EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY
Spring 2018 Workshop Schedule
April 3
“Ethnic Politics in China: Integration and Its Discontents”
Yan Sun
Professor of Political Science
The City University of New York
April 17
“Ecologies of Globalization: China’s Shadow on the Legal Professions in Hong Kong and Taiwan”
Sida Liu
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Toronto
April 24
“历史遗留群体：普通人的社会转折”
Yingfang Chen 陈映芳
Professor of Sociology
Shanghai Jiaotong University
May 1
“Life Course, Hope and Economic Ethos of the Baby Boomer Generation in the Chinese Rustbelt”
Wen Xie
PhD Candidate, Sociology
University of Chicago
May 15
“Market Transition, Industrialization, and Social Mobility Trends in Post-Revolution China”
Xiang Zhou
Assistant Professor of Government
Harvard University
May 29
“Ivy League Targeted: Globalization and New Elite Formation as its Consequence in South Korea”
Hong Jin Jo
PhD Student, Sociology
University of Chicago
Unless otherwise stated, the East Asia Workshop meets on Every Other Tuesday 4:00-5:30pm at Pick Lounge, 5828 South University Avenue. This workshop features interdisciplinary scholarship addressing topics relating to social, political, economic as well as cultural matters and issues in East Asia. Our presenters come from various disciplines such as sociology, political science, economics, anthropology, history, etc. The goal of this workshop is to foster communication and collaboration among students and scholars whose interest lies in East Asia at the University of Chicago and in the wider East Asian Studies community.
* Abstract or description of each presentation will be posted on our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/eastasia
* Questions and comments can be addressed to the student coordinators Haitong Xu: xuhaitong@uchicago.edu and Yang Xiang: xiangalan@uchicago.edu
* Subscribe or unsubscribe to our workshop mailing-list at: https://lists.uchicago.edu/web/info/east-asia
Faculty Sponsors:
Xi Song (Sociology), xisong@uchicago.edu
Dali Yang (Political Science), daliyang@uchicago.edu
Dingxin Zhao (Sociology), dzhao@uchicago.edu
The East Asia Workshop is sponsored by the Council on Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences. Persons with disabilities who believe they may need assistance please contact the student coordinator in advance.