EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY
Spring 2015 Workshop Schedule
April 7
“Friends with Benefits: Patronage Politics and Distributive Strategies in China”
Junyan Jiang
PhD Student, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago
April 17*
*Extra Session. 4:30-6pm. SS302*
“From the Chinese Work Unit to the Foxconn Factory: The Disappearing Spatial Advantage “
Duanfang Lu
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Design and Planning
The University of Sydney
April 21
“From Bureaucrats To Politicians: Seikai-Tensin (政界転身)’s Political Success in Postwar Japan”
Nara Park
PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago
May 5
“The Politics of Anticorruption in China”
Yan Xu
PhD Student, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago
May 19
Special Session: Master Panel
Master Students
The University of Chicago
June 2
“When Socialism Meets Market: The Reconstruction of Economic Discourse in China”
Wen Xie
PhD Student, Department of Sociology
The University of Chicago
The workshop meets on alternate Tuesdays 4:30-6pm at Pick Lounge, 5828 South University Avenue, unless otherwise specified (*). Abstracts are available on our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/eastasia/. Questions and comments should be addressed to the coordinator Wen Xie: wxie@uchicago.edu
Faculty Sponsors:
Dali Yang (Political Science), daliyang@uchicago.edu
Dingxin Zhao (Sociology), dzhao@uchicago.edu
Zheng Michael Song (Booth School of Business),Zheng.Song@chicagobooth.edu