EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Spring 2017 Workshop Schedule April 4 “New Wine in Old Bottles: Ideological creation of market in the People’s Daily, 1946-2003” Shinlin Jia and Linzhuo Li PhD Students, Department of Sociology University of Chicago   … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Winter 2017 Workshop Schedule   January 10 “Between China and Rome: The challenge of pre-colonial world history” Peter Fibiger Bang Professor, The Saxo Institute University of Copenhagen Discussant: Kenneth Pomeranz University Professor, Department of History … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Autumn 2016 Workshop Schedule   October 4 “The Chinese Outbound Acquisition Spree: Trends and Implications” James Tam Managing Director and Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Asia Pacific at Morgan Stanley   October 18 “Tigers … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Winter 2016 Workshop Schedule January 12 “Report on the State of Children in China” Lijun Chen Senior Researcher, Chapin Hall The University of Chicago January 26 “Do Colleges Breed Revolutionaries? Education and Political Engagement in … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Fall 2015 Workshop Schedule   October 6* *Special Session. SS122 TBD Yang Yao Professor, National School of Development, Peking University 2015 Dr. Scholl Foundation Visiting Fellow on US-China Relations  The Chicago Council on Global Affairs October … Continue reading →

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* … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Winter 2015 Workshop Schedule   January 13 “Toward an Integrated Theory of New Organizational Form: the Crystallization of Mass Teaching in New Oriental before its Diffusion in China’s Education and Training Industry, 1980-2000” Le … Continue reading →

EAST ASIA WORKSHOP: POLITICS, ECONOMY & SOCIETY Autumn 2014 Workshop Schedule   October 7 “Lying or Believing? Measuring Preference Falsification from a Political Purge in China” Junyan Jiang PhD Student, Department of Political Science University of Chicago October 21 “Settling Symbolic … Continue reading →