociology, University of Chicago Jan 27 Career incentives and political control under authoritarianism: Explaining the political fortunes … Continue reading →