EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY
Winter 2011 Workshop Schedule

Jan. 11
“Who Protests? Protester Characteristics and Differential Mechanisms behind Environmental Action in China”
Jean Lin
Doctoral Candidate, Sociology, University of Chicago

Jan. 25
“Embeddedness and Autonomy: Community University Movement in Taiwan since 1997”
Chengbang Lee
Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Chicago

Feb. 8
“Medical Missions and Western Medicine in 19th Century China”
Xiaoli Tian
Doctoral Candidate, Sociology, University of Chicago

Feb. 22
“TBD”
Grace Zhiyuan Yu
Doctoral Candidate, Sociology, University of Chicago

March 8
“Revolutionary Ecology and the Outbreak of Taiping Rebellion, 1846-1851”
Yang Zhang
Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Chicago

The workshop meets on alternative Tuesdays 4:30-5:50pm at Pick Lounge, 5828 South University Avenue.
Papers or abstracts are typically available on our website http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/eastasia/
Questions and comments should be directly addressed to the coordinator Jean Lin jeanlin@uchicago.edu.
Faculty Sponsors
Dali Yang (Political Science) daliyang@uchicago.edu
Dingxin Zhao, (Sociology), dzhao@uchicago.edu