EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY
Autumn 2018 Workshop Schedule
Wednesday 12:00-1:30 pm at Pick Lounge (5828 South University Ave), unless otherwise stated
Oct 5, Fri 4:00-5:30, at Pick 319
“中国政法领域研究的热点问题评说” (in Chinese)
童之伟, East China University of Political Science and Law
Oct 17
“After the Deluge: Deleveraging and the challenge of cleaning up China’s debt problems”
Dinny McMahon, Paulson Institute
Oct 24
“Anchoring an Alliance:
Explaining Southeast Asian Balancing Behavior Against China After 1945″
Bonnie Chan, UChicago Political Science PhD student
Oct 31
MA Session – Lingnan He, Fangzhu Lu, and Chengzuo Tang
Nov 7
“Understanding Chinese Opinion Leaders’ Political Stances”
Yinxian Zhang, UChicago Sociology PhD student
Nov 13, Tue 12:30-2:00
“Personal Ties, Meritocracy, and China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign”
Peter Lorentzen, University of San Francisco Economics
(joint workshop with the Comparative Politics Workshop)
Nov 21
“Legality in Contemporary Chinese Politics”
Tom Ginsburg, UChicago Law
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.
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* 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 Jongyoon Baik: baikjongyoon@uchicago.edu and Ji Xue: jixue@uchicago.edu
*Persons with disabilities who believe they may need assistance please contact the student coordinators in advance.
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.