BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291104T010000 RDATE:20300310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301103T010000 RDATE:20310309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311102T010000 RDATE:20320314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20321107T010000 RDATE:20330313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20331106T010000 RDATE:20340312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20341105T010000 RDATE:20350311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20351104T010000 RDATE:20360309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20361102T010000 RDATE:20370308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20371101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20221001T163000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290311T030000 RDATE:20291104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300310T030000 RDATE:20301103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310309T030000 RDATE:20311102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20320314T030000 RDATE:20321107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20330313T030000 RDATE:20331106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20340312T030000 RDATE:20341105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20350311T030000 RDATE:20351104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20360309T030000 RDATE:20361102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20370308T030000 RDATE:20371101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c70e8f8b38fd621517bd1492830bc8a7 CATEGORIES:“Speaking of China” Lecture CREATED:20230219T230516 SUMMARY:The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University (Daniel A. Bell, University of Hong Kong) LOCATION:Rutgers Academic Building West Wing Room 6051 DESCRIPTION:This hybrid talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It is based on Daniel A . Bell's recent book, The Dean of Shandong (https://press.princeton.edu/boo ks/hardcover/9780691247120/the-dean-of-shandong) (Princeton University Pres s, 2023). It is open to the public. If you cannot make it in person, please register in advance to participate through Zoom. Registration link is here.\n\nAbstract\nOn January 1, 2017, Daniel Bell was appoint ed dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Sha ndong University—the first foreign dean of a political science faculty in m ainland China’s history. In The Dean of Shandong, Bell chronicles his exper iences as what he calls “a minor bureaucrat,” offering an inside account of the workings of Chinese academia and what they reveal about China’s politi cal system. It wasn’t all smooth sailing—Bell wryly recounts sporadic bungl es and misunderstandings—but Bell’s post as dean provides a unique vantage point on China today.Bell, neither a Chinese citizen nor a member of the Ch inese Communist Party, was appointed as dean because of his scholarly work on Confucianism—but soon found himself coping with a variety of issues havi ng little to do with scholarship or Confucius. These include the importance of hair color and the prevalence of hair-dyeing among university administr ators, both male and female; Shandong’s drinking culture, with endless toas ts at every shared meal; and some unintended consequences of an intensely c ompetitive academic meritocracy. As dean, he also confronts weightier matte rs: the role at the university of the Party secretary, the national anticor ruption campaign and its effect on academia (Bell asks provocatively, “What ’s wrong with corruption?”), and formal and informal modes of censorship. C onsidering both the revival of Confucianism in China over the last three de cades and what he calls “the Communist comeback” since 2008, Bell predicts that China’s political future is likely to be determined by both Confuciani sm and Communism.\nBio\nDaniel Bell is Professor, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong Un iversity (Qingdao) from 2017 to 2022. His books include The Dean of Shandon g (2023), Just Hierarchy (co-authored with Wang Pei, 2020), The China Model (2015), The Spirits of Cities (co-authored with Avner de-Shalit, 2012), Ch ina's New Confucianism (2008), Beyond Liberal Democracy (2007), and East Me ets West (2000), all published by Princeton University Press. He is also th e author of Communitarianism and Its Critics (Oxford University Press, 1993 ). He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series (Princeton Universi ty Press) which translates and publishes original and influential academic works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has be en interviewed in English, Chinese, and French. In 2018, he was awarded the Huilin Prize and was honored as a “Cultural Leader” by the World Economic Forum. \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This hybrid talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It is based on Danie l A. Bell's recent book, The Dean of Shandong (P rinceton University Press, 2023). It is open to the public. If you can not make it in person, please register in advance to participate through Zo om. Registration link is here.
Abstract
On January 1, 2
017, Daniel Bell was appointed dean of the School of Political Science and
Public Administration at Shandong University—the first foreign dean of a po
litical science faculty in mainland China’s history. In The Dean of Sha
ndong, Bell chronicles his experiences as what he calls “a minor burea
ucrat,” offering an inside account of the workings of Chinese academia and
what they reveal about China’s political system. It wasn’t all smooth saili
ng—Bell wryly recounts sporadic bungles and misunderstandings—but Bell’s po
st as dean provides a unique vantage point on China today.
Bell, neither a Chinese citi
zen nor a member of the Chinese Communist Party, was appointed as dean beca
use of his scholarly work on Confucianism—but soon found himself coping wit
h a variety of issues having little to do with scholarship or Confucius. Th
ese include the importance of hair color and the prevalence of hair-dyeing
among university administrators, both male and female; Shandong’s drinking
culture, with endless toasts at every shared meal; and some unintended cons
equences of an intensely competitive academic meritocracy. As dean, he also
confronts weightier matters: the role at the university of the Party secre
tary, the national anticorruption campaign and its effect on academia (Bell
asks provocatively, “What’s wrong with corruption?”), and formal and infor
mal modes of censorship. Considering both the revival of Confucianism in Ch
ina over the last three decades and what he calls “the Communist comeback”
since 2008, Bell predicts that China’s political future is likely to be det
ermined by both Confucianism and Communism.
Bio
Daniel Bell is Professor, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University (Qingdao ) from 2017 to 2022. His books include The Dean of Shandong (2023), Just Hierarchy (co-authored with Wang Pei, 2020), The China Model (2015 ), The Spirits of Cities (co-authored with Avner de-Shal it, 2012), China's New Confucianism (20 08), Beyond Liberal Democracy (2007), a nd East Meets West (2000), all publishe d by Princeton University Press. He is also the author of Communitarian ism and Its Critics (Oxford University Press, 1993). He is founding editor of the Princeton-China series (Princeton University Press) which translates and publishes original and influential academic works from China. His works have been translated in 23 languages. He has been intervi ewed in English, Chinese, and French. In 2018, he was awarded the Huilin Pr ize and was honored as a “Cultural Leader” by the World Economic Forum.&nbs p;
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