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New Frontiers in the Study of Medieval China Workshop: Lives and Afterlives of Inscriptions

New Frontiers in the Study of Medieval China Workshop: Lives and Afterlives of Inscriptions

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Friday, May 15, 2026
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: Workshops
The Poetic Way of Xie Lingyun (Ping Wang, University of Washington)

The Poetic Way of Xie Lingyun (Ping Wang, University of Washington)

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Monday, May 4, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
RCCS is jointly sponsoring this talk with the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Abstract TBA Bio TBA
17th Annual Chinese Medieval Studies Workshop

17th Annual Chinese Medieval Studies Workshop

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Saturday, May 2, 2026
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 6051l
Event Type: Workshops

This workshop, founded and organized by Professor Wendy Swartz and funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo (CCK) Foundation, is a major academic forum for the exchange of ideas and the advancement

Understanding Yang Zhu’s “Joy in Life” Philosophy in Ancient and Medieval Texts (Erica Brindley, Penn State University)

Understanding Yang Zhu’s “Joy in Life” Philosophy in Ancient and Medieval Texts (Erica Brindley, Penn State University)

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Thursday, April 23, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051

This talk is hosted by the Department of Religion. Abstract : In this talk I examine the relationship between various Confucian self-reflective practices and the moral cultivation of the emotions

Of King Hui of Liang 梁惠王 and the Mu Tianzi zhuan 穆天子傳 : Reading Early Sources Through the Prism of Warring States History (Andrew Meyer, CUNY Brooklyn College)

Of King Hui of Liang 梁惠王 and the Mu Tianzi zhuan 穆天子傳 : Reading Early Sources Through the Prism of Warring States History (Andrew Meyer, CUNY Brooklyn College)

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Thursday, April 9, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 4050

This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. This is a hybrid event. Click here to register for Zoom streaming . Abstract : I recently completed work on a volume entitled

Marginality: Solidarity and the Fight for Social Change  (Jin Park, American University)

Marginality: Solidarity and the Fight for Social Change  (Jin Park, American University)

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Thursday, April 2, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 1170
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This talk is hosted by the Department of Religion. Abstract : In a deeply unequal world, many people are pushed to the margins of society. Are those on the margins
"Tang Poetry, WWI, and Trench Art: An Unexpected Opportunity for the Study of Classical Chinese Poetry" (Ding Xiang Warner, Cornell University)

"Tang Poetry, WWI, and Trench Art: An Unexpected Opportunity for the Study of Classical Chinese Poetry" (Ding Xiang Warner, Cornell University)

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
AB West 5041
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This talk is hosted by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. Abstract : The usual procedures of the scholar of Chinese poetry, when asking the question “What is the
Posthuman Inhumanity and Death (Ban Wang, Stanford University)

Posthuman Inhumanity and Death (Ban Wang, Stanford University)

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Monday, March 23, 2026
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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RCCS is co-sponsoring this talk, hosted by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures . Abstract : This talk explores critiques of posthumanism in works by Chen Qiufan, Wang Jinkang,
Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals (Rory Truex, Princeton University)

Under Pressure: Attitudes Towards China Among American Foreign Policy Professionals (Rory Truex, Princeton University)

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Monday, March 9, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Hickman Hall, Roberta Siegel Lounge Rm. 612
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This talk is hosted by the Department of Political Science. Abstract : How do career and reputational concerns affect China policy discourse within the Washington foreign policy community? We conducted
Marginality (Jin Park, American University): Rescheduled to Thursday, April 2

Marginality (Jin Park, American University): Rescheduled to Thursday, April 2

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Thursday, February 26, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Zimmerli Art Museum MPR
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This talk is hosted by the Department of Religion. Abstract : In a deeply unequal world, many people are pushed to the margins of society. Are those on the margins
The Causal Effect of Social Drinking/Eating Networks on Trust (Yanjie Bian, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

The Causal Effect of Social Drinking/Eating Networks on Trust (Yanjie Bian, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Labor Education Center, Room 115 (50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick, NJ 08901)
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
RCCS is jointly hosting this event with Center for Global Work and Employment. This is a hybrid talk with both in-person and zoom options. If you'd like to participate on
The Party's Interests Come First (Joseph Torigian, American University)

The Party's Interests Come First (Joseph Torigian, American University)

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This in-person talk is open to the public. This event is generously co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. Abstract The Party's Interests Come First is the first biography of Xi Zhongxun written
Limpidity of Being: Poetics and the Fashioning of Courtly Self in Early Medieval China (Xiaofei Tian, Harvard University)

Limpidity of Being: Poetics and the Fashioning of Courtly Self in Early Medieval China (Xiaofei Tian, Harvard University)

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 5140

This talk is organized by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures . Abstract As part of Professor Tian’s forthcoming book, Writing Empire and Self: Poetic Revolution and Cultural Transformation

Safeguarding Cultural Security in Contemporary China (Martin Dimitrov, Tulane University)

Safeguarding Cultural Security in Contemporary China (Martin Dimitrov, Tulane University)

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Thursday, November 13, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 4052
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. It is a hybrid event. Click here to register for Zoom streaming . Abstract : Though it forms an integral part of Chinese
7th Annual Rutgers-National Taiwan University Workshop on Chinese Studies

7th Annual Rutgers-National Taiwan University Workshop on Chinese Studies

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Friday, October 31, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building West Room 6051
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This talk is organized by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures .
Everything Everywhere All at Once: The Buddha-Nature According to Tiantai and What To Do About It, If Anything (Brook Ziporyn, University of Chicago)

Everything Everywhere All at Once: The Buddha-Nature According to Tiantai and What To Do About It, If Anything (Brook Ziporyn, University of Chicago)

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Religion and Rutgers Global. This talk will also be available for Zoom streaming. Click here to register. Abstract : Buddha-nature, according to
Repression Beyond Repressive Measures: Digital Authoritarianism in China as a Collaborated Project (Zhifan Luo, McMaster University, Canada)

Repression Beyond Repressive Measures: Digital Authoritarianism in China as a Collaborated Project (Zhifan Luo, McMaster University, Canada)

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Friday, October 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Zoom (registration required)
Event Type: China Lunch Hour
This is an online event through Zoom. Everybody is welcome, but registration is required. Click here to register. Abstract To date, studies on the resilience of digital authoritarianism in China
Placing Racial Capitalism: South African Genealogies, Chinese Difference (Mingwei Huang, Dartmouth College)

Placing Racial Capitalism: South African Genealogies, Chinese Difference (Mingwei Huang, Dartmouth College)

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Friday, October 10, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Tillet Hall, Room 246, Livingston Campus
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RCCS is co-sponsoring this talk which is hosted by the Department of Geography. Abstract : Since the turn of the millennium, the return of the People’s Republic of China to
C. T. Hsia’s English Essays During His Yale Years (Ji Jin, Soochow University, China)

C. T. Hsia’s English Essays During His Yale Years (Ji Jin, Soochow University, China)

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
5:30 PM - 11:59 PM
Academic Building West Room 5140
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RCCS is co-sponsoring this talk, organized by the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures . Abstract This lecture examines twenty-four newly uncovered English essays by C. T. Hsia during his
Zhu Xi’s 朱熹 (1130–1200) Theory of Emotions (Ya ZUO, University of California Santa Barbara)

Zhu Xi’s 朱熹 (1130–1200) Theory of Emotions (Ya ZUO, University of California Santa Barbara)

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Thursday, October 2, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Academic Building W Room 6051
Event Type: "Speaking of China" Lecture
This talk is co-sponsored by Rutgers Global. Everybody is welcome. Abstract Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130–1200), celebrated as a prominent synthesizer of Neo-Confucianism, is well known for developing a theory that