EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY
Spring 2016 Workshop Schedule
April 19
TBD
Junyan Jiang
PhD Student, Department of Political Science
The University of Chicago
May 3
“Information from Abroad: Foreign Media, Selective Exposure, and Political Support in China”
Haifeng Huang
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of California, Merced
May 17
“Public Undergrounds and Underground Publics: Formations of Christianity and secularism in China”
Xiao-bo Yuan
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology
The University of Chicago
May 24
“Interstitial Emergence and The Making of Capitalism: The Thriving of Private Enterprises in China’s Education and Training Industry”
Le Lin
PhD Student, Department of Sociology
The University of Chicago
May 31
“Identities, Networks, and Loyalties: Drivers of Military Disobedience during the Sino-French War”
Eric Hundman
PhD Student, Department of Political Science
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 Yan Xu at xuyan@uchicago.edu.
Faculty Sponsors:
Xi Song (Sociology), xisong@uchicago.edu
Dali Yang (Political Science), daliyang@uchicago.edu
Dingxin Zhao (Sociology), dzhao@uchicago.edu